Transcript 6.2 Flash Movies (SWF)

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Animation
6.1 GIF Animation
6.2 Flash Movies (SWF)
6.3 Use Animation Elements to Fit our
Needs
A series of images stored in an animated GIF file
6.1 GIF Animation
 Nature
 GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format
 Bitmaps animation
 Contains a set of still images within one file
When displayed in a specific order an animation results
6.1 GIF Animation
 Properties
 Large file size
 Does not support sound and interactivity
 Commonly used to design animated web
site advertisement banners
6.2 Flash Movies (SWF)
 Nature
 Vector graphics animation
 Does not store every individual frame of
the animated object
 Tween frames between keyframes
Tween
frames
Keyframe
Keyframe
Keyframe
Keyframe
Tween
frames
6.2 Flash Movies (SWF)
 Properties
 Requires less storage space than bitmaps
animation → smaller file size
 Animation can be played in Flash Player
 Animation can be produced with
Macromedia Flash
Tools
Panel
Timeline
Stage
6.2 Flash Movies (SWF)
 Properties
 Supports interactivity and sounds
 Supports a scripting language called
ActionScript
 Used in web animation, interactive games
and quizzes
A Flash interactive
game
A Flash calculator
6.3 Use Animation Elements to Fit
Our Needs
 Compare Flash Movies and Animated
GIF
Flash movies
Animated GIFs
Nature of animation
Vector graphics
Bitmaps
File size
Relatively small
Large
Resize without loss
of quality
Yes
No
Multimedia and
interactivity support
Yes
No
Streaming support
Yes
No
Browser plug-in
required
Yes
No
Much more
versatile
Rather simple
Editing software
6.3 Use Animation Elements to Fit
Our Needs
 Compare Flash Movies and Animated
GIF
 Flash movies
Suitable for presenting complicated
animations involving multimedia and
interactivity
 Animated GIFs
Suitable for designing simple buttons and
banners on web pages