Thanks Björn

Ps, apologies if this thread has gone off topic, obviously this was
accidental as I had originally thought this might be possible via Canvas.

Kind regards,
Mark

2011/2/14 Björn Söderqvist <[email protected]>

> OK, this is maybe getting a bit off topic since we are moving away
> from JS-land.
> You could obviously remove the :focus pseudo-class in the selector to
> make it show "always".
> Other than that, check this page out [1] for more examples on how to
> do animations and pulsation in CSS3 and maybe the concept will be more
> clear to you. Also it might help to try and play around a bit with the
> different examples.
>
> [1] http://webkit.org/blog/324/css-animation-2/
>
> I should note that the crossbrowser support for this is varying as well :-)
>
> Good luck.
> /B.
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Mark McDonnell <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi Björn,
> > Sorry, just to be clear that what I need is a pulsating effect (so the
> dots
> > have no glow effect, then they start to glow and then the glow slowly
> fades
> > out again, then back in/out over and over...)
> > The article you linked to was fine for animating a glow effect when the
> user
> > triggers a focus/blur event on the element, but the dots I need to make
> glow
> > on/off needs to be automated - so no user interaction (same as doing a
> Glow
> > filter motion tween in Flash basically but with JavaScript).
> > I don't know if CSS3 transitions can do this (start another animation
> once
> > the previous one has finished)? If they can then that's great! and would
> > love a link to some more information on how to achieve that with CSS3.
> > Thanks Björn.
> > Kind regards,
> > Mark
> >
> > 2011/2/14 Björn Söderqvist <[email protected]>
> >>
> >> Firstly, yes I suggest CSS3 transitions over canvas.
> >>
> >> But then I am not completely sure what you are asking.
> >> If you are talking about a pulsating effect then it's possible to do
> >> animations using CSS3 transitions. That's also a part of the example
> >> in the page I posted. No Javascript needed.
> >> If you want to be able to toggle the glow on or off, you can have it
> >> belong to a CSS class which you add/remove with JS.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Björn
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Mark McDonnell <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Björn,
> >> > Thanks for the reply.
> >> > So just to clarify, that you suggest using CSS3 transitions instead of
> >> > Canvas.
> >> > I need these 'glowing dots' to be glowing on/off which I then assume
> >> > means I
> >> > would need to use Js to change the relevant CSS3 transition style over
> >> > time
> >> > at set intervals - is that possible? I know that Js can change
> standard
> >> > CSS
> >> > properties but I wasn't sure about vendor specific prefixes.
> >> > Lastly, is this not possible to do with just Canvas?
> >> > Kind regards,
> >> > Mark
> >> > 2011/2/14 Björn Söderqvist <[email protected]>
> >> >>
> >> >> Both the DOM and SVG are stylable with CSS3 where you can accomplish
> >> >> the glow effect:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://blog.gesteves.com/post/475773360/css-glow-effects-with-box-shadow
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Mark McDonnell <
> [email protected]>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi,
> >> >> > I'm completely new to the Canvas API and so my first stop to find
> out
> >> >> > more
> >> >> > about it was here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/canvas
> >> >> > I've gone through some of the basics of drawing objects (rectangles
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > circles etc) and am starting to look into integrating images, but
> >> >> > what I
> >> >> > want to find out (before wasting too much time on learning Canvas)
> is
> >> >> > whether it's good for animating filters such as 'glow' effects?
> >> >> > Basically I've been asked by my boss to dynamically draw some
> circles
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > top
> >> >> > of an image and to have these circles show 'glowing' edges. But
> I've
> >> >> > no
> >> >> > idea
> >> >> > how to achieve this.
> >> >> > I know there is SVG (with Raphael.js) as a nice abstraction for the
> >> >> > language
> >> >> > - and it maybe that SVG is what I should be using - let me know if
> so
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > I'll start investigating that instead.
> >> >> > Just need some advice on whether Canvas can do what my boss has
> >> >> > requested,
> >> >> > and if not, what other JavaScript based solutions (e.g. SVG) are
> >> >> > there
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > achieve this?
> >> >> > Many thanks.
> >> >> > Kind regards,
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Mark McDonnell
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