Add animations

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You can add animations to individual spot elements such as fading or flying.

To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. On the HTML Composer canvas, select the element that you want to add an animation to.

  2. In the Elements pane, click on Animations.

  3. Select one of the following tabs to specify when an animation takes place:  

    • Entrance animation: displays the animation at the beginning of a spot.

    • Transitions: displays the animation between two pages. Transitions contain an entrance animation and an exit animation.

    • Exit animations: displays the animation at the end of the last page.

  4. Optionally, specify a Delay after which an animation starts in seconds. The time is subtracted from the duration of the page.

  5. Select an animation type and specify its settings:

    Fade

    Select to let an element fade in or out.

    Easing

    Specify at which point of the progression of the animation easens:

    • Start

    • Start and end

    • End


    Type

    Select a temporal sequence for the animation.

    To see how the types look, go to https://greensock.com/ease-visualizer


    Animate on top

    Select to highlight the selected element during transitions.

    Fly

    Select to let an element fly in or out.

    Easing

    Specify at which point of the progression of the animation easens:

    • Start

    • Start and end

    • End


    Type

    Select a temporal sequence for the animation.

    To see how the types look, go to https://greensock.com/ease-visualizer


    Animate on top

    Select to highlight the selected element during transitions.


    Direction

    Select the direction of the animation:

    • Left to right

    • Right to left

    • Top to bottom

    • Bottom to top


    Offset

    Specify the offset from the margin of the selected element container in pixels.

    Appear inside

    Select to let an element appear inside the container.

    Easing

    Specify at which point of the progression of the animation easens:

    • Start

    • Start and end

    • End


    Type

    Select a temporal sequence for the animation.

    To see how the types look, go to https://greensock.com/ease-visualizer


    Animate on top

    Select to highlight the selected element during transitions.


    Direction

    Select the direction of the animation:

    • Left to right

    • Right to left

    • Top to bottom

    • Bottom to top

    Ken Burns

    Select to zoom in on an element.

    Easing

    Specify at which point of the progression of the animation easens:

    • Start

    • Start and end

    • End


    Type

    Select a temporal sequence for the animation.

    To see how the types look, go to https://greensock.com/ease-visualizer


    Animate on top

    Select to highlight the selected element during transitions.


    Rotation point

    Specify the anchor point for the animation:

    • Center

    • Center top

    • Right top

    • Right center

    • Right bottom

    • Center bottom

    • Left bottom

    • Left center

    • Left top


    Scale

    Specify the size of the element before and after the animation.


    Crossfade

    Select to let the animation fade in or out with transparency.

    Swoop

    Select to let an element swoop in.

    Easing

    Specify at which point of the progression of the animation easens:

    • Start

    • Start and end

    • End


    Type

    Select a temporal sequence for the animation.

    To see how the types look, go to https://greensock.com/ease-visualizer.


    Animate on top

    Select to highlight the selected element during transitions.


    Z rotation / X rotation / Y rotation

    Specify the rotation of the animation around the X, Y, or Z axis in increments of 10.


    Rotation point

    Specify the anchor point for the animation:

    • Center

    • Center top

    • Right top

    • Right center

    • Right bottom

    • Center bottom

    • Left bottom

    • Left center

    • Left top


    Distance

    When starting the animation, specify the distance and angle of the media to the anchor point.

    If the angle is 0, the distance is set to 0 degrees (horizontal) to the right.


    Angle

    Specify the rotation of the medium around the anchor point.

    Combine this setting with Distance to place the medium anywhere around the anchor point.


    Scale

    Specify the size of the element before and after the animation.


    Crossfade

    Select to let the animation fade in or out with transparency.

  1. In the Animations window, you can use the following options:

    • Attach left: attaches the window to the left side of the HTML Composer. This is useful for the preview on the canvas.

    • Preview: shows a preview of the animation on the canvas.

  2. Click Save to save your changes.

Note

Elements that contain actions are marked with the following icon: