Questions tagged [animations]
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How to disable all Unity animations?
If it's not possible then maybe just the Dash show/hide animations. I simply find myself waiting for animations which is pointless.
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Turning off the transition animation when changing workspaces in Compiz (GNOME2/UNITY)
By default, the transition from one virtual desktop to another one under GNOME2 in Ubuntu 11.04 is visualized with a sliding animation. How can I turn that animation off?
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Why do I get a train when I run 'ls'?
I have recently noticed something odd that I don't like very much:
So why am I getting a train upon running ls? And how can I stop this and make it behave normally? Is this an Easter Egg that I have ...
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How do I turn off Gnome Shell Activities Animations?
I'd like to turn off the animation (windows zoom back) effect when the activities overview is activated because it really gets slow and laggy with a lot of open windows.
Is there ANY way to do this, ...
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Is there a pdf reader that displays animations?
I'm creating a presentation and need to include some animations. I placed the animation in the pdf file using Beamer (after storing the animation in a bunch of png files). Now, when I open the file on ...
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What's a good 2D animation program (an alternative for e.g. Flash CS)?
I don't mean the flash player here, I'm talking about the flash program that I can make animations with. Like Adobe Flash CS (formerly known as Macromedia flash). Is there a program on linux that I ...
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Is there animation software available?
Is there commercial-grade computer animation software available for Ubuntu, similar to the professional software sold for the Windows operating system?
This question goes out to those of you who may ...
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Minimize window with Docky conflicts with Unity
I'm seeing this unwanted behaviour eversince Unity came to Ubuntu. The Unity's Launcher randomly "steals" the endpoint for the minimizing animations from Docky. In other words, when I click on an icon ...
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How to create a rotation animation using shell script?
I am looking for a script that creates a rotation animation using character /,-, | and \.
If you continuously switch between these characters it should look like its rotating. How to make this?
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Any whiteboard animation software for Ubuntu or Linux?
Is there any standalone easy-to-use whiteboard animation software like EasySketch Pro 2, Explaindio or VideomakerFX for Ubuntu or Linux in general?
To TIM: Please do NOT edit without understanding. ...
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How to disable animations in Ubuntu 13.04
I updated to 13.04 few days ago. After that when I switch windows with Alt+TAB, press windows key call the dash window, or switch workspace, there's always a 5 secs delay I can't do anything.
Maybe ...
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Faster app menu in Ubuntu 18.04
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and one of my first negative impressions is the long animation of flying-in icons when opening the app menu.
Can I speed this up or disable it?
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Which free software can you use to create rotating 3D Spacefill models of molecules in .gif format?
An example of what I'm talking about is this animation from Wikipedia. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant. Please describe step-by-step, with pictures (screenshots with the appropriate areas (...
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How do I change the speed of the app drawer appearing?
I just installed Ubuntu 17.10 today, and noticed that a lot of desktop environment has now changed from Ubuntu 17.04.
I'm just wondering if there is a way to change the the setting of those desktop ...
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How to disable window effects in 15.04?
Recently, I've installed 15.04 on ubuntu. As my system has low RAM, I want to disable window animations on my lapi.
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How to disable animations to speed up screen updating in Virtual environment
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS in VirtualBox under Windows. The screen updating is very slow, especially the effect where it tries to zoom windows and cross-fade between windows. Alt-TAB is almost ...
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Compiz extra animations download Ubuntu 14.04 not working ( burning animations ETC) [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my Dell Latitude yesterday. I wanted some cool window animations so I installed CompizConfig and also (at least, that is what I have tried to do), installed the extra ...
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The Gnome desktop slows down over time in UbuntuGNOME 16.04
I am having an annoying problem in Gnome/Gnome-Shell. After some time, like an hour or two, suddenly windows starts moving slower and jerky. When I drag them around they move in steps instead of ...
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Increase animation speed in Cosmic Cuttlefish
Is it possible to increase animation speed for window transitions in Cosmic Cuttlefish?
Edit: Is it possible to set a maximum duration for the transition effects?
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How to change the level of animation in Ubuntu 12.10?
In Ubuntu 10.04 there was a special option, which provided you an ability to change an animation level in one click. But it doesn't exist in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10.
Which parameters I should change ...
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Apply GIMP image effects in batch mode
I've created a small time-lapse animation film using gphoto2 and ffmpeg. The film would look way better if I could run a GIMP effect on all images - say, the cubism effect.
Is there a convenient way ...
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Choppy videos and animations since 17.10
After a fresh Ubuntu 17.10 installation all animations (like this or this one in the background) and videos (f.i. in VLC or on YouTube, like this one) do have a small stutter every second.
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How to disable icon wiggle animation in the dock?
Apparently there is this animation that let's your applications icon wiggle when there is an urgent notification. How do I disable this wiggle?
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My video player in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS lags
The frame rate appears to lag a lot but the sound works fine.
Also, I feel that the animation on my desktop is lagging a bit too. Videos on firefox and chrome work fine.
I have upgraded from 16.10 LTS....
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Changes via “gsettings set” for GNOME animations have to be restored after every boot (and require toggling between values) on Ubuntu 20.04
I’m turning GNOME animations off via the following command in the terminal:
gsettings set "org.gnome.desktop.interface" "enable-animations" "false"
This works the very ...
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How can I set an animated background image or lock screen?
