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You could blur the image as well. I have tried a similar approach with blur quite awhile ago: http://www.cssdesk.com/VYN67 http://www.cssdesk.com/VYN67 Change

You could blur the image as well. I have tried a similar approach with blur quite awhile ago: http://www.cssdesk.com/VYN67 http://www.cssdesk.com/VYN67 Change the image URI to see it work on another image.

coob 11y ago
The point with this method is that the gradient acts as a fill before the image is loaded.
- Keyframe 11y ago
  Ah, of course.
- kuschku 11y ago
  Which one could combine with blurring. Progressive JPEG with a blur filter depending on how much has loaded yet? That would be the best solution, probably.
  - Keyframe 11y ago
    It's an interesting idea to put into a JPEG decoder directly.