By Peter Chen, David Miller, Paul Van Eyk, William E. Weinman, Nicola Brown

This ebook is an educational designed to stroll the developer via varied thoughts for growing internet animation. each one part covers a method that may be used to augment any net site.
-- contains step by step examples of animation ideas that require very little programming
-- every one bankruptcy is written by means of an chief in animation technology
-- CD-ROM comprises GIF89A conversion software program, Server-Push scripts in Perl and C++, Client-Pull HTML samples, Afterburner for Director, and 10 pattern animation's

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When you export an image that has already been colorindexed to the GIF89a format, you will see a dialog box that is slightly different from the normal one (see fig. 10). 10 Exporting an indexed color image as a GIF89a in Photoshop. Using the eyedropper, select the color you want to be transparent from the palette displayed or from the image itself and click OK. This is essentially all that is required when converting an existing image to a transparent GIF. Chapter 2 Animation: Getting It All Together Conclusion Various rules of thumb should be considered when creating a Web site with various levels of animation and integrated design elements.

A transition from one motion state to another, such as starting, stopping, or turning, is typically rendered as a key frame. The gradual slowing down and speeding up as objects approach and leave key frames is called ease-in and ease-out. You could lay out these velocity changes by hand. Slow movement has small changes between frames. Fast movement has large changes. Transitions between one motion state and another are hard to lay out smoothly. Fortunately, this is one area where computers can help out.

Note that as the ball flies through the air, it stretches in the direction of movement. 13 An example of a velocity curve in Adobe After Effects. 14 Squash and stretch. p3v7nhb4 Designing Web Animation #647-6 dc 7-17-96 CH 01 LP#4 28 Designing Web Animation Cycling Many actions are repetitive and can be decomposed into a single cycle or looping action over a few frames. The classic example of animation cycling is a walking, two-legged figure. A complete cycle for a walking, two-legged figure is two steps.

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