Pro CSS3 Animation

Pro CSS3 Animation will teach you how to use fresh new CSS3 syntax to fully utilize this exciting tool for web design. Using cutting-edge industry standards and drawing on best practices for animation, you will learn how to apply CSS3 animation to transform and bring your page content to life.

CSS3 is the way forward for web page interactivity and animation, offering new and exciting options for design. Integrated with HTML5, SVG and mobile design methodologies, you can bring sites into the third dimension to change the perception and appreciation generated in your audience. This book will teach you how to:

• Enhance your web pages, and your visitor’s experience of your site, with animation
• Animate images and other page content to create banners, interactive galleries and slideshows
• Provide fallback and support options for older browsers
• Chain CSS3 syntax with @media queries, filters and 3D transformations to create responsive animations with depth
• Provide animation to mobile devices without Flash or JavaScript

What you’ll learn

• The advantages of CSS3 animation
• The syntax for transitions and keyframe animations
• How to animate navigational elements to enhance your visitor's user experience
• How to animate images and other page content to create banners, interactive galleries and slideshows
• How to integrate JavaScript and SVG to scale animation sequences
• How to chain CSS3 syntax with @media queries, filters, parallax perspective and 3D transformations to create responsive animations with depth

Who this book is for

Pro CSS3 Animation is for the experienced web developer who is ready to embrace modern web standards and animate their page content with powerful, cutting-edge technologies. If you want to create accessible, interactive animations with CSS or are looking for alternatives to Flash and JavaScript frameworks, Pro CSS3 Animation is for you.

About the Author

Dudley Storey is a teacher, writer and designer who was making web content almost as soon as there was a web to make pages for. In the decades since, he has been a developer, interactive designer, 3D artist and top-ranked teacher in his home of Canada.