Computer animation

More articles on computer animation can be found amongst the application notes for our animation products EGI and AniSprite.

Animation tips and resources

2008-07-14
An overview of animation techniques and tips, plus a list of software resources and links to related sites.
    Most recent update: We made our storyboard layout available (in Adobe Acrobat format, or PDF) and discuss how one should use it.

Synchronizing animation on MIDI audio

2008-07-14
A low level toolkit for Win32, Maximum Midi, can serve as a base timer for the screen refresh of sprite or frame animation. All tempo changes in the MIDI piece are handled automatically. This paper explains how to hook Maximum MIDI into AniSprite. The principles apply to other MIDI and animation toolkits as well.
    Most recent update: An extra section explaining why it is important to synchronize animation to MIDI, and why a "single timer" strategy is the better alternative.