System and method for creating and playing a tweening animation using a graphic directional indicator
AssigneeNBOR Corporation
InventorDenny Jaeger
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Abstract
A system and method for creating and playing tweening animations allows a user to simply draw a graphic directional indicator, e.g., an arrow, in a computer environment to associate graphic objects with the graphic directional indicator and generate a tweening animation of at least one of the associated graphic objects. The tweening animation can be made to play automatically when the graphic directional indicator is activated or can be made to be controllable by a user-manipulable control device.
Claims26
A method for creating and playing tweening animations, said method comprising:
- displaying graphic objects in a computer environment;
- drawing a graphic directional indicator in said computer environment, including associating said graphic objects with said graphic directional indicator;
- assigning a tweening function to said graphic directional indicator;
- and
- activating said tweening function of said graphic directional indictor in response to user input to generate a tweening animation of at least one of said graphic objects.
A storage medium readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform method steps for creating and playing tweening animation, said method steps comprising:
- displaying graphic objects in a computer environment;
- drawing a graphic directional indicator in said computer environment, including associating said graphic objects with said graphic directional indicator;
- assigning a tweening function to said graphic directional indicator;
- and
- activating said tweening function of said graphic directional indictor in response to user input to generate a tweening animation of at least one of said graphic objects.
A system for creating and playing tweening animations, said system comprising:
- a display device that can display graphic objects, including a graphic directional indicator;
- and
- a tweening module operatively coupled to said display device, said tweening module being configured to associate said graphic objects when said graphic directional indicator is drawn, said tweening module being further configured to assign a tweening function to said graphic directional indicator in response to user input, said tweening module being further configured to generate a tweening animation of at least one of said graphic objects when said graphic directional indicator is activated.
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