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COMPUTER ANIMATION REQUIRES THAT THE MACHINE REPEATEDLY DRAW AND ERASE IMAGES ON THE SCREEN.
  ...
pen.drawImage(image1);
pen.clearRect();
pen.drawImage(image2);
pen.clearRect();
pen.drawImage(image3);
pen.clearRect();
   ...

  • GIVEN YOUR CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRAMMING, ANY ANIMATION OF REASONABLE LENGTH WOULD REQUIRE AN ENORMOUSLY LONG PROGRAM.



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  • Animation and Repetition
  • Animation and Tedium
  • Computer Animation
  • Tedium and Computer Speed
  • Non-Repetitive Repetition
  • Variable and History (again)
  • Animations
  • The "animate" Method
  • Conditionals in Animations
  • Animating Motion
  • Motion Animations and Conditionals
  • Modifying Multiple "Physical" Parameters
  • Modifying Multiple Parameters (cont.)
  • double, double, toil and ...
  • loops
  • Repetition without "animate"
  • Java "Do" Loops
  • Java "Do" Loops (cont.)
  • A Fitting Reprise