BFFrameAnimator-js

A JavaScript version of the original BFFrameAnimator

Requirements

• Node 8.9.4+ (lower version untested) + NPM
• Latest version of Chrome or Firefox (works better and faster in Chrome)

Setup

1. Clone the repository
2. Run npm install in a terminal pointing to the directory of the repository

Running the Server

• Run npm run start in a terminal pointing to the directory of the repository

Making Batches of GIFs from the Command Line

• Server must be running in order for this to work
  • As of v2 (released December 2018), the script will attempt to start the server if it is not already running
• Edit the contents of advanced-units-input.js to generate the desired GIFs
• Run the command npm run generate-gifs with any of the following parameters
  • -g <directory>, where directory is the folder that will hold all of the GIFs
    • defaults to gifs
  • For example npm run generate-gifs -- -g gifs-sample would generate GIFs for the units specified in advanced-units-input.js into the gifs-sample folder.
    • The script will ignore any files already existing in the folder for easier resuming, so be sure to remove the relevant files you want to be regenerated