Creating Animation for Web Use - P5

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E-cards (Electronic Card)

Animation can be a good thing to use in E-cards because it allows the sender to put a personal animation of something and send it to friends and family. The good thing about sending animation this way is that the file size is reduced so you can send cards fast and easily without waiting for it to download, but due to the file size being reduced, the image quality is also weaker meaning that you won't get the full quality when sending it. The file formats commonly used for E-cards are: Animated Gif, Flash files, Jpeg.


Output Devices

Printers for example allow the user to print out animations in high definition from software on their computer, like Microsoft Office. You can also print animation directly from the web, by simply right-clicking on the image and clicking the print button. Printing out is an easy way to have your work on paperback for either backup or to give to someone.
These days printers can even print in 3D, so if you have specialist software that deals with 3D animations of characters etc. then you can print out a high quality 3D version of your work.


Mobile Devices

Although mobile phones are seen as small computers, not all phone are compatible with certain file formats. So if you wish to have your animations in phone format, then you will have to create a different version that is compatible with mobile devices. Many companies that want to have their websites accessible by phone have to create a totally new website in the correct format because phone screens are smaller so all the images will have to be descaled to the right size so it's readable on the phone.


Animated Rollovers

In many websites, the roll-over buttons are generally animated with another image. So when you go onto a website you will see the button in one colour, then when you hover your mouse over it, it will change colour.
Almost all websites on the web do this because it makes the website look more professional and sleek.

Some big companies even have moving roll-over buttons. For example the CBeebies website has little characters the move sometime when you hover over them with your mouse. This feature is used mainly for children as it makes the website fun and keeps them entertained for a short while.


E-mail Attachments

Emails are the easiest way of sending animation to many other people easily and quickly. Unfortunately there is a limit on the file size (1 MB - 100 MB), so to get around this you will have to either reduce the quality of the image or movie, or compress the file in a zip file.

Many people these days though use Cloud to send and retrieve files through the internet because there are no limits on the amount you can send. This way is preferred by many major companies to send work to colleagues and to also back up their work.