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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-05-04 23:55:25 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2007-05-04 23:55:25 +0000 |
commit | 43a14ea9dae73aad5fe9f3696827624be9b274ee (patch) | |
tree | 0146af90df94950eaf282da20be7cba126e6fc40 /Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/animate/README | |
parent | 6f65692a3d44ba71cbb108ac8de9bb5abbbc0b5c (diff) |
animate update (3may07)
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@4235 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/animate/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/animate/README index f87fc16a61d..2ab44324c3a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/animate/README +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/animate/README @@ -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: |