Building Blocks Of Animations That Make Them More Appealing

A CSS animation is composed of two fundamental building blocks. First is a transition property, which says that when an element's state changes, we should transition from one state to the next. The second is an animation event, which defines what the end point of that animation should be--in other words, its duration and the result will be.

• Keyframes: Keyframes specify the animation's stages and styles.

• Animated Characteristics: Assign @keyframes to a particular CSS element to specify how it will be animated using the animation properties.

Keyframes, the first building block

 

Keyframes determine the animation's beginning and finish states. They define how specific components should appear over time. A keyframe may focus on a particular element or the entire document. The following is contained in each @keyframe: CSS specifications and stages are listed. 

Name of the animation: Give the animation a name that accurately defines it, like bounceIn.

The animation's stages are as follows: The energy is displayed as a series of single drawings composed of frames. These frames are arranged to play back in sequence, creating the illusion of motion. Animations typically start at 0% and end at 100%. Still, intermediate states can be added to make distinct steps within an animation sequence. Multiple animations can play simultaneously, either overlapping each other or playing at separate times.

CSS Specification: Each stage of the animation timeline's CSS properties definitions.

@keyframes is a CSS property that allows you to create advanced animations, such as the bounce in animation. Three phases make up the animation: Using CSS transform scale, the element is scaled down to 10% of its default size at the first step (0%), where its opacity is set to 0. The element increases to 120 percent of its default size and fades completely into opacity in the second stage (60%) of the transition. It scales back somewhat and reverts to its default size at the maximum point (100%).

Second-Piece Building Block: Animation Qualities

To make your animation work, you must add the animation attributes after you've defined the @keyframes.

Animation elements accomplish two tasks:

1. They give the elements you want to animate the @keyframes.

2. They specify the animation style.

You must add two animation properties to animate the CSS selectors you want. The first is keyframes, which allow you to store multiple animation properties inside single keyframes by specifying the values for each state in the animation. And second is the animation property which will enable you to include a CSS transition, with each property that needs to be animated receiving an individual percentage value along with its duration. You can create animations by targeting the CSS selectors (or elements) that you want to animate with the @keyframes rule. For the animation to work, you must also add the following two animation properties:

• The animation-name property defines the name of the @keyframes used for a given animation. It can be any string, but it should be unique within an animation.

• The animation-duration property of CSS allows you to configure how long an animation takes to complete.

Conclusion

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