That zooming looks like an animated transition as defined in CSS3. Rather advanced indeed, but that can be expected on a university.
Best of luck with your studies.
Hello there i have a project for my university, to create a website like this... www.hellas-web.gr , i have create the first page, although i have problem with the work samples... I have insert the images but i cant make them zoom... is there a plugin for that; Please help....

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