Tag Archives: Animation

Dissecting the IE9 Fish Tank demo: PNG based sprite sheet animation with Canvas

One of my favorite demos from the IE9 Test Drive site is FishIE Tank. Labeled a “Speed Demo” the FishIE Tank demonstrates hardware acceleration, canvas based image manipulation and PNG based sprite sheet animation. And watching the FPS meter on … Continue reading

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Avatar Mosaic -Experimenting with the Artefact Animator

After finding out about the Artefact Animator,  written by Jesse Graupmann, I knew I wanted to try it out. The Artefact Animator library is based on the same concept as Tweener for Flash, which provides an easy way to do … Continue reading

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Big update for the Project Rosetta site today

We just shipped a major update to the Project Rosetta site, including a new a series of Flash to Silverlight tutorials, an updated API Guide with a quick reference list and a full list of recommended tools, code samples and … Continue reading

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BugCamSmash Dissected part 2 – Make the Bugs Crawl

In part 1 of this series, explaining how BugCamSmash we walked through the creating the bug sprite, placing the bug at a random position on the screen and triggering a Smash animation when a rock sprite collides with the bug … Continue reading

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