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Animation in MaLa IS possible!

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lathe26:
That is a cool Intellivision man animation.  Is that something you can share?

bmanbdaman:
I used the free png from here.

Then I adapted it to my template. See attached. It is custom to my background.

Luigi:
Thanks for sharing, this is awesome! :)

I have no clue how it works, though....I expected some animated GIFs but there are only BMPs  :dizzy:

big10p:

--- Quote from: Luigi on September 22, 2016, 10:09:25 am ---Thanks for sharing, this is awesome! :)

I have no clue how it works, though....I expected some animated GIFs but there are only BMPs  :dizzy:

--- End quote ---
Thanks. Basically it works by having layered background images and animation strips. The background layers have a 'window' cut out where the animations are, and the animation strip is displayed behind it, so only the frame where the window is, is visible.

bmanbdaman:
Yes. Mala supports layers. The moving part is like a cel in a movie. I use a 1024x768 screen with 128 pixel cels so I have 8 horizontal frames or 6 vertical frames. The smaller your animation, the more frames you get. 64 pixels in 1024 gets you 16 horizontal frames. You can animate as many "holes" as you put in your layers. I only did one. The hard part was imagining what to make move and the timing (Interval) to ensure a smooth scroll.

Think of it like making a cartoon. Well, a really slow cartoon. Like the old flip the pages on the bottom of a notebook animation.

Of course, once MaLa supports animated gifs this will be moot. :)

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