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Animation options
Frames per cycle
For single-page animations, this is the number of frames in the animation. For multi-page animations, this
is the number of frames for which each page is displayed. Reducing the number of frames makes the file
size smaller but can give jerky animations.
Frames per second
This controls the speed of the animations. A low speed can give jerky animations. High speeds can also
give jerky animation if the program displaying the animation cannot keep up with the animation speed.
Pause & loop
These options apply only to animated GIFs, Flash animations and (pause only) screensavers. They do
not apply to AVIs. Pause introduces a delay after the first frame. Loop gives you the option of running
the animation once only (Loop=1), continuously (uncheck the option) or a specified number of times.
Some browsers interpret values above 1 as 'play continuously'—this is a feature of the browser not
MAGIX 3D Maker.
Style
This selects the type of animation. As you select different Styles, this dialog box changes to show only
options relevant to that animation type.
Rotate, Swing and Pulsate animations have two options: 1 animates the entire graphic as a single block, 2
animates each character separately.
Rotate
: lets you rotate either the text or the lights or both. You can select the rotation plane and direction. With
Front face only checked you see only the front of the text; when unchecked you see both the front and
back of the text. Checking Front face only produces smaller animations because you never see the back
of the text.
Swing:
gives a pendulum effect with the text swinging to and from. You can select amount of swing (the
Angle—default 180º) and the rotation plane and direction.
Pulsate:
gives the effect of the text pulsating in the selected axis. Shrink+grow and Grow+shrink apply when
either you have a pause in the animation or the animation does not loop continuously. For an animation
that loops continuously, without a pause, these options have the same effect. Overlap pages applies to
multi-page animations. The effect is that each page appears out of the previous page. With this option
unchecked, you see each page separately. Apart from creating some great animation effects, overlapped
animations create small file sizes.
Ripple:
gives the effect of the text rippling in the selected axis. You can select the amplitude of the ripple and its
axis.
Fade:
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