The animated and interactive content is quite popular on the web. It’s easier for the user to engage to it rather than reading long articles or other textual content. Earlier animations were created using Flash, but it required big loading time along with compatibility issues. And who has the time for all this in this fast moving age that we are living in. Therefore, there was a need to have technology easier than Flash and HTML5 came to everyone’s rescue. HTML5 has rapidly taken control of the animation world and is a dominant method for creating an interactive web content.
If you are well-versed with HTML5 then you should try HTML5Marker to animate and create interactive content.
A cloud-hosting web application, HTML5Marker is available online and is really helpful in designing animated and interactive HTML5 content. Moreover, it provides you with an option to host your HTML5 content on the cloud.
Let’s Get Started
You can start animating your content without having to register on the website, but you got to register to save your content. HTML5Maker allows you to register using your Facebook, or Google id, or you can create a new account all together. You have to select your pricing plan while registering. After registering you get a screen with a dashboard, where you can change subscription plan, manage animations and password.
Add Slides, Images and Text
Click on the button saying “Create Animation” and you will be redirected to HTML5 creation interface. The working canvas is divided into three sections: slides on the left, slide view in the middle and canvas, image and text properties on the right.
There are buttons to help you chose between images, text, as what you would include in the slide.
ü Adding a Slide
HTML5Marker picks the “Add a New Slide” feature from PowerPoint. Clicking this button adds a new slide to your project. Slides can be deleted, or duplicated; you can even set the time duration for each slide along with the overlap time between slides.
ü Add an Image
The HTML5Marker library has a plethora of images to choose from, ranging from beautiful photographs to alluring elements to backgrounds. If you don’t find anything relevant then you can upload images of your choice.
Move your mouse over the image to include it in the slide. Then you can reposition it accordingly. There are many more things that you can do with the added image like rotating it, changing its opacity, etc. You can even replace the image, or modify it to add some fascinating effects to it.
At the end you get the option to set “Appear” and “Disappear” effect of the slide. Then you even get an “Advance Mode” to set the duration of the fades of the slides.
ü Add Some Text
Clicking on the Add Text button will give you a text area to write the text on the slide. You can change the text color, its font, background as well as its position on the slide. Moreover, you can include shadow effect on the text, add link/URL for further reading, and add inner shadow as well.
Canvas Properties, Preview and Publishing
In HTML5Maker, you even get an option to customize the canvas. You can change the size, and the background of the canvas. In addition to this, there are features like Autoplay, Responsive Animation, and Pause on MouseOver to make the animation more exciting.
Clicking the Animation Controls opens a new window where you can select a Slider Option, add controls to play, pause, move between slides, use a timer progress bar, and much more. Moreover, each of the control has various options like opacity, color, size, etc.
Preview and Publish
There are two options to preview your work in HTML5Maker- one is to preview current slide and the other is to preview the entire animation. After completing the animation you can publish your work by clicking the “Publish” button present on the top right of the screen.
Summing Up
HTML5Maker is an awesome tool to have as a designer. It provides great flexibility to design animated and interactive content. The pricing tiers of HTML5Maker will not be a burden on your budget. It does offer free account, but you can save only one animation in it that too with an HTML5Maker watermark.
Moreover, using HTML5Maker does not require knowledge of HTML5 coding. It isn’t geared for complex HTML5 content; it is still a tool worth taking note of as it can fulfill most of users’ needs.
If you are well-versed with HTML5 then you should try HTML5Marker to animate and create interactive content.