Ask HN: How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D diagrams?

Re:Ask HN: How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D dia... by Minor49er on Thursday March 10, 2022 @03:43PM (#30632184)

This might be more primitive than what you're looking for: When I'm explaining something in a video or a presentation, I'll sometimes use Google Slides to put together a diagram, then duplicate the frames to make adjustments to each. Then I cycle through each quickly to give a very basic sense of animation.

Recently, I had a presentation with a diagram showing several components. One slide would have an arrow pointing from Component A to Component B. The next slide had an arrow pointing in the opposite direction. I just pressed back and forward quickly while I was explaining that these two components talk to each other. It got the message across well enough.

On the other hand, if you are explaining known concepts, there might be footage out there already for you to appropriate into your own work

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Re:Ask HN: How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D dia... by krzysztow on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:51PM (#30633688)

Oh gosh, I do the same and I hate it. Many times was thinking if there's a better approach. Then googled and came up with nothing going back to the same approach.

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Re:Ask HN: How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D dia... by mynameismon on Saturday March 12, 2022 @02:26AM (#30649660)

I think Powerpoint has much more powerful animations, which allow one to basically do the same thing but without having to duplicate slides, yielding a much shorter and smoother presentation.

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Re:Ask HN: How to quickly animate system sketches and 2D dia... by Minor49er on Sunday March 13, 2022 @07:36PM (#30666894)

I have this option available. I'm not sure why I didn't think to use that, but I'll give it a shot. Thank you

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