Best Animation Performance?

12-03-2007 11:49 AM |

For a project I am working on I have several pre-rendered PNG sequences for different animated elements. Currently I am using setInterval to callback on functions to flip through the images to simulate animation. Is there a higher performance way of doing this in JavaScript Silverlight?

Re: Best Animation Performance?

12-03-2007 12:24 PM |

I think there is a general concencus that creating a empty Storyboard with a set duration, then handling the "complete" event is more efficient that using SetInterval ... Is there no way you can just create a storyboards that shows/hides these in sequence?  Perhaps setting the Opacity?

=> Dave

 

Re: Best Animation Performance?

12-03-2007 1:32 PM |

Is it possible to change the Completed parameter dynamically? I need to have a given "interval" call back on different methods.

Re: Best Animation Performance?

12-03-2007 1:39 PM |

Not really sure what you are asking ... you can dynamically change the duration of the Storyboard and then retrieve it in the completed event if that helps? 

 => Dave

Re: Best Animation Performance?

12-03-2007 1:58 PM |

I would like to dynamically set the callback method in a manner similar to setInterval( whateverMethod, 1000 )

Im not sure what the correct syntax would be but something like; 

sender.findName("intervalReplacementStoryboard")["Storyboard.Completed"] = "callbackMethod";