exxfade(3)

💖 exxfade 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to exxfade — it's a page from the Allegro manual, aka the Allegro game programming library. and no, it's not a typo, it's exxfade with two x's, we don't make the rules we just slay in them 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

Example exxfade

like yes, that's the whole thing. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this program is literally a demo, but a cute one. what it does is show you how to load and display bitmap files in truecolor video modes, and then how to crossfade between them. it's giving slideshow but make it aesthetic ✨

and here's the thing bestie, you have to run this one from the command line, because you gotta pass in a bunch of graphic files as parameters. so like:

exxfade image1.bmp image2.bmp image3.bmp

and fr fr, use at least two files, otherwise there's nothing to crossfade and the whole vibe is just… one image sitting there 🫠

once you're running it, every key press crossfades you from one image to the next. and when you're done and you've seen enough, hit ESC and it's over. that's the whole loop, that's the plot 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next bestie, they're all related and they all ate:

• BITMAP(3)
• END_OF_MAIN(3)
• PALETTE(3)
• SCREEN_H(3)
• SCREEN_W(3)
• allegro_error(3)
• allegro_exit(3)
• allegro_init(3)
• allegro_message(3)
• blit(3)
• create_bitmap(3)
• destroy_bitmap(3)
• draw_trans_sprite(3)
• install_keyboard(3)
• keypressed(3)
• line(3)
• load_bitmap(3)
• readkey(3)
• rest(3)
• screen(3)
• set_color_conversion(3)
• set_color_depth(3)
• set_gfx_mode(3)
• set_palette(3)
• set_trans_blender(3)
• vsync(3)

🫶 this lil page came to you from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3. read responsibly, code fabulously, and remember: crossfade between your images like a main character 💅✨ no cap.