ORIENTAL DESIGN TAG

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Step 1

At animation shop, open up the fan psp file.  Go to View/Normal Viewing.

Step 2

Holding down the shift key, left click frames 2 - 6 to select them. Go to Edit/Copy.

Left click frame 7 to select it and go to Edit/Paste AFTER current frame.

Go to Animation/Reverse Frames.

Step 3

Left click frame 1 and go to Edit/Copy

Left click frame 12 and go to Edit/Paste AFTER current frame.

Step 4

Go to Edit/Select All and go to Edit/Copy

Step 5

Open up the PSP tag file and go to View/Normal Viewing and go to Edit/Select All. 

Go to Edit/Paste into current frame. Make sure you are now in Frame 1.   Holding down the left mouse key, move the fan to where you want it on the tag. Once you have it, release the mouse button. You will have the fan in all the frames of the animation.

Step 6

Repeat Step 2 but resize to 80%.

Step 7

Go to Edit/Select All

Go to Animation/Frame Properties and type in 15.

Step 8

Left click frame 1 and go to Animation/Frame Properties and type in 200.

Step 9

Left click frame 7 and go to Animation/Frame Properties and type in 200.

Step 10

Left click frame 13 and go to Animation/Frame Properties and type in 200.

Step 11

Go to File/Save As and name your file. Be sure to add a .gif extension to your file.  You will be taken through a number of screens:

But before we continue to save the animation, let's first click Customize 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 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.

Partial Transparency

Convert pixels less than 40 should be checked.

Yes blend with this color and make sure that the color in the color box is WHITE.

After customizing all the 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 12

Make sure to save your image as a gif file.

We hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will give it a try.

Purrs,

Nikki, Nichie and Sue

 

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