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What is a Tween?
A Tween defines how an animation progresses from its initial value to its final value. The simplest way this can be accomplished is to go straight from start to finish in equal steps. This results in a smooth transition, however it starts and stops abruptly and tends to be a bit unnatural. Unnatural in the sense that, in the real world, you never see a linear transition. In the real world, transitions (movements, deformations, etc) are always accompanied by varying degrees of acceleration and deceleration. Some real world examples that come to mind: the movement of a pendulum, a ball bouncing, our breathing pattern, a bungee jump. Tweens basically try to mathematically recreate some of these transitions and can help add naturalism to animations.
What is Easing?
All tweens (except Linear) support an easing attribute that can be one of "in", "out", or "inout". The Quadratic tweener only supports "in" and "out". The default easing method is "out". Easing is basically the direction of the tween action. Looking at the various graphs below and trying the tweens out will make the concept of easing, easier (hehe, say that ten times in a row) to understand.
Supported Tweens
Currently, Mediaportal's skin engine supports eight different tweens: "linear", "quadratic", "bounce", "elastic", "cubic", "circle", "sine" and "back". They are set in an animation using the tween attribute. The animations next to each graph shows how that tween renders straight motion between 2 points. Tweens however aren't restricted to only motion effects, they can be used on alpha as well.
Linear Tweener
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Linear Tweener |
Linear Animation |
Quadratic Tweener
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Quadratic Tweener Easing Out |
Quadratic Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Quadratic Tweener Easing In |
Quadratic Tweener Easing In Animation |
Bounce Tweener
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Bounce Tweener Easing Out |
Bounce Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Bounce Tweener Easing InOut |
Bounce Tweener Easing InOut Animation |
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Bounce Tweener Easing In |
Bounce Tweener Easing In Animation |
Back Tweener
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Back Tweener Easing Out |
Back Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Back Tweener Easing InOut |
Back Tweener Easing InOut Animation |
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Back Tweener Easing In |
Back Tweener Easing In Animation |
Cubic Tweener
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Cubic Tweener Easing Out |
Cubic Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Cubic Tweener Easing InOut |
Cubic Tweener Easing InOut Animation |
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Cubic Tweener Easing In |
Cubic Tweener Easing In Animation |
Circle Tweener
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Circle Tweener Easing Out |
Circle Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Circle Tweener Easing InOut |
Circle Tweener Easing InOut Animation |
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Circle Tweener Easing In |
Circle Tweener Easing In Animation |
Sine Tweener
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Sine Tweener Easing Out |
Sine Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Sine Tweener Easing InOut |
Sine Tweener Easing InOut Animation |
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Sine Tweener Easing In |
Sine Tweener Easing In Animation |
Elastic Tweener
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Elastic Tweener Easing Out |
Elastic Tweener Easing Out Animation |
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Elastic Tweener Easing InOut |
Elastic Tweener Easing InOut Animation |
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Elastic Tweener Easing In |
Elastic Tweener Easing In Animation |
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