iOS Image/Sprite Animation?

[Rick Harrison]

Hi Scott,

Think “Movie Animation”.  The rect stays in the same place
and get  updated with new images.  The layer needs to be
in the background so that other things can fly across it in
a topmost layer.

Thanks,

Rick

On Nov 27, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> What exactly are you trying to animate?  If you provide some details, a
> suggestion might be easier.
> 
> If you're not already, look at the acceleratedRendering property and the
> layerMode of the object/s you're trying to animate.
> 
> If you're replacing frames of a rectangular region, you might be able to
> manually update an image object using the individual frames of the
> animation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/27/13 2:06 PM, "Rick Harrison" <harrison at all-auctions.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> I¹m trying to do what I at first thought to
>> be some simple image/sprite animations
>> on iOS.  
>> 
>> I started out with the idea of using a
>> Quicktime movie.  I thought maybe I¹d
>> use 2 or three of them.
>> 
>> Turns out one can only display 1 movie
>> at a time in iOS, and the movie always
>> has to be on the top layer under iOS.
>> That killed that idea.  :-(
>> 
>> I then thought about converting my
>> movie to an animated gif.  It is 240
>> frames, and runs very slowly.
>> Anyway to speed it up?
>> 
>> I then looked at the custom icon type
>> animation, but alas icons can only be
>> 128 by 128 pixels.  My image needs to
>> be 608 by 342 pixels, so that kills that
>> idea.
>> 
>> I looked at setting one image to the
>> contents of another one, but then
>> noticed the routine uses:
>> put URL VarImageName into image VarImageDisplay of card 1
>> which loads images from the disk which
>> is also too slow!
>> 
>> I know I can¹t be the only one who has
>> run into this situation before.  What
>> do you more experienced animators
>> recommend?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance!
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
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