Animation question

**charliescoffee** · 26 July 2009, 04:33 AM

I’d like to do an animation that consumes about 2/3 of the page that happens once and then disappears and the main elements of the page will then appear in the area previously used by the animation. I’m entering a room, the animation shows the portal first far off, getting larger, then going white and disappearing, leaving the page content. I can do the animation but so far, all the animations I’ve done repeat continuously. Is there a setting for just once through that I’ve missed?

**steve.ledger** · 26 July 2009, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by charliescoffee

Is there a setting for just once through that I’ve missed?

There is - and you have

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**charliescoffee** · 26 July 2009, 05:03 AM

Sledger, I’ve been using Xara for over 10 years, and the things I do I can do pretty well, but it’s such a big program that sometimes I feel like I’m a total novice. I’ve been spending some time lately getting to know more about the program, areas of the software I haven’t discovered yet. Not just animations, either, which I’ve only been doing for a couple of months now. I was just watching some tutorials that Egg did a couple of years ago, It’s unbelievable, but there are buttons on my screen that have been there and visible for a decade that I’m still discovering. Well, as they say, more will be revealed. Anyway, thanks! (Again.)

**steve.ledger** · 26 July 2009, 05:09 AM

Yes, I know what you mean Charles.

We tend to see only what we need and block out the rest.
Don't worry - I still learn something every day too - recalling it when I need it though - that's something else

**charliescoffee** · 26 July 2009, 06:17 AM

It just occurred to me, if I put the placeholder behind the other material, won't the animation be behind this, too. If I put it in front, will it block out the other material after the single loop? If I make the placeholder smaller, won't the animation be smaller, too?

**The Doc** · 26 July 2009, 08:19 AM

How about making the placeholder 99% transparent and in your animation copy the last frame and make all the elements 99% transparent. I have just tested this out and it seems to do what I think you are trying to achieve. Please excuse the crude 'web page' and 'animation' I just wanted to test the principle.
See http://graphics-junction.co.uk/anitest/index.htm

**Egg Bramhill** · 26 July 2009, 01:57 PM

It will work, you just need nothing on your final frame. All other frames require a background rectangle (here they're white) to hide your buttons. If you don't want to have the visitor return to the animation create a duplicate page but without the animation. Don't forget to place all the files in the same folder to view correctly.

EDIT: Strangely this works in IE but not Firefox

SEE HERE

**charliescoffee** · 26 July 2009, 04:56 PM

Yes, this sounds like it will work. I'm not quite sure about the purpose of the duplicate page, though. I'm just back at work and will be playing with this in a bit, but I now think I'll be able to make it work. I'll post results later. Many thanks!

**Egg Bramhill** · 26 July 2009, 05:47 PM

Great but I can't understand why the buttons don't work in Firefox but do in IE. Can anyone else try it for me? I've attached the link below:

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**The Doc** · 26 July 2009, 06:10 PM

I get the same as you Egg, in IE the buttons are active and link to other pages but in Firefox the mouseover has no effect and clicking on the buttons has no effect.