SmartEffects

SmartEffects is a Visual Component Library (VCL) that enables web designers to put together layered splash screens, controls, and forms. It features a wide range of animation and transition effects, along with real-time rendering via an advanced engine.

The tool can be integrated with Delphi 5-XE7 and C++ Builder 5-XE7, along with Ribbon UI and other controls from BusinessSkinForm VCL and DynamicSkinForm VCL.

The collection has over 50 transition effects and over 70 mask bitmaps. The downloaded package contains the Delphi and C++ builder files, a help manual, along with demos.

As far as components and classes are concerned, the utility supports TseAnimation, TseAnimationList (animation effects), TseAnimationForm (prepares animation effects for forms and splash screens with regions), TseLayeredSplashForm (prepares layered splash windows from PNG graphics), and TseImage (transition effects between pics).

It also includes TseImageList (images for TseImage), TseXButton (buttons with photos as states), TseXLabel (label with glow, shadow and animation), TseReflectLabel (label with reflection and animation), TsePngImageList (ImageList component with PNG photos), TsePngImageStorage (PNG pics with various sizes), TsePngImageView (shows images from TsePngImageList), TsePngXButton (button with PNG images for states and animations), TseButtonLabel (transparent button with image and text), TseToolbarEx (toolbar with PNGs, reflection and glow), TseNotebook, TsePanel, and TsePngImagePanel.

In order to install SmartEffects, you can run Delphi or C++ Builder, open the "COMPONENTS" menu, and select the "Install Packages" entry, and then pick the sed*.dpl (for Delphi) or secb*.bpl item using the file browser.