Dear All!

Using Mathematica 7.0, I created some frames that describe a moving object. Each frame was then exported as a scalable vector graphics file. Each such file can be viewed well in Inkscape.

Is it possible to combine these files using Inkscape in order to create a coherent scalable animation?

Many thanks for making Inkscape free to users,

Gideon

I'm pretty sure Inkscape doesn't currently have support for animation in SVGs.

Currently it's roadmapped to 0.48 http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Roadmap

If I remember correctly there was someone who made a javascript that animates svg files, or maybe it was just a slideshow... Try searching the user and dev inkscape mailing lists.

Yes, someone did make some JavaScript to animate SVGs. One example is this clock:
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/DRAWIN ... _plain.svg

I have a very simple demo of path morphing for Opera called "Shape Opera."

http://generalpicture.com/svg/shapeopera.html

The ZIP contains verbose instructions, a sample Inkscape file, and the scripted page which performs the morph.

The DOM code is clumsy, but I intend to clean it up using the JS library at

http://advanceddomscripting.com/

Just want to add that I believe anyone interested in SVG animation ought to reject reinventing the wheel of "drawing" and leave that up to Inkscape.

Just think how that frees you up to concentrate on animation.