diff --git a/galleryscript.js b/galleryscript.js
index 577c009..987b3ca 100644
--- a/galleryscript.js
+++ b/galleryscript.js
@@ -964,11 +964,18 @@ function showimage(i) {
     thumblist(i,i);
     var dirStr=$('#imagecontainer').data('ID')<i ? '-' : '+';
     var revDirStr=dirStr=='-' ? '+' : '-';
-    var animateOut=(slideshowinterval!=0 && Math.abs(slideshowinterval)<2) ? 0 : 100;
-    var animateIn=animateOut/2;
     $('#desccontainer').html(getProgressEl()+currentlink(i)+imagelist[i].desc);
     $('#desccontainer').css('display','block');
     setProgress(i);
+    if (slideshowinterval==0) { // Manual image change, no animation
+        showbigimage(i);
+        preload(i);
+        subfoldersmalllist();
+        currentimage=i;
+        return
+    } 
+    var animateOut=(slideshowinterval!=0 && Math.abs(slideshowinterval)<2) ? 0 : 200;
+    var animateIn=animateOut/2;
     $('#imagecontainer').clearQueue();
     $('#imagecontainer').stop();
     $('#imagecontainer').css('margin-left', '0px');
@@ -987,13 +994,14 @@ function showimage(i) {
         'opacity' : "+=1"
         },animateIn);
     });
-    
+
     return;
 }
 
 function showbigimage(i) {
     // The medium version of image in the big image container
     if (i==-1) { return; }
+    var dirRight=$('#imagecontainer').data('ID')<i;
     var width=document.body.clientWidth-30;
     var height=document.body.clientHeight-225;
     if (fullscreen) { height=height+200; }
@@ -1031,6 +1039,11 @@ function showbigimage(i) {
         if (currentimage>(imagelist.length-1)) { currentimage=0; }
         showimage(currentimage);
     });
+    if (dirRight) { var $dirEl=$('#nextTouch'); } else { var $dirEl=$('#prevTouch'); }
+    $dirEl.css("background-color","rgba(238,238,238,0.5)");
+    setTimeout(function(){
+        $dirEl.css("background", "");
+    }, 100);
     
     if (fullscreen) {
           $('#imagecontainer')[0].scrollIntoView(true);