The goal is to create buttons with status dependent graphic effects, device power on and power off splash screens, animated logos, moving icons, display of analog gauges, creating impressive GLCD demos, symbolic\u00a0displays of actions\u00a0in progress or to show the\u00a0current machine operation,\u00a0\u00a0or an animated\u00a0hourglass cursor to name a few.<\/p>\n
One of the many interesting features of Bitmap2LCD is the support\u00a0of\u00a0GIF files.<\/p>\n
To summarize , the GIF format<\/strong> supports up to 8 colors per pixel depth (max 256 colors)<\/strong> and also supports animations and allows a separate palette of 256 colors for each frame.<\/p>\n wikipedia about GIF<\/a><\/p>\n Here’s an example of a short animation made with Bitmap2LCD called HalfEmptyGlass.gif ( Monochrome, 28 frames )<\/p>\n The animation sequence is made of frames that you can handle inside\u00a0Bitmap2LCD as single images.<\/p>\n There’s a built in animation sequence player ,\u00a0similar to a video player with Play<\/strong>\/ Stop<\/strong> \/ pause<\/strong> \/rewind<\/strong> \/next<\/strong> frame \/ previous<\/strong> frame buttons.<\/p>\n When the animation<\/strong> is ready, you can export the animation<\/strong> in one run and click to a set of data arrays, with or without data compression, <\/strong>in case of a monochrome data output.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n When clicking inside the File Explorer<\/strong> In the Graphics Preview Window, you can also play the animation (purple arrow<\/span><\/strong>) , find a specific frame using the track bar (green arrow<\/strong><\/span>) or browse the GIF using the GIF Components Browser (red arrow<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n P57BU2H9V2FH<\/span><\/p>\n 1) Graphic Preview<\/em> ) GIF Import button<\/strong> -> blue arrow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2) Work Canvas<\/em> ) Paste button<\/strong> -> green arrow<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 3) Work Canvas<\/em> ) Edit Animation<\/strong> -> Yellow arrow -> Red frame<\/span> 4)<\/strong> Click on the image if you want to\u00a0play the animation<\/h6>\n
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A GIF animation is a collection of images<\/h2>\n
Animation features of Bitmap2LCD<\/h2>\n
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Import a GIF animation<\/h2>\n
![\"file-explorer\"](\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/File-explorer.bmp\")
<\/a> on the filename of a GIF file, You can 1) import a single frame from inside a GIF as a single graphic, or 2) import all of the frames of the animations inside the Work Canvas (GIF Import button<\/strong> -> blue arrow<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n![\"bitmap2lcd-glcd-animation_1\"](\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bitmap2LCD-GLCD-Animation_1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"bitmap2lcd-glcd-animation_2\"](\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bitmap2LCD-GLCD-Animation_2.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"bitmap2lcd-glcd-animation_3\"](\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bitmap2LCD-GLCD-Animation_3.png\")
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<\/a> Export<\/strong> animation to data arrays<\/p>\n
![\"bitmap2lcd-glcd-animation_data_array_1\"](\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bitmap2LCD-GLCD-Animation_Data_Array_1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"bitmap2lcd-glcd-animation_data_array_2\"](\"https:\/\/bitmap2lcd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/bitmap2LCD-GLCD-Animation_Data_Array_2.png\")
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