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Elliot Smith
cf18836ca0 docs: Add recipe for animating an actor on a curved path
Show how to animate an actor using a ClutterPathConstraint.

This demonstrates how to get effects similar to
ClutterPathBehaviour with the modern animation APIs.

Includes 3 examples:

1) Simple ClutterPathConstraint used with implicit animations
2) ClutterPathConstraint used to simulate circular animation,
using ClutterAnimator
3) Creating simple curved path animations with non-linear
easing
2011-02-08 14:41:51 +00:00
Elliot Smith
7eb248b1f0 cookbook: First draft for looping animations recipe
Includes video showing the looped animation and
basic section headings, plus outline of content and notes.
2010-11-15 11:23:04 +00:00
Elliot Smith
ce0bd4e26c cookbook: Recipe for "moving actors"
This recipe explains how to use the three animation
approaches (implicit, State, Animator) to animate movement
of actors.

Includes some guidelines about which approach to use when, with
a full code example for each approach.

The discussion section covers some subtleties around animated
movement; namely: moving actors out of their containers; anchor
points and movement; moving in the depth axis; interactions
between animated movement and constraints.
2010-09-23 16:24:21 +01:00
Elliot Smith
e8e360eaa7 cookbook: Added a recipe for reusing a complex animation
This recipe explains how to "reuse" the same animation
definition for different actors, by creating a new
instance of a "rig" (empty container) and animation
for the rig each time the animation is required.

An actor is then re-parented to the rig and animated
using it, rather than being animated directly.

JSON is used to define the rig + animator, to make
creating new instances of them simpler. The recipe
also discusses various caveats around using this
approach, rather than directly animating an actor.
2010-09-13 14:31:17 +01:00
Elliot Smith
655c60aaa9 cookbook: Added recipe for complex animation
Uses ClutterAnimator to implement a reasonably complex
animation of a single actor (movement along a path with
simultaneous scaling).

Provides a metaphor for thinking about ClutterAnimator
animations (stage directions) and explains keys and key
frames in some depth. Also compares ClutterAnimator
with other possible approaches to this type of animation
(implicit animations, ClutterState).
2010-09-03 14:31:57 +01:00
Elliot Smith
e54d3e716b cookbook: Added video of two texture cross-fade
Added a video showing the two texture cross-fade.

Modified the example code to animate on key press, so
this video could be captured.

Also altered the stage size to minimise the video size.
2010-08-18 11:41:32 +01:00
Elliot Smith
f5db4943de cookbook: Added video showing scrollable actor 2010-08-11 18:16:07 +01:00
Damien Lespiau
cbd6e047dd cookbook: Add a recipe on how to create sub-textures
Fiddle with Cogl textures to create a new ClutterTexture that only
displays a rectangular region of a bigger ClutterTexture.
2010-08-06 15:43:15 +01:00
Elliot Smith
7ed3517504 cookbook: Added recipe for animated rotation of an actor
New recipe covering how to animate rotation of
an actor (in all axes).

Covers various factors affecting rotation animation
(like orientation of axes, parent rotation/orientation),
as well as trying to make rotations easier to visualise
(e.g. describing how rotation direction is affected by
those factors, how a rotation can be expected to look
when animated). Uses implicit animations for code examples.

Also refers to a full code example which uses ClutterState.
2010-07-28 11:43:26 +01:00
Emmanuele Bassi
e92c8d72cc Merge remote branch 'elliot/cookbook-include-videos'
* elliot/cookbook-include-videos:
  cookbook: Tweak so that videos sit inside a paragraph for better spacing
  docs: Note the P_() macro in the HACKING file
  cookbook: Added support for inline video

Conflicts:
	doc/cookbook/Makefile.am
2010-07-16 17:13:12 +01:00
Elliot Smith
962b3c6885 cookbook: Added recipe for fading actors in/out
Added a recipe showing how to fade actors in/out by
animating their opacity property, using both implicit
animations and ClutterState.
2010-07-16 12:44:39 +01:00
Elliot Smith
1d9c64ff16 cookbook: Added support for inline video
Amended Makefile to copy content of videos directory into
installation directories. Also copies videos and images
into the html/ directory during the build, so that the
built cookbook can be viewed locally (for testing without
having to install).

Added an XSLT template to transform Docbook <inlinemediaobject>
elements into HTML 5 <video> elements, with a fallback to
link to the video displayed for browsers without HTML 5 support.

Added note to "Contributing" appendix explaining how to put
video into a recipe.
2010-07-15 17:31:10 +01:00