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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-05-04 23:55:25 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-05-04 23:55:25 +0000
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@@ -15,15 +15,27 @@ Description:
or just from typeset text.
It supports the usual PDF making workflows, i. e. pdfLaTeX and LaTeX ->
- dvips -> ps2pdf (Ghostscript) / Distiller.
+ dvips -> ps2pdf (Ghostscript).
- The resulting PDF can be viewed in current Adobe Readers, version 7, on all
- supported platforms. Unfortunately, beginning with Reader 8, animations
- cease to work because of user-right restrictions that have been imposed on
- several important JavaScript methods.
+ The resulting PDF can be viewed in current Adobe Readers on all supported
+ platforms.
- Package `animate' is based on the work by Jan Holecek and Petr Sojka:
- http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xholecek/tex/pdfanim.xhtml
+ The first release of `animate' was based on the work by Jan Holecek and Petr
+ Sojka:
+
+ http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xholecek/tex/pdfanim.xhtml
+
+ Meanwhile, the package was rewritten to use Optional Content Groups (OCG),
+ aka PDF-Layers. OCG-based animations are fully supported by Adobe Reader 8,
+ but have some performance issues. Playback is usually slower in Reader 8
+ than in previous versions, which is probably a bug.
+
+ The old, non-OCG approach is still available if the package file
+ `animate-noocg.sty' is used instead of `animate.sty'. However, options
+ `autoplay', `autopause' and `autoresume' are not functional in Reader 8.
+ Moreover, the animation position and the play/pause buttons are not properly
+ reset on page change. This is due to usage restrictions that Adobe imposed
+ on some important JavaScript methods in Reader 8.
Note, this file only gives a summary of usage and available package and
command options. Please refer to the documentation `animate.pdf' in the
@@ -39,9 +51,9 @@ Usage:
\usepackage[<package options>]{animate}
- * Package options: autopause, autoplay, autoresume, controls,
- buttonsize=<size>, screenbg=<colour>, buttonbg=<colour>,
- loop, palindrome, step, poster=[first | none | last]
+ -- Package options: autopause, autoplay, autoresume, controls,
+ buttonsize=<size>, screenbg=<colour>, buttonbg=<colour>,
+ loop, palindrome, step, poster=[first | none | last]
\animategraphics[<options>]{<frame rate>}{<file basename>}{<first>}{<last>}
@@ -50,19 +62,20 @@ Usage:
... typeset material ...
\newframe
... typeset material ...
- \newframe
+ \newframe*
... typeset material ...
\end{animateinline}
- * Command options: width=<width>, height=<height>, depth=<depth>,
- scale=<factor>, autopause, autoplay, autoresume, controls,
- buttonsize=<size>, screenbg=<colour>, buttonbg=<colour>,
- loop, palindrome, step, poster=[first | none | last]
+ -- Command options: width=<width>, height=<height>, depth=<depth>,
+ scale=<factor>, autopause, autoplay, autoresume, controls,
+ buttonsize=<size>, screenbg=<colour>, buttonbg=<colour>,
+ loop, palindrome, step, poster=[first | none | last]
Requirements:
- pdfeTeX, version >= 1.30
+ pdfeTeX, version >= 1.20
+ Adobe Reader, version >= 6
Installation: