Seems it has already been done, and more than once: http://devthought.com/projects/mootools/apng/ http://www.squaregoldfish.co.uk/software/animatedpng/ http://www.otanistudio.com/swt/sprite_explosions/
-- ricardo On Apr 23, 5:14 pm, Adam <adambu...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I was trying to think of a way to create what was effectively a PNG > animation similar to an animated GIF. What I decided was that it would > be fairly simple to make a PNG sprite of each 'frame' of the > animation, then set that image as the background of a container div, > then move it in a stepping fashion to reveal each frame, then reset it > when it gets to the end of the strip. If someone could help with the > JQ to do the background-position stepping and the reset, I will post a > link to the completed piece with my image as well. I will do a white > and black version as well- this will make it possible to have one, > smooth-looking loader animation to use on all background colors/image. > Thanks!
