Pic.DrawSpecial

The mode parameter is the same as in Pic.New and has one of the following values:

The transition parameter indicates the special effect and has one of the following values:

picWipeLeftToRight	The picture appears as a solid black bar sweeps from left to right, "revealing" the new picture as the screen underneath the picture is replaced. In the picture below, "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" underneath as the bar sweeps from left to right. picWipeLeftToRight - half way through transition
picWipeRightToLeft, picWipeTopToBottom, picWipeBottomToTop	As picWipeLeftToRight, except the bar sweeps in different directions.
picWipeUpperLeftToLowerRight	The picture appears as a solid black bar sweeps from the upper left corner down to the lower right, "revealing" the new picture as the screen underneath the picture is replaced. In the picture below "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" underneath as the bar sweeps from upper-left to lower-right. picWipeUpperLeftToLowerRight - half way through transition
picWipeUpperRightToLowerLeft, picWipeLowerLeftToUpperRight, picWipeLowerRightToUpperLeft	As picWipeLeftToRight, except the bar sweeps in different directions.
picWipeCentreToEdge, picWipeCenterToEdge	The picture appears inside an expanding black outlined box as it sweeps from the centre out to the edges, "revealing" the new picture as the screen underneath the picture is replaced. In the picture below, "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" underneath as the box expands from the centre out. picWipeCentreToEdge - half way through transition
picWipeLeftToRightNoBar, picWipeRightToLeftNoBar, picWipeTopToBottomNoBar, picWipeBottomToTopNoBar picWipeUpperLeftToLowerRightNoBar, picWipeUpperRightToLowerLeftNoBar, picWipeLowerLeftToUpperRightNoBar, picWipeLowerRightToUpperLeftNoBar, picWipeCentreToEdgeNoBar, picWipeCenterToEdgeNoBar	As the constants above, expect there is no bar to mark the sweep across. The bar generally looks better when displaying an image over top of a similar one. No bar is usually preferable when the images are completely different (as in two photographs, and so on).
picSlideLeftToRight	The picture "slides in" from the left as a solid black bar sweeps from left to right, "pushing" the screen underneath off the right edge of the drawing area. In the picture below "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" originally present, "pushing" the "Welcome" to the right as "to Turing" slides in from the left. picSlideLeftToRight - half way through transition
picSlideRightToLeft, picSlideTopToBottom, picSlideBottomToTop	As picSlideLeftToRight, except the bar sweeps in different directions.
picSlideLeftToRightNoBar, picSlideRightToLeftNoBar, picSlideTopToBottomNoBar, picSlideBottomToTopNoBar	As the constants above, expect there is no bar to mark the sweep across. The bar generally looks better when displaying an image over top of a similar one. No bar is often preferable when the images are completely different (as in two photographs, and so on).
picGrowLeftToRight	The picture "grows" from the left as a solid black bar sweeps from left to right, "squeezing" the screen underneath off the right edge of the drawing area. In the picture below "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" originally present, "squeezing" the "Welcome" to the right as "to Turing" "grows" from the left. picGrowLeftToRight - half way through transition
picGrowRightToLeft, picGrowTopToBottom, picGrowBottomToTop	As picGrowLeftToRight, except the bar sweeps in different directions.
picGrowCentreToEdge, picGrowCenterToEdge	The picture "grows" from the centre as a outlined black box sweeps from outward, replacing the screen underneath. In the picture below "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" originally present, as "to Turing" grows for the centre. picGrowCentreToEdge - half way through transition
picGrowLowerLeftToUpperRight	The picture "grows" from the lower-left corner as a outlined black box sweeps right and upward, replacing the screen underneath. In the picture below "to Turing" is replacing the "Welcome" originally present, as "to Turing" "grows" from the lower-left. picGrowLowerLeftToUpperRight - half way through transition
picGrowUpperLeftToLowerRight, picGrowLowerRightToUpperLeft, picGrowUpperRightToLowerLeft	As picGrowLowerLeftToUpperRight, except the box sweeps in different directions.
picGrowLeftToRightNoBar, picGrowRightToLeftNoBar, picGrowTopToBottomNoBar, picGrowBottomToTopNoBar picGrowUpperLeftToLowerRightNoBar, picGrowLowerLeftToUpperRightNoBar, picGrowUpperRightToLowerLeftNoBar, picGrowLowerRightToUpperLeftNoBar, picGrowCentreToEdgeNoBar, picGrowCenterToEdgeNoBar	As the constants above, expect there is no bar to mark the sweep across. The bar generally looks better when displaying an image over top of a similar one. No bar is usually preferable when the images are completely different (as in two photographs, and so on).
picFadeIn	The picture "fades in" over top of the image underneath it. At the end of the transition, the new image completely replaces the image underneath it. picFadeIn - half way through transition
picBlend	This transition is somewhat different because it doesn't take any time to execute. Instead, picBlend causes the new image to be blended with the background. The picBlend constant can be used by itself, in which case, the final image is 70% the new image, 30% the old image. You can also add a number from 1 to 100 to picBlend, in which case, the blend is whatever was added from (1-100) of the new image over top of the old image. (i.e. a transition of picBlend + 15 would display an image that is composed of 15% the new image and 85% the old image.) picBlend - red star blended with blue circle

       Config.Display (cdNumMaxColors)

function to determine the bit-depth of the display (anything over 256 colors will produce acceptable results).

        var redID, blueID: int
        var x, y : int
        Draw.FillStar (50, 50, 150, 150, brightred)
        redID := Pic.New (50, 50, 150, 150)
        cls
        Draw.FillOval (100, 100, 50, 50, brightblue)
        blueID := Pic.New (50, 50, 150, 150)
	Pic.DrawSpecial (redID, 50, 50, picCopy, picWipeLeftToRight, 500)
	Pic.DrawSpecial (blueID, 50, 50, picCopy, picWipeTopToBottom, 500)
	Pic.DrawSpecial (redID, 50, 50, picCopy, picSlideLeftToRight, 500)
	Pic.DrawSpecial (blueID, 50, 50, picCopy, picSlideTopToBottom, 500)
	Pic.DrawSpecial (redID, 50, 50, picCopy, picFadeIn, 1000)
	Pic.DrawSpecial (blueID, 50, 50, picCopy, picBlend + 50, 0)
        Pic.Free (redID)
        Pic.Free (blueID)

This means that you can only call the function by calling Pic.DrawSpecial, not by calling DrawSpecial.

Pic.DrawSpecialBack for information on how to continue executing the program while a special effect is occurring. This allows one to produce several special effects at once.