The rotating browser icon on the GreenSock homepage

[johnnyno 3 Likes (Newbie)]

Hi 

Does anyone know how the spinning browser icon was made on the GreenSock homepage. I've done a number of tutorials, but haven't come across it yet.

Thanks!

[Carl 9,066 Likes (Superhero)]

Hi and welcome to the GreenSock forums,

Thanks for posting the question here.

 

We have the entire homepage animation on CodePen: http://codepen.io/GreenSock/pen/KzwGgL?editors=0010

 

But I reduced it down to just the icons for you:

var iconTimeline = new TimelineMax({repeat:20}),
    icons = $("#browserIcons img"),


      i;
 for (i = 0; i < icons.length; i++) {
    iconTimeline.fromTo(icons[i], 0.6, {scaleX:0, opacity:0.4, z:0.1}, {autoAlpha:1, scaleX:1, ease:Power2.easeOut});
    iconTimeline.to(icons[i], 0.6, {scaleX:0, opacity:0.4, ease:Power2.easeIn});
    iconTimeline.set(icons[i], {visibility:"hidden"});
 }

reduced demo: http://codepen.io/GreenSock/pen/KzwGgL?editors=0010

 

It's important to note that there is no 3D spinning. We are using a scaleX tween instead for widest browser support. The images grow out from center horizontally, shrink down to center, disappear and then the next one does the same. It all happens in that loop.

[johnnyno 3 Likes (Newbie)]

Okay great! So is the image a sprite? Many thanks!

[PointC 8,599 Likes (Superhero)]

Hi i.am 

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

It's actually five separate images. If you take a look at the reduced

See the Pen KzwGgL by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

, you'll see the code for the images:

  <div id="browserIcons">
    <img src="//www.greensock.com/_img/browser-chrome-big.png" width="82" height="80" />
    <img src="//www.greensock.com/_img/browser-safari-big.png" width="77" height="86"  />
    <img src="//www.greensock.com/_img/browser-ie-big.png" width="82" height="74" />
    <img src="//www.greensock.com/_img/browser-firefox-big.png" width="82" height="83" />
    <img src="//www.greensock.com/_img/browser-opera-big.png" width="69" height="75" />
  </div>

Happy tweening.

[johnnyno 3 Likes (Newbie)]

It's okay i've worked it out! Thanks for the info

[johnnyno 3 Likes (Newbie)]

We must have posted at around the same time. I checked this out using firebug which is what i should've done in the first place. Thanks you so much for responding with the answer though. Many thanks