Create an Animated Scene with HTML and CSS: Adding a Tree and Moving Clouds

Summary

This video tutorial demonstrates how to create an animated scene using HTML and CSS, featuring a tree in the foreground and moving clouds in the background. It explains the use of CSS animations to make the tree sway gently and the clouds move slowly. The tutorial covers the structure of the HTML elements and the detailed CSS styling, including the use of pseudo-elements and keyframe animations to achieve the desired effects. Viewers are encouraged to visit the GitHub link in the description for the source code and are invited to like, comment, and subscribe for more content.

Takeaways

• 🌳 The scene consists of a tree in the foreground and clouds moving in the background, created using HTML and CSS.
• ✨ CSS animations are used to create a gentle swaying effect for the tree and a slow-moving animation for the clouds.
• 📦 The outermost div with the class 'wrap' contains the entire scene, and the inner div with the class 'innerWrap' contains the individual elements.
• 🌌 The 'sky' div represents the background of the scene and is styled with a light blue color and a rounded shape.
• 🌲 The 'tree' div represents the tree in the foreground, with additional styling for the trunk and leaves.
• 🍂 The 'trunk' div, a child of the 'tree' element, uses CSS to create a triangular shape for the tree's trunk.
• 🌄 The 'hill' div represents a hill in the background, styled with a greenish color and rounded top.
• 🎨 The 'wrap' class creates a circular container with a background gradient, centered on the page.
• 🌫️ Pseudo-elements are used to add decorative elements and create effects like the tree's shadow and sky panning.
• 🎥 The keyframes rule defines the animation for the sky, creating a continuous panning effect with changing opacity.

Q & A

What is the purpose of the 'wrap' class in the HTML structure described in the script?

The 'wrap' class is used as the outermost div element to contain the entire animated scene, ensuring that all parts of the scene are encapsulated within a single container.

What role does the 'inner-app' div element play in the scene construction?

The 'inner-app' div element is used to contain the individual elements that make up the scene, providing a structure for organizing the tree, hill, and sky elements.

How does the 'sky' class contribute to the background of the scene?

The 'sky' class is used to create the background of the scene with a light blue color, rounded shape, and a 3D effect through box shadow, and it also includes a continuous panning animation.

What is the function of the 'tree' class in the CSS code?

The 'tree' class is used to create a tree in the foreground of the scene with a green background color, rounded top, and an upper part with a darker shade of green.

Can you explain the use of the 'trunk' class in the scene?

The 'trunk' class is used to create the trunk of the tree. It is positioned absolutely and initially set with a height of 0px to be invisible, but it is then styled with border properties to create a triangular brown shape representing the trunk.

What does the 'hill' class represent in the scene and how is it styled?

The 'hill' class represents a hill in the background of the scene. It is styled with a greenish color, a rounded top, and positioned absolutely at the bottom of the scene. It also has a darker shade at the bottom created by the 'after' pseudo-element.

How is the 'arap' class used to create a circular container for the scene?

The 'arap' class is used to create a circular container with a background gradient, fixed width and height, and is centered on the page using absolute positioning and the transform property.

What is the purpose of the pseudo-elements '::after' and '::before' in the CSS code?

The '::after' and '::before' pseudo-elements are used to create decorative elements and additional visual effects, such as the gray circle inside the 'wrap' container and the darker shades for the tree and hill.

What is the keyframe animation 'skyPanning' used for in the script?

The 'skyPanning' keyframe animation is used to create a slow-moving, continuous panning effect for the sky, starting with an opacity of 0, moving to the right, and then decreasing the opacity to create a loop.

How does the CSS set the position and height of the 'body' element to ensure proper scene positioning?

The CSS sets the position of the 'body' to 'relative' and its height to 95% of the viewport height, which ensures that the scene is correctly positioned and takes up most of the page's vertical space.

Where can viewers find the source code for the animated scene described in the script?

Viewers can find the source code for the animated scene on the speaker's GitHub, which is shared in the video description.

Outlines

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🌳 Creating an Animated Scene with HTML and CSS

This paragraph introduces the project of creating an animated scene using HTML and CSS. The scene will feature a tree in the foreground and clouds moving in the background. CSS animations will be used to create a gentle swaying effect for the tree and a slow-moving animation for the clouds. The structure of the HTML elements and the purpose of different CSS classes and properties are explained.

Keywords

💡HTML

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language used to create and structure content on the web. In the video, HTML is used to build the structure of the animated scene, including elements such as the tree, clouds, and sky.

💡CSS

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is used to style and layout web pages. In the video, CSS is employed to animate the scene, adding styles to the tree, clouds, and sky to create effects like gentle swaying and slow movement.

💡Animation

Animation refers to the process of creating motion and shape change. In the video, CSS animations are used to animate the tree and clouds, creating a lifelike scene with a gentle swaying effect for the tree and a slow-moving animation for the clouds.

💡Div Element

A div element is a block-level container in HTML. It is used in the video to organize and group different parts of the scene, such as the wrap, inner app, sky, tree, and hill, facilitating the application of CSS styles and animations.

💡Foreground

The foreground is the part of a scene that is closest to the viewer. In the video, the tree is positioned in the foreground, making it a prominent element that interacts with the viewer more directly.

