SVG animations
summary
Compares a GIF spinner and an SVG and shows concrete numbers SVG 1.3 KB vs GIF 65.6 KB and explains SVGs scale infinitely, expose a DOM for styling, and respond to container sizing by removing width/height. Demonstrates practical techniques like CSS stroke-dasharray self-draw and a 27‑frame SVG sprite trick, outlines the Lottie workflow Lottie JSON → SVG and limitations, and uses GSAP for timelines, morphing and viewBox animation noting GSAP 23 KB gzipped and that the interactive demos work as shown.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction to SVG animations
- 1:38GIFs versus SVGs comparison
- 4:35Simple CSS animation example
- 6:21Keyframe animations in SVG
- 7:44Optimizing SVG animations
- 8:24Self-drawing line animations
- 10:29Animated SVG from GIF frames
- 12:43Lottie animations for designers
- 15:32GSAP for complex animations
- 17:41GSAP loader implementation
- 19:47Morphing with GSAP
- 21:32Interactive SVG flowchart demo
- 22:57ViewBox as camera technique
- 24:23GSAP plugins overview
