User:MichaelFrey/Animation

This book shall examplifiy how certain animation techniques are affecting the end result.

This is not a step-by-step tutorial or a programming book or "anything" of that matter

Inspiration
Getting inspired and getting started

Tips and Tricks
Use rotational symmetry to reduce the frame count

Frame count
In general, increasing the frame count (within limits constrained by the file size) makes an animation smoother and thus better to read:

Background Color
black vs. white background

black vs. white background with narrow lines

non revoling
Those two animations show the same mechanism:

By only showing the half rotation, the fact that it is an approximate straight line mechanism is pronounced.

Reversing Frames
Duplicating the frames in reverse makes the animation look a lot smoother

Color Coding
Providing a color legend may also be useful.