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Core Animation tutorial screencasts
The Pragmatic Bookshelf has published a series of Core Animation tutorials, that are available for purchase and download. These four screencasts walk you through the process of building Xcode projects and incorporating Core Animation features into them.
Each tutorial runs for about a twenty to thirty minutes and includes a live voice over by developer Bill Dudney. They take you step-by-step through the development process for several projects.
Don't look for a general overview of Core Animation and the technology behind it in these videos. They take it for granted that you know the vocabulary (such as layers and timing functions) and that you understand what Core Animation should do. The videos help you to move that knowledge into Xcode. These videos are best for the self-reliant programmer who's looking for a little bit of low-cost hand-holding while getting started. Each of the four tutorials cost five dollars and are available in both full-screen and iPod-compatible resolutions.
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Jason said 10:30AM on 7-03-2008
Bill Dudney also has a book (currently in beta) being published by the Pragmatic Programmers entitled "Core Animation for OS X". It makes for a good intro to the screencasts, as it covers the basics of what things like layers and views and keyframes are. Together the book and screencasts create a great way to get to know Core Animation.
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Bill Dudney said 7:21PM on 7-03-2008
Hey Jason, thanks for pointing to my book!
The book and screencasts are meant to be complementary.
The book assumes you are new'ish cocoa programmer and want to learn about animation from the cocoa perspective. So it starts with the view animator proxy.
The screencasts assume you are a cocoa programmer that just wants to know CA.
Subtly different starting points.
Also the screencast is able to do things that are really hard in a book like show you the animation and what effect subtle tweaks have. I've really enjoyed the format!
Thanks again.
-bd