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Spiral Transform

Spirals one image into another. The output image is divided into a grid, and the cells in the grid transform from the first image to the second image in a spiral order, moving clockwise and inward from the upper-left corner.

Note To use this transform, you need to have Microsoft® DirectX® Media 6, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, the Microsoft Windows® 98 OEM Service Release (OSR), or Windows 2000 installed.

 

Transform Specifications

The following table contains the information you need to use this transform in script.

Globally unique identifier (GUID) ACA97E00-0C7D-11d2-A484-00C04F8EFB69
Programmatic identifier (ProgId) DXImageTransform.Microsoft.CrSpiral
Inputs Two input images are required.
Transform type Transition

Transform Properties

The following table lists the transform properties that control the appearance of the output.

Property name Default Description
GridSizeX, GridSizeY 16 in the longer dimension Number of cells in the grid in the x-direction and y-direction. By default, the longer dimension is 16, and the shorter dimension is determined by the image size in order to make the cells relatively square.


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