# Can you help me with this effect (a tutorial)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-help-me-with-this-effect-a-tutorial/271165>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [September 19, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-help-me-with-this-effect-a-tutorial/271165 "2008-09-19T09:00:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![salvador\_marley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@salvador\_marley](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/salvador_marley)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-you-help-me-with-this-effect-a-tutorial/271165/1 "2008-09-19T09:00:20Z")

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Hi folks. I once Knew a tutorial for this but can’t remember what the effect is called. It’s the one where you click on a thumbnail on an html page and it opens a large version with the rest of the screen blacked out.

example:  
[http://andrewshillito.com/blog/3d-design-2/honda/](http://andrewshillito.com/blog/3d-design-2/honda/)

I’d do a google search but don’ know what the effect is called.

thank you.

mr marley.