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Core Animation: Simplified Animation Techniques for Mac and iPhone Development
- By Marcus Zarra, Matt Long
- Published Dec 4, 2009 by Addison-Wesley Professional.
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About
Features
- Introduces experienced Mac developers not only to what Core Animation is, but how it can (and shouldn’t) be used
- Discusses basic and keyframe animation, as well as how to group animations that run in parallel
- Examines the capabilities provided in Core Image and how they can be applied to layers in Core Animation
- Leveraging the GPU to combine OpenGL and QuickTime code alongside Core Animation
- Introduces the reader to hit tests to determine where the user has clicked within a CALayer
- How to optimize Core Animation code for better performance
- Includes coverage of using Core Animation for iPhone applications
Description
- Copyright 2010
- Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/8"
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-321-61775-4
- ISBN-13: 978-0-321-61775-0
Apple’s Core Animation framework enables Mac OS X, iPhone, and iPod touch developers to create richer, more visual applications–more easily than ever and with far less code. Now, there’s a comprehensive, example-rich, full-color reference to Core Animation for experienced OS X and iPhone developers who want to make the most of this powerful framework.
Marcus Zarra and Matt Long reveal exactly what Core Animation can and can’t do, how to use it most effectively–and how to avoid misusing it. Building on your existing knowledge of Objective-C, Cocoa, and Xcode, they present expert techniques, insights, and downloadable code for all aspects of Core Animation programming, from keyframing to movie playback.
Zarra and Long thoroughly review similarities and differences between Core Animation on the Mac and iPhone, helping you write code that can easily move between platforms. They also present a full chapter of innovative techniques and proven “rules of thumb” for optimizing Core Animation’s real-world performance.
Coverage includes:
- Taking full advantage of Core Animation’s lightweight layers and views
- Using keyframes to gain complete control over your animations
- Creating startling effects with Core Animation transforms
- Leveraging Core Image’s powerful filtering capabilities from within Core Animation
- Playing QuickTime movies using Core Animation’s QTMovieLayer
- Using the OpenGL layer to achieve greater control over movie playback
- Integrating advanced Quartz Composer visualizations into your user interfaces
- How to use helper layers to draw gradients, composite shapes, and replicate sublayers
- Adding mouse and keyboard user interaction points, and much more…
Sample Content
Online Sample Chapter
Basic Animations with Core Animation
Sample Pages
Download the sample pages (includes Chapter 3 and Index)
Table of Contents
Part I: Getting Started with Core Animation
Chapter 1: What Is Core Animation? 3
Chapter 2: What Can and Should I Animate? 15
Part II: Core Animation Fundamentals
Chapter 3: Basic Animations 27
Chapter 4: Keyframe Animation 45
Part III: Core Animation Layers
Chapter 5: Layer Transforms 69
Chapter 6: Layer Filters 83
Chapter 7: QuickTime Layers 111
Chapter 8: OpenGL Layer 131
Chapter 9: Quartz Composer Layer 149
Chapter 10: Other Useful Layers 161
Part IV: Advanced Core Animation
Chapter 11: User Interaction 177
Chapter 12: Performance 193
Chapter 13: Core Animation on the iPhone 207
Index 227
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