I was inspired by a cool website (http://www.firewatchgame.com/), so I’ve decided to explore parallax scrolling. Parallax is the displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight. In a webpage, we can ( in essence) simulate this experience with scroll effects. By having objects scroll at different speeds, some over taking others, a parallax effect is created. This is made when imaged seem to be moving along the same point. By This follows similar principles to the “Forced Perspective” technique in Photoshop and after effects that I looked at very early on.
By creating a background that consists of a sandwich of similar layers (the back scrolling the slowest, and front the fastest), a parallax effect, or sense of depth in implied in the resulting image. This will be used to created visually-appealing environments.