# Animations + Transitions

Experimental shader active. Jcrop now includes a shading mode that facilitates building better transparent Jcrop instances. The experimental shader is less robust than Jcrop's default shading method and should only be used if you require this functionality.

Animation/Transitions. Demonstration of animateTo API method and transitions for bgColor and bgOpacity options. Color fading requires inclusion of John Resig's jQuery Color Animations plugin. If it is not included, colors will not fade.

Enable fading (bgFade: true) Use experimental shader (shade: true)