I'm developing a java game and I planned to do the UI with Swing, but I wanted to have animations between the menus, and for what I know, that would be hard to achieve.
I've been searching all day and saw that Java FX has transitions and transformations. I've been playing with it for a while, but I still don't know if I can do what I want.
Is it possible to achieve this effect? http://i.stack.imgur.com/zThXH.gif
解决方案
After a few failed tries, I decided to search for what is used in the gif I showed.
I eventually found it and it was exactly what I was searching.
It's a very small library used for smooth animations between layouts of components. It's very easy to use!
In 20 minutes I was able to do this: imgflip.com/i/tmef