diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 89900af34..5bd17e3dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-05-17  Tomas Frydrych  <tf@openedhand.com>
+	
+	* clutter/clutter-alpha.h:
+	* clutter/clutter-alpha.c:
+	* doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt:
+	Added clutter_exp_inc_func() and clutter_exp_dec_func().
+	
 2007-05-16  Emmanuele Bassi  <ebassi@openedhand.com>
 
 	* clutter/clutter-main.[ch]: Add clutter_base_init(), semi-private
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-alpha.c b/clutter/clutter-alpha.c
index 4a17cb150..bd8b048fa 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-alpha.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-alpha.c
@@ -851,3 +851,90 @@ clutter_smoothstep_func (ClutterAlpha  * alpha,
 	   
   return CFX_INT (r * CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA);
 }
+
+/**
+ * clutter_exp_inc_func:
+ * @alpha: a #ClutterAlpha
+ * @dummy: unused argument
+ *
+ * Convenience alpha function for a 2^x curve. You can use this function as the
+ * alpha function for clutter_alpha_set_func().
+ *
+ * Return value: an alpha value.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.4
+ */
+guint32 
+clutter_exp_inc_func (ClutterAlpha *alpha,
+		      gpointer      dummy)
+{
+  ClutterTimeline * timeline;
+  gint              frame;
+  gint              n_frames;
+  ClutterFixed      x;
+  ClutterFixed      x_alpha_max = 0x100000;
+  guint32           result;
+  
+  /*
+   * Choose x_alpha_max such that
+   * 
+   *   (2^x_alpha_max) - 1 == CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA
+   */
+#if CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA != 0xffff
+#error Adjust x_alpha_max to match CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA
+#endif
+  
+  timeline = clutter_alpha_get_timeline (alpha);
+  frame    = clutter_timeline_get_current_frame (timeline);
+  n_frames = clutter_timeline_get_n_frames (timeline);
+
+  x =  x_alpha_max * frame / n_frames;
+
+  result = clutter_pow2x (x) - 1;
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * clutter_exp_dec_func:
+ * @alpha: a #ClutterAlpha
+ * @dummy: unused argument
+ *
+ * Convenience alpha function for a decreasing 2^x curve. You can use this
+ * function as the alpha function for clutter_alpha_set_func().
+ *
+ * Return value: an alpha value.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.4
+ */
+guint32 
+clutter_exp_dec_func (ClutterAlpha *alpha,
+		      gpointer      dummy)
+{
+  ClutterTimeline * timeline;
+  gint              frame;
+  gint              n_frames;
+  ClutterFixed      x;
+  ClutterFixed      x_alpha_max = 0x100000;
+  guint32           result;
+  
+  /*
+   * Choose x_alpha_max such that
+   * 
+   *   (2^x_alpha_max) - 1 == CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA
+   */
+#if CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA != 0xffff
+#error Adjust x_alpha_max to match CLUTTER_ALPHA_MAX_ALPHA
+#endif
+  
+  timeline = clutter_alpha_get_timeline (alpha);
+  frame    = clutter_timeline_get_current_frame (timeline);
+  n_frames = clutter_timeline_get_n_frames (timeline);
+
+  x =  (x_alpha_max * (n_frames - frame)) / n_frames;
+
+  result = clutter_pow2x (x) - 1;
+
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-alpha.h b/clutter/clutter-alpha.h
index ac1c14e1a..bf69ba1fb 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-alpha.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter-alpha.h
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ ClutterTimeline *clutter_alpha_get_timeline (ClutterAlpha     *alpha);
 #define CLUTTER_ALPHA_SINE_HALF  clutter_sine_half_func
 #define CLUTTER_ALPHA_SQUARE     clutter_square_func
 #define CLUTTER_ALPHA_SMOOTHSTEP clutter_smoothstep_func
+#define CLUTTER_ALPHA_EXP_INC    clutter_exp_inc_func
+#define CLUTTER_ALPHA_EXP_DEC    clutter_exp_dec_func
 
 #define CLUTTER_TYPE_SMOOTHSTEP (clutter_smoothstep_get_type ())
 
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ guint32             clutter_square_func        (ClutterAlpha     *alpha,
 						gpointer          dummy);
 guint32             clutter_smoothstep_func    (ClutterAlpha     *alpha,
 			                        gpointer         *data);
+guint32             clutter_exp_inc_func       (ClutterAlpha     *alpha,
+						gpointer          dummy);
+guint32             clutter_exp_dec_func       (ClutterAlpha     *alpha,
+						gpointer          dummy);
 
 G_END_DECLS
 
diff --git a/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt b/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt
index fae4b6979..b3d5dc501 100644
--- a/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt
+++ b/doc/reference/clutter-sections.txt
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ CLUTTER_ALPHA_SQUARE
 clutter_square_func
 CLUTTER_ALPHA_SMOOTHSTEP
 clutter_smoothstep_func
+CLUTTER_ALPHA_EXP_INC
+clutter_exp_inc_func
+CLUTTER_ALPHA_EXP_DEC
+clutter_exp_dec_func
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
 CLUTTER_ALPHA
 CLUTTER_IS_ALPHA