Floral Accent Frame

Step 1

At Animation Shop, go to File/Open and locate the tag file. Go to View/Normal Viewing. Click the Control and A Keys to Activate all the Frames.

Step 2

Open up the star ani file.  Go to Animation/Resize Animation with Percent of Original at 90%, Smart Size and Maintain Aspect Ratio checked. 

Click the Control and A Keys to Activate all the Frames.

Step 3

Your animated star ani file should now be active. Go to Edit/Copy.  Make the picture frame active and go to Edit/Paste Into Current Frame.  Holding down the left mouse button, bring the star ani file to the top left side of the double picture frame in frame 1.  Once you have the star ani placed, release the left mouse button and the star ani file should now be in all 7 frames.

Step 4

Go to Edit/Paste into Current Frame again and place the star ani below the first one in frame 1. 

Go to Edit/Paste into current frame once again and once more place the star ani beneath the second one in frame 1.  The sides of the double picture frame should require the star ani being placed three times to fill the entire length of each side of the double picture frame.

Step 5

Copy and Paste the star ani three times on the right side of the double picture frame.

Step 6

Copy and Paste the star ani two times in the middle portion of the frame.

Step 7

Now we will place the star ani across the top of the picture frame.  To do that, you will need to rotate the animation. 

Go to Animation/Rotate with direction right and 90 degrees.  Make sure you have all the frames selected (Control and A keys).  Copy and paste into current frame, making sure you place the animation in the very first frame.  Do this two times, placing at the top of the first picture frame and copy and paste the animation two more times, placing the animation at the top of the second picture frame.

Step 8

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 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 animation 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 9

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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