function photoShufflerLaunch() {
 	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	gblStartImg = theimg.src; // save away to show as final image
	document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerDivId).style.backgroundImage='url(' + gblImg[gblOnDeck] + ')';
	setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",0);
}

function photoShufflerFade() {
  	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	
  	// determine delta based on number of fade seconds
	// the slower the fade the more increments needed
    var fadeDelta = 100 / (30 * gblFadeSeconds);

	// fade top out to reveal bottom image
	if (gblOpacity < 2*fadeDelta ) {
		gblOpacity = 100;
		// stop the rotation if we're done
		if (gblImageRotations < 1) return;
		photoShufflerShuffle();
		// pause before next fade
		setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",gblPauseSeconds*1000);
	}
	else {
		gblOpacity -= fadeDelta;
		setOpacity(theimg,gblOpacity);
		setTimeout("photoShufflerFade()",30);  // 1/30th of a second
	}
}

function photoShufflerShuffle() {
	var thediv = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerDivId);
	var theimg = document.getElementById(gblPhotoShufflerImgId);
	
	// copy div background-image to img.src
	theimg.src = gblImg[gblOnDeck];
	// set img opacity to 100
	setOpacity(theimg,100);

    // shuffle the deck
	gblOnDeck = ++gblOnDeck % gblDeckSize;

	// decrement rotation counter
	if (--gblImageRotations < 1) {
		// insert start/final image if we're done
		gblImg[gblOnDeck] = gblStartImg;
	}

	// slide next image underneath
	thediv.style.backgroundImage='url(' + gblImg[gblOnDeck] + ')';
}

function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
    opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
    
    // IE/Win
    obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
    
    // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
    obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;

    // Older Mozilla and Firefox
    obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;

    // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
    obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}