How to zoom in an image? (just the image not the canvas)

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#1

Hi guys,

It maybe a stupid question but I want zoom an image but the image needs to stay inside the original canvas size. I know about xScale/yScale but that just increase the size of the image but also the canvas size.

Would appreciate any pointers.

Thanks!

Mo

#2

Put the image in a container. Containers clip images to a certain size.

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/display/newContainer.html

#3

WOW! Thanks so much.  I did not even think about containers. It sounds like a very good solution. The problem it “seems” that container masks the reset of the screen (at least looking at that demo video) I cannot have the rest of the screen with a low alpha. Anyway I can do it on the image size only?

I am not sure I am explaining correctly :frowning:

Thanks again for taking the time.

Mo

#4

Put the image in a container. Containers clip images to a certain size.

http://docs.coronalabs.com/api/library/display/newContainer.html

#5

WOW! Thanks so much.  I did not even think about containers. It sounds like a very good solution. The problem it “seems” that container masks the reset of the screen (at least looking at that demo video) I cannot have the rest of the screen with a low alpha. Anyway I can do it on the image size only?

I am not sure I am explaining correctly :frowning:

Thanks again for taking the time.

Mo