When is it better not to use custom animation and transition effects?
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It's really one of those things you have to look at individually for each project and weigh up the pros and cons. \nCustom animation for titles and transition effects can make a presentation look more professional and give it a little extra class if done correctly.
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Use Casecading Style Sheets.\nDon't use big or lots of images or Flash for the sake of speed.
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On a basic level, yes. Nowadays, web pages effects are defined using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), within the document itself or externally. CSS defines the effects, and often the positioning, on a web page.\n\nOn a more dynamic level, JavaScript and DHTML are useful for things like advanced page loading and real-time clocks etc. - they are also effects.\n\nIn conclusion, effects are whatever you want them to be - as long as it's not just plain text. Remember, you can define backgrounds, colors and texts using just HTML.\n\nTry http://www.w3schools.com/
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One method would be to use a flash animation for this, however, as I develop high quality training courseware, I would question as to why you would want to flash text?
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Captured motion often requires a great deal of clean-up, and reanimation. It's also a very expensive process in that you have to hire a MoCap shooting stage, as well as all the personnel needed for doing the shoot.\nCertain movements can be animated by just one person, and still look perfectly good. So it's a cost thing, mostly.
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Tables! Never use layers, they screw up depending on the browser and other settings. \n\nIf you have Fireworks or Photoshop, I suggest you draw your design, slice it up, and export it as an .htm document. That way you will have to do no html coding or building a page from scratch. Here's a link that'll help you with slicing: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/layout_editing_02.html
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I've never used Fireworks, but I can testify to the fact that Adobe Photoshop is absolutely wonderful and worth every cent of the (considerable) pricetag.  It's easy enough for a beginner to grasp, and what you can do with it expands with your ambition and knowledge of the software.  I know a lot of professional designers use the Adobe Suite as well.
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Go to best buy. Shell out 800$ for Flash 8 Professional. Have it hurt your wallet so much you read the manual.\n\nf9 for action script panel\n\n//code to click\non (release){\nwhateverframe.gotoAndPlay(x);\n//calling the transition animation\n}\n\nto make some kind of animation, hit f5 to add keyframes, add a new key frame and make changes. Highlight one keyframe to another and right click, select motion tween.
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When blending two images together, one of the hardest things to get right is the lighting.  I have the feeling you are experiencing problems at a more basic level.  You might want to spend a day learning about every tool in the box, and I recommend especially getting to know your hotkeys for a faster working speed.  \nAfter the tool box, learn how to work your layers, which is so important to understand how to use for a beginner.  These are the fundamentals.  Finally learn all the file, edit, menubar items, and treat yourself at last to the filters.  It is going to be frustrating the first couple weeks, but once you get the hang of it, it's addictively fun.
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http://www.tomdownload.com/multimedia_design/animation/
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i would say that flash is one of the most popular for 2d animation.\n\nbut as for 3d animation you have a VERY large collection to choose from. probably the most popular 3d package for animators is maya, due to their motion builder. but you can produce awesome animations from any 3d package. personally i am a 3d studio max user. and i have seen great stuff form max, lightwave and XSI. as for the BEST one i would sugest that you get your hands on the trial versions of these programs a play with them. see which one feels the best, which one suits your workflow the best. if you learn 3d studio max and get good at it and go for a job where they use maya it shouldnt be a problem, as the principles are the most important thing, not the program you use.\n\n\neagle4
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For this purpose you can use various softwares such as Ulead GIF Animator etc. You can find a trial version at Download.Com
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thats easy, just tright click the thing you want to make move and choose 'cutsom animation...' then u can just chooes wat do u want to do^.^(use prevew if ur not sure)
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Animating on the puter is long process, even for an ad banner but it's fun. I drew Vladi Konstantinov leveling John LeClair in the Detroit/Philadelphia Stanley Cup Finals (about ten photos). Scanned them into my puter then put them together and saved it. It was awesome! I really enjoy animating but it's way too long of a process for me. I get bored and irritated easy.\n\nAnyway, I use PhotoImpact graphic editor and GIF Animator both from Ulead (http://www.ulead.com/)\n\nHere are some links for you:\nhttp://www.artie.com/process2.htm\nhttp://www.toonboom.com/\nhttp://forum.bcdb.com/forum/_C7/_F9/Animation_Software_P46584/\n\nGood luck!
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if ur only gonna use those simple effects u might as well use windows movie maker...\nor if u can download adobe premiere 2.0 it is much easier to follow...\nPS. u need to cut the movie into scenes and put the effect in the desired scene
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Onscreen, sans serif fonts are easier to read (e.g. Arial, Verdana, Tahoma).\n\nUse a very dark background with very light or even white letters.\n\nDon't use extra flashy animations; they distract from from your content.\n\nDON'T use backgrounds that have constant animation. (My pastor did this once; it's really distracting.)
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You should use macromedia flash for this project. Id the animation simple or complicated? Flash may take some time for you to get familiar with, and the software is expensive to purchase, but this is the tool for the job.