Using jQuery animate on canvas objects

Question

I want to animate an html5 canvas element with just a simple shape drawn using the path mechanism. When hovering a mouse over it I want to zoom in on it, make it more opaqu

Answer 1

well on this page google used some animated canvas icons. http://www.google.com/chromeos/features.html

when you dig into code you'll see that they used JS Tweener. http://coderepos.org/share/wiki/JSTweener

i think its more reliable than raphaelJS if google chooses it ;). Canvas animation code is really complex though. i barely understand whats happening.