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Subject: Re: [boost] [tweener] Preliminary Submission
From: Sebastian Redl (sebastian.redl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-03-04 15:56:08


On 04.03.2013, at 21:22, Klaim - Joël Lamotte wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Michael Marcin <mike.marcin_at_[hidden]>wrote:
>
>> I first ran across the term in Flash. I'm not sure if that is the origin
>> but I
>> think it has a large role in its popularity.
>>
>> http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/concept_tween.html
>>
>>
> I believe it is the origin of the name but not of the functionality. Indeed
> before doing some flash few years ago, I didn't know that name was used.

Before Macromedia Flash existed, Macromedia Director already had tweeners. So the term is older than Flash at least. I actually think it's even older than that and comes from the animation industry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbetweening
Wikipedia supports me, at least in that Inbetweening is older than computer animation. The short term tweening might be younger.

Sebastian


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