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title: Introduction to Animation Overview
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path: apple-archive/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/Animation_Overview/Introduction
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# Introduction to Animation Overview

Describes the animation facilities provided by OS X.

## Organization of This Document

This document has the following chapters:

- [What Is Animation?](../WhatisAnimation/WhatisAnimation.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004952-CH1-SW1) describes what animation is and how it is used in OS X. - [Animation Basics](../AnimationBasics/AnimationBasics.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004952-CH7-SW3) describes the basic components of an animation. - [OS X Animation Technologies](../MacOSXAnimTech/MacOSXAnimTech.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004952-CH6-SW1) describes the technologies that OS X provides for animation. - [Choosing the Animation Technology for Your Application](../ChooseAnimTech/ChooseAnimTech.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004952-CH5-SW1) explores the strong points of Core Animation layers and layer-backed views and provides guidelines for choosing which is appropriate for your application.

## See Also

For more information about Core Animation and the Cocoa animation classes, see the following resources:

- *[Core Animation Programming Guide](../../../../Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreAnimation_guide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004514)* provides detailed information on integrating Core Animation in your application. - *[Animation Programming Guide for Cocoa](../../../../Cocoa/Conceptual/AnimationGuide/Introduction/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40003592)* describes the animation classes and protocols provided by the Application Kit.

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