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  1. #21
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Egg,

    No-one's saying that can't be done ... it was the background animation that was the problem.
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    You can loop a short video clip for background animation, there's been a few posts about it before. It's not too difficult in Xara from what I remember though I'd need a refresher myself. You can see the background video that they use in source code "bg.mp4"
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    When you look at the code detail https://greymattersuk.com/, the PNG images have been placed in a 'Slick' carousel; there are 8 x PNG images in a loop. The carousel sits in front of the background video, which in this case does not appear to do very much. The perception of depth in the PNG images has been created similar I guess to Egg's well explained approach.

    It was fairly easy to mimic the effect using my third party slider, minus the usual controls; I did not bother with the video background. You could of course do the whole thing as an intro-video with your chosen video editor and have it run in the background.

    Footnote:it would be interesting to gauge how long it takes for a visitor to get the headline message from this site?
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Hi Keith, the OP never said he particularly wanted just the background animations, just whether it could be done in Xara

    Anyway, here's a link to one that has a background animation.

    LINK

    Initiostar & xtom. My approach was similar but I used a animated gif behind the cycle widget.
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Quote Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill View Post
    Hi Keith, the OP never said he particularly wanted just the background animations, just whether it could be done in Xara
    Anyway, here's a link to one that has a background animation.
    LINK
    Egg, I think I'd visit your site any day.

    I think the OP's question has been more than answered "constructively".

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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Excellent work Egg.
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Thanks Acorn & Keith. One issue I can't overcome is there's a subtle difference in the shade of black between the pasteboard and that of the animated gif (which has a transparent background but may be a 256 colour restriction?).

    Anyway just for fun here's a variation.

    LINK
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Nice examples Egg. Making the gif fill the entire background would probably be needed so that would ensure no difference between pasteboard. Then you would probably need a bigger gif for higher resolution. Not sure how file size of gif would compare with mp4 at the end but yeah plenty of possibilites for the OP to ponder on and try.
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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Surely just changing the Pasteboard colour to #101010 would work?

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    Default Re: Is this even possible with xara software

    Egg, I have no idea how you did that, but it's great, thank you!!!
    A tutorial would be appreciated by me and others.
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