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+---
+template: example.html
+title: Feature animation example
+shortdesc: Demonstrates how to animate features.
+docs: >
+  This example shows how to use <b>postcompose</b> and <b>vectorContext</b> to
+  animate features. Here we choose to do a flash animation each time a feature
+  is added to the layer.
+tags: "animation, vector, feature, flash"
+---
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="span8">
+    <div id="map" class="map"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/examples/feature-animation.js b/examples/feature-animation.js
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+goog.require('ol.Feature');
+goog.require('ol.Map');
+goog.require('ol.Observable');
+goog.require('ol.View');
+goog.require('ol.control');
+goog.require('ol.easing');
+goog.require('ol.geom.Point');
+goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
+goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
+goog.require('ol.proj');
+goog.require('ol.source.OSM');
+goog.require('ol.source.Vector');
+goog.require('ol.style.Circle');
+goog.require('ol.style.Stroke');
+
+
+var map = new ol.Map({
+  layers: [
+    new ol.layer.Tile({
+      source: new ol.source.OSM({
+        wrapX: false
+      })
+    })
+  ],
+  controls: ol.control.defaults({
+    attributionOptions: /** @type {olx.control.AttributionOptions} */ ({
+      collapsible: false
+    })
+  }),
+  renderer: common.getRendererFromQueryString(),
+  target: 'map',
+  view: new ol.View({
+    center: [0, 0],
+    zoom: 1
+  })
+});
+
+var source = new ol.source.Vector({
+  wrapX: false
+});
+var vector = new ol.layer.Vector({
+  source: source
+});
+map.addLayer(vector);
+
+function addRandomFeature() {
+  var x = Math.random() * 360 - 180;
+  var y = Math.random() * 180 - 90;
+  var geom = new ol.geom.Point(ol.proj.transform([x, y],
+      'EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857'));
+  var feature = new ol.Feature(geom);
+  source.addFeature(feature);
+}
+
+var duration = 3000;
+function flash(feature) {
+  var start = new Date().getTime();
+  var listenerKey;
+
+  function animate(event) {
+    var vectorContext = event.vectorContext;
+    var frameState = event.frameState;
+    var flashGeom = feature.getGeometry().clone();
+    var elapsed = frameState.time - start;
+    var elapsedRatio = elapsed / duration;
+    // radius will be 5 at start and 30 at end.
+    var radius = ol.easing.easeOut(elapsedRatio) * 25 + 5;
+    var opacity = ol.easing.easeOut(1 - elapsedRatio);
+
+    var flashStyle = new ol.style.Circle({
+      radius: radius,
+      snapToPixel: false,
+      stroke: new ol.style.Stroke({
+        color: 'rgba(255, 0, 0, ' + opacity + ')',
+        width: 1,
+        opacity: opacity
+      })
+    });
+
+    vectorContext.setImageStyle(flashStyle);
+    vectorContext.drawPointGeometry(flashGeom, null);
+    if (elapsed > duration) {
+      ol.Observable.unByKey(listenerKey);
+      return;
+    }
+    // tell OL3 to continue postcompose animation
+    frameState.animate = true;
+  }
+  listenerKey = map.on('postcompose', animate);
+}
+
+source.on('addfeature', function(e) {
+  flash(e.feature);
+});
+
+window.setInterval(addRandomFeature, 1000);