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On the Beach
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 animated dolphin 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 dolphin file should now be active. Go to Edit/Copy. Go to Edit/Paste Into Current Frame. Holding down the left mouse button, bring the animated dolphin to the very first frame and place it exactly where you want it on your tag file. Once you have the dolphin animation placed, release the left mouse button and the animated dolphin file should now be in all 7 frames of the tag file. Step 4 Go to your second frame, left click to activate the frame. Right click the frame, go to frame properties and left click. Type in 13. Step 5 Holding down the control key, left click frames 3, 4, 5 and 6 to activate them. Right click and go to frame properties and left click. Type in 15. Step 6 Left click frame 7 to activate it. Right click on this frame and go to frame properties. Type in 150. 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 three tabs: Colors, Optimizations and Partial Transparency. Here is what each setting should be under the three separate tabs: Colors 255 Colors, Optimized Octree and Error Diffusion should be checked. Optimizations The middle three selections should be checked. The top and bottom selections - unchecked. Partial Transparency Use a 50% dither pattern Yes blend with this color and the color box should be white #FFFFFF After customizing these animation
settings, click Ok and click Next and you will get the following screens: 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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