💡Background

The background is the part of a scene that is furthest from the viewer. In the video, the clouds are positioned in the background, creating depth in the scene through slow-moving animations that mimic distant movement.

💡CSS Animations

CSS animations are a way to animate HTML elements without JavaScript. In the video, they are used to create dynamic visual effects, such as the swaying of the tree and the movement of clouds, enhancing the scene's realism.

💡Pseudo-elements

Pseudo-elements are used in CSS to style specified parts of an element. In the video, ::before and ::after pseudo-elements are used to create additional decorative elements, such as the gray circle inside the wrap container and the darker shade of green for the tree and hill.

💡Absolute Positioning

Absolute positioning is a CSS property that positions an element relative to its nearest positioned ancestor. In the video, elements like the tree and hill use absolute positioning to place them precisely within the scene.

💡Keyframes

Keyframes define the intermediate steps in a CSS animation sequence. In the video, keyframes are used to create the panning animation for the sky, specifying how it moves and changes opacity over time.

Highlights

We will be creating an animated scene using HTML and CSS.

The scene will feature a tree in the foreground and clouds moving in the background.

CSS animations will be used to create a gentle swaying effect for the tree and a slow-moving animation for the clouds.

The outermost div element with a class of 'wrap' is used to contain the entire scene.

Inside the wrap div, there is another div element with a class of 'inner app', which is used to contain the individual elements that make up the scene.

The sky div represents the background of the scene and has a class of 'sky'.

The tree div represents a tree in the foreground of the scene and has a class of 'tree'.

The trunk div is an element that represents the trunk of the tree, with a class of 'trunk' and is a child of the tree element.

The hill div represents a hill in the background of the scene and has a class of 'hill'.

The CSS code is used to style a scene with a tree, a hill, and a sky.

The body is set to relative positioning and its height is set to 95% of the viewport height to ensure correct positioning on the page.

Pseudoelements ':after' and ':before' are used with absolute positioning and empty content properties to create decorative elements.

The wrap class creates a circular container for the scene, with a background gradient, fixed width and height, and is centered on the page using absolute positioning and the transform property.

The tree class creates a tree in the foreground with a green background color, rounded top using border-radius, and absolute positioning.

The animation property creates a continuous panning animation for the sky using the 'sky panning' keyframes.

The hill class creates a hill in the background, with a greenish color, absolute positioning at the bottom, and a rounded top using border-radius.

The overall CSS code creates a visually appealing scene with a tree, hill, and sky.

Transcripts

we will be creating an animated scene

using HTML and CSS

the scene will feature a tree in the

foreground and clouds moving in the

background

we will use CSS animations to create a

gentle swaying effect for the tree and a

slow-moving animation for the clouds

let's start

the outermost div element with a class

of wrap is used to contain the entire

scene inside the wrapped Ivy there is

another div element with a class of

inner app

this is used to contain the individual

elements that make up the scene that

skydiving represents the background of

the scene

this element has a class of its sky that

tree div represents a tree in the

foreground of the scene

this element has a class of treat that

trunk div is an element that represents

the trunk of the tree

this element has a class of trunk and is

a child of the tree elements that Hill

div is an element that represents a hill

in the background of the scene

this element has a class of pill

this CSS code is used to style a scene

with a tree a hill and a sky

here's a detailed explanation of each

part of the code the first few lines of

CSS set the position of the body to

relative and its height to 95 of the

viewport height

this will ensure that the scene is

positioned correctly on the page

the next line sets the position of the

pseudoelements asterisk after and

asterisk before to Absolute and adds an

empty content property

this is a common technique used in CSS

to create decorative elements

the arap class is used to create a

circular container for the scene

it has a background gradient a fixed

width and height and is positioned in

the center of the page using absolute

positioning and the transform property

the after pseudo element is used to

create a gray circle inside the wrapped

container

the interrupt class is used to contain

the individual elements that make up the

scene

it has a relative position and a fixed

height

the tree class is used to create a tree

in the foreground of the scene

it has a green background color and is

positioned using absolute positioning

the Border radius properties are used to

create a rounded top for the tree

that after pseudo element is used to

create a darker shade of green for the

upper part of the tree

the trunk class is used to create the

trunk of the tree

I dispositioned absolutely and has a

height of 0px which means it will not be

visible

the trunk is created using border

properties to create a triangular shape

with a brown color

that Sky class is used to create the sky

in the background of the scene

it has a light blue background color a

border radius of 100px to create a

rounded shape and a box Shadow to create

a 3d effect

the animation property is used to create

a continuous panning animation for the

sky using that Sky panning keyframes

Beth Hill class is used to create a hill

in the background of the scene

it has a greenish color and is

positioned absolutely at the bottom of

the scene

the Border radius property is used to

create a rounded top for the hill

that after pseudoelement for the hill

class is used to create a darker shade

of green for the bottom part of the Hill

the transform property is used to flip

the shape horizontally

but at keyframes rule is used to define

that Sky panning animation

it starts with an opacity of 0 and a

right position of Dash 250px then

gradually increases the opacity to 1 and

moves the sky to the right and finally

decreases the opacity to zero and moves

the sky to the right again

overall this CSS code creates a visually

appealing scene with a tree a hill and a

sky that I hope this explanation helps

let me know if you have any further

questions

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GitHub I share it on description

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