animation...
...there are two main types of animation that can be used to liven up presentations, multimedia and even web pages, illustrative animation and interactive animation... ...illustrative animation... ...interactive animation (you will need the skockwave plugin to view this)... go get it!)	illustrative animation... ...this is merely a computer animation that is viewed by the user and is used to bring life to an application's on-screen appearance... ...for Easat Antennas, Skillsware created a multimedia presentation using an animated computer who spoke to the user as the main character... ...the same process can also be used to create animated menu bars and buttons that move or flash... ..on the internet, Skillsware can apply these techniques to produce animated advertisement banners and animated buttons by using GIF animations, Shockwave movies and Java scripting...
...why not have a look at some other examples of Internet animation: advertisement banner. (GIF animation 72.5kb) active menu bar. (shockwave plugin needed 7.6kb)	Interactive animation. ...this type of animation involves the user by allowing the animation to be controlled. Buttons that change colour when the mouse pointer touches them, controlling the movement of animated sprites around the screen or connecting moving parts to complete a circuit... ...this can also be reproduced on a web page by using more exciting methods such as Macromedia Shockwave movies and Java scripting...