User Guide

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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
To use the Hotspot Inspector to set the timing of a hotspot
1 Select the hotspot in the Layout tab of the SMIL window or in the Timeline Editor.
2 In the Basic tab of the Area Inspector, set the item’s begin time by choosing Normal Play Time from the Begin
menu, and then enter a time in the Begin box.
3 Set the container’s end time by choosing Normal Play Time from the End menu, and then enter a time in the End
box.
Animating items and adding transitions
To animate an item
1 From the SMIL set of the objects toolbox, drag the Animate icon onto the item you want to animate.
2 With “<animate>-Untitled” selected in the Timeline Editor, enter a title and other necessary information in the
Animate Motion tab of the Animate Inspector.
For more information on animating items in SMIL presentations, see the RealNetworks website at www.realnet-
works.com/resources.
See also
“Animate Motion tab options” on page 504
“Time tab options” on page 505
“More tab options” on page 505
Animate Motion tab options
Title Specifies a title for the animation item.
Type Specifies the type of animation you want to create:
• Animate Lets you animate any of the available attributes (such as Background Color, Media Opacity, and so on).
• Animate Color Lets you animate the background color.
• Animate Motion Lets you animate the elements position.
Set Lets you animate the value of a setting such as background color or width and height values.
Target Specifies the region you want to animate:
• None Animates nothing.
• Root-Layout Animates the root.
• Region <id> Animates the chosen region.
• <item type> Animates the chosen item, such as a selected video item.
Attribute Specifies the attribute you want to animate. The choices that appear depend on the Type selection.
From/To Specifies the value of the attribute in its initial state (for certain attributes only) using the From field.
Specify the value of the final state of the attribute using the To field.