Questions tagged [animation]

Questions relating to how to make an animation on the computer using software tools.

Questions relating to how to make an animation on the computer using software tools.

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Pausing a .gif animation in Google Chrome

Is it possible to "pause" an animated gif file in Google Chrome? If so, how do I do it? I've tried Esc without luck. I'm aware that other browsers can do this using the Esc key I thought I saw a similar question on here before but couldn't find it -…
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Disable OS X Enter Full Screen animation

Most applications have a hotkey for entering full-screen in OS X with CmdCtrlF, for others I created a keyboard shortcut for Enter Full Screen and Exit Full Screen in system preferences. But the 3.0 seconds animation is extremely annoying! How can I…
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Create a PDF from PowerPoint with animations

I have PowerPoint slides with visual effects on them, so each line appears after clicking on the screen in the presentation. When I convert them to PDF the slides are mostly empty and only some titles are in them and the lines that had the visual…
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Convert animated SVG to movie

I have an animated SVG and would like to turn it into a movie (a series of pictures would also do). The animation plays in webkit browsers (Safari, Chrome) and in Batik's squiggle). I tried capturing it with a screen capturer. but the movie ends up…
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How do I animate only one word in a row?

I have a list of bullet points in my slide. In each row, I'd like to animate one word only, to give the word emphasis. But I see I can only animate a whole row. Is there any way to animate a single word?
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Export frames of animation separately

I'm working with lots of Photoshop animations provided to me by a designer. Each one is made of six frames, and I need to export each frame so that they have the titles (say): left*.png, where * is 0-5 depending on the frame. Does anyone know if…
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Powerpoint: animation to build a table, one row at a time

I've got a slide in PowerPoint 2007 containing a table with several rows. I'd like to build this slide one row at a time (so that the audience doesn't see each row until I'm ready to talk about it). I haven't been able to figure out how to do…
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Are there programs to create and edit SVG animations?

Looks like there is a standard open format for vector animation: SVG. How to create and edit such files? I expect something like Blender with keyframes and curve editor. Inkscape does not seem to have animation abilities at the first glance. FOSS is…
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How to disable slow motion effect in Mac OS X (shift key)?

Mac OS X has a fantastic feature that enables you to play window effects in slow motion by holding down the Shift key while playing the animation (like minimize, maximize, Exposé, etc...) As a matter of fact, I don't like it! :) How can I disable…
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Turn off Windows 10 Task View sliding animation

I actually use the new task view tool provided in Windows 10 and I was wondering if there is a way to disable the sliding animation between different desktops. I find this kind of annoying and it seems to take a second each time for the animation to…
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Start multiple animation sequences simultaneously in PowerPoint

I'm using PowerPoint 2010 and trying to create an animation. In one of my slides, I've different objects with different paths. I'm trying to run all of them at once (not one after another). I know that this can be done by Effect Options -> Sequence…
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How to take a CSS animation from a browser, and export a GIF of it?

I have the following CSS3 Animation going on: http://dabblet.com/gist/2884702. It's basically a simulation of a mirror rotating on its x-axis. Now, I wish to present that in a PowerPoint presentation. Since PowerPoint doesn't have the webkit engine,…
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PowerPoint: How to animate bullet and sub-bullets such that both have different animations on the master slide?

I am always finding myself wanting to do different animation on bullets and sub-bullets, not as a whole. Currently, the only available option is to do all the bullets (and their sub-bullets) to come together not one at a time. Is there a way to do…
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How do I disable animations in Preview in Lion?

For example, open up a pdf and set view to two pages and hit arrow key up/down. Is there a way to get rid of the animation? Preview feels really snappy and fast, and to have animations like that just spoils all the fun. Might seem like a proper…
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Windows 10 Disable Win + Tab Task View Window Animation

So you can turn off the "sliding" animation when switching between Virtual desktops when unchecking "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing" in the Performance Options; this prevents you from seeing any animations when you switch between…
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