Autumn Tag

Step 1

At Animation Shop, go to File/Open and locate the psp or psd tag file.

Step 2

Right click the file and go to duplicate selected.  You will now have two frames.  Go to duplicate selected again, and you will now have  3 frames.  Go to duplicated selected once more and you should now have  5 frames. Go to duplicate selected once more, and you will now have nine frames.   Go to View/Normal Viewing.   Holding down the control key left click on two of the frames. Right click, go to Delete and left click.  You should now have 7 frames remaining.

Step 3

Open up the animated tree file and you will see this animation also has seven frames. Go to Animation/Resize Animation.  Make the percent of original 120%, Resize Type: Smart Size and Maintain Aspect Ratio checked.

Holding down the control key, left click the A key to activate all the frames.   Go to Edit/Copy.  Make the tag image active and go to the very first frame and go to Edit/Paste into selected frame.  Holding down the left mouse button, place the tree animation where you would like it.  Once the image is placed, release the left mouse button and your book animation will now be in all the frames of your tag.

Step 4

Left click the control and A keys to activate all the frames.  Left click on any one of the frames, right click, go to frame properties and type in 15.  Now left click the first frame, right click, go to frame properties and type in 250.

Step 5

Before we continue to save the animation, let's first click the Customize button to make sure you have all the correct settings for this animation.

Click the Customize button and you will see two tabs:  Colors and Optimizations.

Here is what each setting should be under the two separate tabs:

Colors

255 Colors, Optimized Median Cut and Error Diffusion should be checked.

Optimizations

The middle three selections should be checked. 

The top and bottom selections - unchecked.

After customizing these settings, click Ok and click Next and you will get the following screens:

Screen 1

Animation versus output Size - just click next.

Screen 2

Optimization process - just click next.

Screen 3

Optimization preview - just click next.

Screen 4

Optimization results - click finish.

Step 6

Make sure to save your image as a gif file.

We hope you enjoyed this tutorial.

Purrs,

Nikki, Nichie and Sue

 

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