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Summary

Modern websites use a variety of animated effects not only to improve usability but also to delight and surprise users. Some of these effects require complex scripting or programming skills, but many are within the grasp of designers who are already familiar with CSS and HTML. CSS Animations and Transitions for the Modern Web shows designers how to add movement to web pages over time using CSS3 style definitions.

Author Steven Bradley begins as simply as possible and uses elementary skills as the basis for more advanced techniques. Conceptual explanation is combined with specific examples to give designers a solid foundation in
the art of creating dynamic and appealing websites. Steven’s examples are posted at peachpit.com so readers can see the animations in action and download the code files for further study. Instructions for access are in the “Getting Started” section.

With CSS Animations and Transitions for the Modern Web, you’ll learn how to make your websites more vibrant and compelling with user interfaces that are functional, reliable, and usable, as well as beautiful.

Up-to-date information on current browser support for CSS animations and transitions
An introduction to manipulating web page objects in both 2D and 3D space
Techniques for creating smooth transitions between object states
An overview of Disney’s principles for creating realistic animation and how they apply to web page designs

Author Biography

Steven Bradley has been making a living building and marketing Web sites for small businesses. He specializes in building usable and search engine-friendly Web sites so whether visitors to his clients’ sites are living breathing humans or search engine spiders, either will have an enjoyable experience. He’s also a blogger who writes about web design and development. After teaching himself the principles of design, Steven self-published an ebook on design aimed at Web coders called Design Fundamentals: Elements, Attributes, and Principles. In addition to writing for his own web site, vanseodesign.com, he’s written for sites like Smashing Magazine, the Tuts+ family of sites, the Developer Connection section of Adobe.com, as well as a variety of other design and development sites. Born in Brooklyn, Steven now lives in Boulder, CO.

Chapter 1: Introduction

• Why CSS Animation is Important

• Critical and Non-Critical Visual Experience

• Tools: What you need

Chapter 2: Transforms

• Browser Support

• Fallbacks and PolyFills

• CSS Visual Formatting Model

• The Transform Rendering Model

• 2-Dimensional Transforms

- transform property

- transform-origin property

• 3-Dimensional Transforms

- Perspective property

- Perspective-origin property

- Backface-visibility property

• Transform Functions

- 2-Dimensional Functions

matrix()

translate()

translateX()

translateY()

scale()

scaleX()

scaleY()

rotate()

skew()

skewX()

- 3-Dimensional Functions

matrix3d()

translate3d()

translateZ()

scale3d()

scaleZ()

rotate3d()

rotateX()

rotateY()

rotateZ()

perspective()

• Combining Transforms

Chapter 3: Transitions

• Browser Support

• Fallbacks and PolyFills

• Transition Properties

- Transition-property

- Transition-duration property

- Transition-timing-function property

ease

linear

ease-in

ease-out

ease-in-out

step-start

step-end

steps

cubic-bezier

- Transition-delay property

- Transition shorthand property

• Starting and Reversing Transitions

• CSS properties that can be transitioned

• Transition Events

Chapter 4: Animation

• Browser Support

• Fallbacks and PolyFills

• Keyframes

- @Keyframes rule

• Animation Behavior

- Differences between animation and transitions

• Animation Properties

- animation-name property

- animation-duration property

ease

linear

ease-in

ease-out

ease-in-out

step-start

step-end

steps

cubic-bezier

- animation-timing-function property

- animation-iteration-count property

- animation-direction property

- animation-play-state property

- animation-delay property

- animation-fill-mode property

- Animation shorthand property

• CSS Properties that can be animated

• Animation Events

- Animation-start

- Animation-end

- Animation-iteration

Chapter 5: Principles for More Realistic Animation

• When to use Transitions and when to use animation

• Disney's Twelve principles of animation

- Squash and stretch

- Anticipation

- Staging

- Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

- Follow Through and Overlapping Action

- Slow In and Slow Out

- Arcs

- Secondary Action

- Timing

- Exaggeration

- Solid Drawing

- Appeal

Chapter 6: Examples

End Matter

• Resources

• About the Author

• Index

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