Step 1

Step 2

Right click the file and go to duplicate selected.  You will now have two frames. Go to View/Normal Viewing.  

Holding down the control key, left click the A key to activate all the frames.

Step 3

Open up the animated daisy and you will see this animation also has two frames.

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 daisy animation where you would like it.  Once the image is placed, release the left mouse button and your daisy 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.  Right click on any frame,  go to frame properties and type in 150.

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 tabs.

Colors (This is a bit different than usual)

255 Colors, Optimized Octree 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:

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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