//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 101);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 101);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 101);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	
	clearInterval(fadeInt);
	
	//set the current image as background
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;

	//fade in image
	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
		setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
		timer++;
	}
	
}

var fadeInt;
function fadeDefault() {
	clearInterval(fadeInt);
	fadeInt = setTimeout("blendimage('blenddiv','blendimg', 'img/oppeus_compass.jpg',200)", 2000);
}