Patent ID: 7342586

Claim:
A method for creating and playing tweening animations, said method comprising: displaying graphic objects in a computer environment; drawing a first graphic directional indicator in said computer environment, including associating said graphic objects with said first graphic directional indicator; determining whether a particular logic is valid for said first graphic directional indicator, said particular logic being related to a computer operation that can be performed in said computer operating environment; drawing a second graphic directional indicator in said computer environment, including associating said first graphic directional indicator with said second graphic directional indicator; assigning a tweening logic to said first graphic directional indicator in response to a user-entered command for said second graphic directional indicator such that said particular logic for said first graphic directional indicator is changed to a different logic of said tweening logic; modifying a parameter of said tweening logic in response to a user modification of said tweening logic using a modifier of said tweening logic; and activating said tweening logic of said first graphic directional indictor in response to user input to generate a tweening animation of at least one of said graphic objects.