Step 1

Step 2

Go to View/Normal Viewing. 

Left click the control and A keys to activate all the frames.

Step 3

Open up the camera animation (one_time_camera). Go to Animation/Resize animation using the percent option at 80%, smart size and maintain aspect ratio checked.

Step 4

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

Step 5

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 animated camera at the bottom of the tag, just below the blinkie boxes.Once you have the animation placed, release the left mouse button.

Step 6

Left click the control and A keys to have all the frames of the animation activated.  Right click on one of the frames, go to frame properties and left click.  Type in 25.

Step 7

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 8

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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