We have uploaded a great example of a new feature in Silverlight 2 called Deep Zoom (codename: seadragon). We took a high resoltion shot of a piece of jewellery (thanks to stonesilver) and created the following:
http://ring.agilissoftware.co.uk
The demo is simply showing the capabilities. We need to edit the photo as there are a few imperfections with the image. We are also going to create a montage of images, so the user can browse a whole product range at once. You will need to install the latest silverlight plug-in. This can be done by simply going to the link above.
Simply left click the image to activate it. You can then do the following
- Zoom in (Left click)
- Zoom out (Shift + Left click)
- Pan (Hold left mouse button and move cursor)
The code required to produce this is very small, and the original code is taken from Scott Hanselman's blog.
I must give a big thank you to Antony Croft for making us aware of this new feature.