Saving and applying animations as styles

Any animation that you add to an object is simply a set of instructions that are applied to the object when the composition is opened or when some trigger is applied (such as moving the mouse pointer onto a rollover). Since these instructions are separate from the object itself, they can be stored as a style and applied to other objects at any time. Animated styles are just like any other styles contained in the Styles palette, except that they contain animation instructions along with the rest of their style information. For instructions, see Using the Styles palette.

The position of the current-time marker is saved as part of the style. When you apply the style to an object, the position of the current-time marker when the style was created determines how the animation is applied to the new object. For example, if an animation changes the position of the object, and the current-time marker was at the beginning of the animation when the style was created, the object starts at its current location and moves from there. If the style was created when the current-time marker was at the end of the animation, however, the object ends up at its current location after its animation plays.


Applying an animation style A. Animation saved as a style. B. Target object. C. With the current-time marker at the beginning when the style was created, the target object represents where the animation starts from. D. With the current-time marker at the end when the style was created, the target object represents where the animation ends.