function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//speed for each frame
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;

	//determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
	if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
		for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
	} else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
		for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
			{
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
	}
}

//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec);
	}
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;
	//document.getElementById(imageid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + imagefile + ")";

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
	}
}

function currentOpac(id, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//standard opacity is 100
	var currentOpac = 100;
	
	//if the element has an opacity set, get it
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity < 100) {
		currentOpac = document.getElementById(id).style.opacity * 100;
	}

	//call for the function that changes the opacity
	opacity(id, currentOpac, opacEnd, millisec)
}

function fadeImages(index, delay) {
	if(!index || index >= fade_images.length) { index = 0; }
	if(!delay) { delay = 3000 }

	var speed = Math.round(800 / 100);
        var timer = 0;
	var nextbg = '';

	//fade in image
	for(i = 100; i > 0; i--) {	
                setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'fade-div-2')",(timer * speed));
                timer++;
        }

	if (index + 2 >= fade_images.length) {
		nextbg = fade_images[index-2];
	} else {
		nextbg = fade_images[index+2];
	}

	document.getElementById('fade-div-2').style.backgroundImage = document.getElementById('fade-div').style.backgroundImage;
	changeOpac(100, 'fade-div-2');
	document.getElementById('fade-div').style.backgroundImage = "url(" + nextbg + ")";

	setTimeout('fadeImages('+(index+1)+')', delay);
	//blendimage('fade-div', 'blendimage', fade_images[index], 800);

}




