Animations

Jackhammer in action

(move your cursor over the image to start the animation)

This is an example of a short animation (small file size) that you can display on your website. To start the animation use your cursor to hover over the image to get the animation to start. This particular animation is only approximately 365kb in size.

Alternatively, you can just display a link that would then open the animation outside of the web page in your default media player
.... example

Other animations might be much larger. To display those larger animations you could give your audience the ability to choose from a variety of internet connectivity situations. For larger animations, you can have the links displayed in the example listed below. This would allow your customers to choose their preferred download, but would also require multiple copies of the same animation:

*Displaying large animations at different resolutions and file sizes:* This file's original size is the 30MB listed under the T1 download. The 1.25MB file under the 56k download option is just an example of how much compression you can apply to an animation - sizes can be adjusted according to any criteria you wish.
	Urban Simulations Video (Select your preferred download:)
	56k (1.25mb)	DSL (16MB)	T1 (30MB)

This method would require the conversion of your animation to a multiple file sizes and/or formats. All of which I can do for you.

Another method would be to import your .avi file into a flash animation as below. This flash-based viewer also gives you some control over uniformity in the display image of all your animations. Also, this method allows you more flexibility on the number of animations you can play within the window (you can play several different animations within the window). All animations can be made to fit within a specific width or height of the display window. The single animation below was actually rendered at 640x480. (Click here for a link to the same animation that plays below, but as an .avi file (1252kb) playing in your default video player.)

Ultimately, the choice is yours. One factor to consider is the average file size of your animations. I would suggest the above option - especially if you want to incorporate more than one animation of a project into a single playback animation. However, if quite a few are much larger (10MB+), then you might want to consider the options at the lower left or a combination of all or some of these methods.