I have this gif:
I wish to set it as my lock screen image, but I am unable to do so because if I go into Settings > Background, and then go to the Pictures tab, I am only able to see still images in ...
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How to Install Compiz Extra Animations Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install Compiz extra animations?
I tried to install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra to get the burn effect and more animations for Compiz, but the terminal told me it was ...
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How can you animate a gif that goes back-and-forth instead of repeating?
I'm animating a gif with Imagemagick, I'm doing animate *.JPG, and that repeats the animation. But I would like it to go do "pic1, pic2, pic3, pic2, pic1" and repeat, so that it goes back and forth. ...
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Fixing boot animation for 14.04
So I have a clean install of 14.04 lts, and I've installed my nvidia proprietary driver. The boot animation now is just white text on a pink screen and . . . . (4 dots), I don't know why this changed. ...
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How to put an animation sprite on the desktop?
I want a small running bicycle (maybe an animation GIF) on the desktop, to remind me focus on work and work hard, can I?
It can be embedded in a small window, but it's better to remove the ...
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Tools for 3D animations, models, skeletons and other animation techniques
I am looking for apps in Ubuntu that I can work to create 3D animations, models and other similar stuff. Similar for example to Maya and 3D Studio in Windows.
With which apps can I count on.
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Slow and Laggy Animations
Why are my animations laggy and slow on my laptop? AMD Turion tl-56 and HD 3200 with 2 Gig Ram.
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How do I get the window jelly effect? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I make my windows “wavy”?
I had Ubuntu before and there was an awesome option that allowed me to get a window "jelly" effect, however after reinstalling ...
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Minimize animation in Ubuntu 18.04
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04. I installed Tweaks and have been fiddling around, but I've noticed a missing option. In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I had an option enabled that ...
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Gimp (GAP) on Ubuntu 10.04 [closed]
There's a picture of what comes up.
This comes up every time I try to extract videorange. I've tried .mp4, .MPG, and .flv files and it says the same thing each time. I looked it up on youtube, and ....
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Where are Nautilus loading animation icons located?
When Nautilus is loading a folder or searching for a file, there's an animation like this:
How can I change it to gnome-spinner (Humanity process-working)? I’ve searched all animation directories in /...
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How can i get ubuntu to run smoother?
I am relatively new to ubuntu [I've used it before and loved it but one day i just randomly couldn't connect to the internet anymore so i switched back to windows... also netflix doesn't work in ...
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How to use animations as window effects in Compiz?
I recently installed the compiz-plugins-extra in Ubuntu 12.04, And I have animations add-on enabled, But none of the extra features (such as airplane, dissolve, explode, etc.) work. Is there something ...
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How can CCSM's "Show Desktop" animation be made quicker?
In CCSM, under General Options, Key Bindings, there is a "Show Desktop" action. I use it quite often but the animation is too slow for me. Is there a way to speed it up (or turn it off)?
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How to disable gnome fallback animations?
Opening an application from the panel starts with fade in and ends with a black square in compiz mode. In 2D-mode launcher on panel starts with border at the edges of the screen, which appears on the ...
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Choppy slow animation when opening Show Applications (launcher) on Ubuntu 20.04 on VMware VM
I have updated my Ubuntu VMware vm from 18.04 to 20.04 yesterday and everything is working fine, except the animation for the launcher, which is really choppy.
If I turn on Zoom in universal access ...
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Is there a way to avoid the heavy _animation_ when switching between windows? It's too slow for me!
Whenever I move my mouse, the window where the mouse is gets the focus. That's the only true way of a good windowing system!
Only the default theme takes like 0.5 to 1 second to switch between ...
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CompizConfig : Fire animation not found even after install compiz-extras
I am using ubuntu 14.04 on my pc and I have installed the necessary compiz plugins to get animations running such as compiz-plugins-extra,compiz-plugins, but I am unable to find 'Fire' animation for ...
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Disable animations when opening applications
I'm very new to ubuntu and currently have 13.04 running but have so far really enjoyed my experience.
A couple of days ago I installed 'Docky' as I prefer to have my shortcuts at the bottom of the ...
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Can I change the window-switching animation without CCSM?
I want to use the coverflow animation during window switching between applications. I am very reluctant to use Compiz (with CCSM, to be specific) because it makes Ubuntu too slow.
I don't want any of ...
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How to prevent animation during Compiz viewport switching?
I want to turn off animation of windows appearing and disappearing when switching between Compiz viewports.
I've tried to turn this animation off by the setting-changes listed in a bullet list below. ...
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Nvidia driver causing flickering in menu?
Like many Ubuntu users I'm using Compiz Desktop Effects with Gnome. However since Ubuntu 10.10 I've noticed that the zoom effect on my drop down menus i.e. The gnome menu bar have a flicking thin ...
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How do I enable wobbly windows in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?
do you know how to enable wobbly windows in Ubuntu 20.04LTS ?
i was trying to do that
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Gnome 3 and compiz, everything works except Explode and Leaf Spread animations
I am using 11.10 with Gnome 3, I have installed Compiz, and have got it functioning almost how I want it. I want my windows to Leaf Spread, which seems to work fine for a few minutes after I enable it ...
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Windows minizing and other animations not working in ubuntu
I am using ubuntu 18.04. Everything, including animations was working fine on my ubuntu. Then, I had to blacklist the nouveau driver and install nvidia graphics driver. Ever since then, animations don'...
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