Question

I want to stand up a flat image using jQuery as if it was lying flat on a table and then stood up vertically on page load like a pop up book…

Does anyone know of any resources to help me or have an idea of a solution?

Answer 1

You could use http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit/ (->3D ROTATION->Rotate X)

The following works for me in Chrome 20 http://jsfiddle.net/t9Dty/

HTML:

<div class="rotate">
  Hello World
</div>

<a href="#">run it</a>

CSS:

body{
  padding: 50px;
}

.rotate{
  width: 100px;
    height: 200px;
    border:1px solid #000;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px 2px #000000;
    background: #eee; 
    -webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg)
}

JS:

//set transform origin to y bottom
$('.rotate').css({ transformOrigin: '50% 100%' });

$('a').click(function(){
  $('.rotate').transition({ rotateX: '0deg', perspective: '100px' });
});
​