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                              The animate Package
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Author:

    Alexander Grahn


Description:

    This package provides an interface to create portable, JavaScript driven PDF
    animations from sets of (vector) graphics or rasterized image files or from
    inline (vector) graphics, such as LaTeX-picture, PSTricks or pgf/TikZ
    generated pictures, or just from typeset text.

    It supports the usual PDF making workflows, i. e.  pdfLaTeX, LaTeX -> dvips
    -> ps2pdf (Ghostscript)/Distiller and (Xe)LaTeX -> (x)dvipdfmx.

    The resulting PDF can be viewed in current Adobe Readers on supported
    platforms (except mobile devices).

    Note, this file only gives a summary of usage and available package and
    command options. Please refer to the documentation `animate.pdf' for details
    and examples.

    Keywords: include portable PDF animated PDF animation animating
    embed animated graphics LaTeX pdfLaTeX PSTricks pgf TikZ MetaPost
    LaTeX-picture inline graphics vector graphics animated GIF LaTeX
    dvips ps2pdf dvipdfmx XeLaTeX JavaScript Adobe Reader


Usage:

    \usepackage[<package options>]{animate}

    * Package options: width=<h-size>, height=<v-size>, totalheight=<v-size>,
                       keepaspectratio, scale=<factor>, nomouse,
                       autopause, autoplay, autoresume, controls, final, draft,
                       buttonsize=<size>, buttonbg=<colour>, buttonfg=<colour>,
                       loop, palindrome, step,
                       poster[=first | <num> | last | none],
                       method=icon | widget | ocg, dvipdfmx, xetex


    \animategraphics[<options>]{<frame rate>}{<file basename>}{<first>}{<last>}

    \begin{animateinline}[<options>]{<frame rate>}
        ... typeset material ...
    \newframe[<frame rate>]
        ... typeset material ...
    \newframe*[<frame rate>]
        ... typeset material ...
    \newframe
    \multiframe{<number of frames>}{[<variables>]}{
        ... repeated (parameterized) material ...
    }
    \end{animateinline}

    * Command options: width=<h-size>, height=<v-size>, totalheight=<v-size>,
                       keepaspectratio, scale=<factor>, nomouse,
                       autopause, autoplay, autoresume, final,
                       draft, controls, buttonsize=<size>, buttonbg=<colour>,
                       buttonfg=<colour>, loop, palindrome, step, measure,
                       poster[=first | <num> | last | none],
                       begin={<begin text>}, end={<end text>},
                       timeline=<timeline file>,
                       method=icon | widget | ocg,
                       every=<number>, bb=<llx> <lly> <urx> <ury>,
                       viewport=<llx> <lly> <urx> <ury>,
                       trim=<left> <bottom> <right> <top>


Requirements:

    e-TeX
    pdfTeX, version >= 1.20
    Ghostscript, version >= 9.15 or Adobe Distiller
    dvipdfmx, version >= 20080607
    Adobe Reader, version >= 7


Installation:

    Unzip the file `animate.tds.zip' into the local TDS root directory which can
    be found by running

      kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL

    on the command line.

    After installation, update the filename database by running `texhash' on the
    command line.

    TeXLive and MiKTeX users should run the package manager for installation.


License:

    This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See

      http://mirrors.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html

    for the details of that license.
