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Chapter 2. Adding Animation to a Presentation. Applying Animation. Animation is a great way to add life to InDesign documents by making objects: move and fade appear and disappear fly in from one side of the screen. Applying Animation.
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Chapter 2 Adding Animation to a Presentation
Applying Animation • Animation is a great way to add life to InDesign documents by making objects: • move and fade • appear and disappear • fly in from one side of the screen
Applying Animation • Presets, which are available on the Animation panel, can be applied quickly and easily to objects in your layout. Preset menu on the Animation panel
Applying Animation • Use the Events menu on the Animation panel to specify when the animation should occur.
Apply Animation • You can apply multiple events to a single animation. • The ability to use more than one event to trigger an animation increases your options for making a more complex presentation.
Previewing Animation • The SWF Preview panel allows you to test out the animations you are applying without exporting the file each time. • When you press the Play button on the SWF Preview panel, the page is reloaded in the panel, just as it would be in a browser.
The SWF Preview Panel • Shows only the current page in the InDesign layout. SWF Preview panel
Previewing Animation • If you click a button or hyperlink that is linked to a website, a browser window will open and take you to the destination. • This is a great way to quickly test that the URLs you have set as destinations are live and working without having to export the file.
Using the Timing Panel to Control Animation • To work with animation, you need to think of the exported document as being a presentation displayed in a linear timeline. • The Timing panel is used to control when animated objects play.
Using the Timing Panel to Control Animation • The Timing panel lists all the animations on a current spread, specifying the page event assigned to each animation. Timing panel
Using a Button to Play Animation • The very essence of a button is to make something happen when you click it. • The button plays the role of the signal or sign post, telling the viewer, “Click here and something will happen.”
Using a Button to Play Animation • To create a button trigger, choose what you want to use as the button. • It can be a simple square, a text frame, or a placed image.
Using a Button to Play Animation • Once you’ve created a button and formatted it to trigger an animation, you can apply an animation to the button itself. Create button trigger button