Splash Screen
I was asked how I made the splash animation on the cover page.
The pictures were taken during my travels to China, India, and Singapore. I decided to go with a simple splash screen to denote the themes and regions that I explore in my research.
Initially, I tried to create an animated GIF using the layered files framework in Photoshop. However, the file was too large and reducing the file size meant deteriorating the quality of the images, so I made the shift to using Flash animation which has the added advantage of automatically inserting smooth transitions between layers of photos.
The end product moves a bit quicker that I might have liked, but the transition effects are neat and the picture quality is quite good. There is a small error at the end of the animation, but I have not had the time to go back and fix it.
There are ample tutorials on how to use Flash on the Adobe web site.
The pictures were taken during my travels to China, India, and Singapore. I decided to go with a simple splash screen to denote the themes and regions that I explore in my research.
Initially, I tried to create an animated GIF using the layered files framework in Photoshop. However, the file was too large and reducing the file size meant deteriorating the quality of the images, so I made the shift to using Flash animation which has the added advantage of automatically inserting smooth transitions between layers of photos.
The end product moves a bit quicker that I might have liked, but the transition effects are neat and the picture quality is quite good. There is a small error at the end of the animation, but I have not had the time to go back and fix it.
There are ample tutorials on how to use Flash on the Adobe web site.
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