[WPF/Silverlight] Animation Engine like Tweener

[jgraup]

I just wanted to announce the release of an Open Source animation engine for WPF and Silverlight which mimics Tweener's syntax. If you’re coming from the Flash realm to Silverlight ( work or play ) Artefact Animator can help the transition.

http://artefactanimator.codeplex.com/

It’s still a little fresh and will be in constant flux for a bit, but it’s a great prototyping tool.

The syntax is pretty straight forward:

ArtefactAnimator.AddEase(element, Canvas.LeftProperty, 250, .7, AnimationTransitions.CubicEaseOut, 0);

And unlike most animation engines for WPF and Silverlight (currently), you can ease multiple properties on an object.

Application.Current.RootVisual.MouseLeftButtonDown += (s, args) =>
{
    // position info
    Point pt = args.GetPosition(null);

    // transition info
    double time = .8;
    double delay = 0;
    PercentHandler ease = AnimationTransitions.CubicEaseOut;

    // ease
    ArtefactAnimator.AddEase(element,
           new object[] { AnimationTypes.X, AnimationTypes.Y },
           new object[] { pt.X, pt.Y },
           time, ease, delay);
};

Enjoy!

[kirupa]

Looks really cool

[jgraup]

Thanks! It's really just a start, so now it's onto "Release early and often".

One of the next steps is integrating a custom ease editor I've built, inspired by http://laco.wz.cz/tween/?page=customeasing. I have a function wrapper for Flash too so you can pass the same custom equations to WPF & Silverlight as you will for your favorite Flash tweening engine.

[jgraup]

I've posted some new samples with code snippets using the Artefact Animator. Hopefully the simplicity + flexibility is apparent.

http://artefactanimator.codeplex.com...title=examples