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Ryan Boudreaux includes all the code snippets you'll need in this demo of how to create an image hover-preview effect using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

You could do that using an image editor, but CSS can often get the job done faster. Learn how to add a CSS reference to an image and you can stretch it horizontally to any width you like.