Blog Post
Jonathan_Hill
Super Hero
Hello! Hope you're all well.
Ever since the new 'Jump to Time/Cue Point' trigger went live, I've been investigating how it can be used to repeatedly change the state of an object to animate it like a GIF, with none of the drawbacks of a GIF.
This is more 'motivational' than 'educational', but with many of us currently on lockdown, juggling working from home and childcare, it feels like we're SPINNING PLATES at the moment.
Demo: https://bit.ly/elhc275
Download: https://bit.ly/elhc275dl
Ever since the new 'Jump to Time/Cue Point' trigger went live, I've been investigating how it can be used to repeatedly change the state of an object to animate it like a GIF, with none of the drawbacks of a GIF.
This is more 'motivational' than 'educational', but with many of us currently on lockdown, juggling working from home and childcare, it feels like we're SPINNING PLATES at the moment.
Demo: https://bit.ly/elhc275
Download: https://bit.ly/elhc275dl
TreyMcNabb-f8db
5 years agoCommunity Member
Hey Jonathan, nice job! I always enjoy how you put your challenges together. Thanks also for having it in your blog, my firewalls won't allow me to go to tiny urls. I frequently will view your submissions from home just to see them.
One questions I have is what is the purpose of the 1st slide? I see the title is html5 load screen, then the trigger to jump to the next slide when the timeline starts. What does that do for us?
We're still coming to grips with updating courses due to end of Flash, so I'm still learning best practices with html5.
Thanks!
One questions I have is what is the purpose of the 1st slide? I see the title is html5 load screen, then the trigger to jump to the next slide when the timeline starts. What does that do for us?
We're still coming to grips with updating courses due to end of Flash, so I'm still learning best practices with html5.
Thanks!
- Jonathan_Hill5 years agoSuper HeroThanks Trey, glad you found the blog useful.
That first slide just enures the title slide loads automatically without defaulting to that (slightly unsightly) grey screen with the play button on it. Looks better and keeps the clicking next to a minimum.- TreyMcNabb-f8db5 years agoCommunity MemberOh ok. Thanks, I appreciate the insight.