Chapter 6: Animation Components

Overview

Next, let's explore the reative potential of using animation components as both individuals and mixed together in unusual ways.

In almost every sense, this is an exploration. We might imagine ourselves at the frontier of some new computational universe, where our thoughts and the movements of our hands control the world that will unfold around us. It is unclear what exactly we may find during this exploration because of the sheer number of possibilities. We can rest assured, though, that our journey will be one that cannot be described, only observed.

In the following sections, we'll observe the landscape, learn of its dangers and pitfalls, and discover treasures of new knowledge. Now is the time to set our frames of mind as explorers, and set off.

• The animation component set

• Customizing the artwork used by animation components

• Understanding the limits of Flash animation

• Using multiple animation components