Splash screens can work if they appear quickly and are easily dismissible. They can be visually striking, and beautiful, and make the user want to scroll to learn more. This style of intros work very well on single-page scrolling websites. Or the ‘banner style’ of webdesign that has come into fashion with the flat design trend. It can also be very useful to make a nice looking “background video” style of intro which are also all-the-rage at the moment.
What I want to show you today is a basic method to achieve this effect, which you can modify easily to make nice-looking intros to web experiences.