Anyone have examples of using GSAP with Google Web Designer (GWD)

[Carl 11,048 Likes (Superhero)]

Hey folks,

 

Curious if anyone has any real-world examples of what they have built using Google Web Designer that they can share. We want to help the GWD team as they continue to support GSAP as an option in their IDE via File > include JS library feature. 

 

Providing them with some real world examples would be a great help.

 

If you can't share your work publicly, send me a PM.

 

Thanks

 

 

[Bradley Lancaster 23 Likes (Newbie)]

Hey Carl,

 

I am planning on doing this GWD course wondering if you have had any dealings with jellyfish in the past or know of any other places to learn GWD especially integrating GSAP with GWD for Dynamic Remarketing and feed based ads.

 

Link to course.

https://www.jellyfish.net/en-us/training/doubleclick/doubleclick-studio/google-web-designer

[Carl 11,048 Likes (Superhero)]

This is the first I've heard about that course from JellyFish or any training in GWD. There is very little talk of GWD in this forum.

 

[Oliver16Years 208 Likes (Specialist)]

I don't know the current state of the software but ( first and last time I used it just after Flash was killed ) I feel that is a dead end. At least that time it was a completely frustrating joke. Contradict me please!

[ohem 334 Likes (Leader)]

On 4/6/2018 at 2:25 AM, Bradley Lancaster said:

Hey Carl,

 

I am planning on doing this GWD course wondering if you have had any dealings with jellyfish in the past or know of any other places to learn GWD especially integrating GSAP with GWD for Dynamic Remarketing and feed based ads.

 

Link to course.

https://www.jellyfish.net/en-us/training/doubleclick/doubleclick-studio/google-web-designer

 

Check out the Dynamic Remarketing Build Guide, which is available with the dynamic templates in GWD.

 

There's also information in the GWD Help Center.

 

There are also GWD training videos in Google's Academy for Ads and Youtube.

[Bradley Lancaster 23 Likes (Newbie)]

Thanks Ohem the pdf Build Guide is very helpful!

[kellyimaging 3 Likes (Newbie)]

@Carl

 

Hi Carl,

Did you ever get a good working example of GWD files working with GS?

I've been holding off on using the platform, waiting for all the kinks and bugs to calm down...

 

Right now I'm leaning more towards Adobe Animate to start incorporating more timeline character animations, but I would be interested to find out what the GWD + GreenSock setup looks like.

 

I've been using GreenSock since the Flash days for banner and digital magazine builds. Most of my banners are for the entertainment industry and involve a video player for a movie trailer, and then resolves with an end-frame animation, were I use the GreenSock timeline to animate the movie-key-art. I'm still not convinced that moving away from hand building my banners would be a good thing. So far GWD and Adobe Animate just seem like a big pain in the butt - but I wanted to be sure I was not missing out on any advantages gained by mobile templates, gallery templates, character animation, etc.

 

I'd love to hear about banner workflows that others find useful!

~Kelly

[Carl 11,048 Likes (Superhero)]

hi kellyimaging,

 

I never was able to acquire any GWD templates (that I can remember now).

Unfortunately I hear nothing about anyone using GWD so its tough to justify putting time into exploring it. 

 

I'm biased, but I still see a huge amount of potential for the Animate CC + GSAP combo.

Its really great to have a strong visual interface to do your layout and art-creation in and have GSAP move things around. 

 

Animate CC is very frequently releasing new features and improvements.