supplies

Open any of the following .mng files at Animation Shop :

raeGarbanzosBoxed ~ this is a premade animation, seen above = both beans inside a box
raeGarbanzosBoth ~ same as above but not inside a box
raeGarbanzoBean1 ~ this is the high-flying bean, alone
raeGarbanzoBean2 ~ this is the bean that can't fly, alone

This will be easy for you= all the animating is done! ..I'll tell you how to make a tag using the 'boxed beans'.

You are welcome to do whatever you like with the supplied files, however.

The beans are included singularly, too.

Just get creative and have fun!

1. Open the 'raeGarbanzosBoxed' (or the 'raeGarbanzosBoth'..if you prefer them without a box)

Copy Frame #1

Open PSP :

Open a large canvas, transparent .. 600 X 500
Paste the copied frame from AS, As A New Layer, inside .. giving yourself lots of room at the bottom

2. Select the bottom, empty layer :

Open your Text Tool = design whatever you want for text (it doesn't have to fit inside the box..feel free to use the extra space surrounding it)

Once finished with your text :

Delete the beans layer
Right Click ~ Copy Merged, at your canvas

Return to AS :

Paste as a New Animation
Duplicate the frame
Select Frame #2

Go to Animation > Insert Frames > Empty :

3. Bring up your Beans in a box :

Edit > Select All
Edit > Copy

Return to your 47 text frames :

Right Click > Paste Into Current Frame
Postion where you like and click to set into place

Now, play your animation and Undo/Repaste if you need to make an adjustment in your placement

If you're happy with it :

Crop Tool > Options > Surround the Opaque Area > Crop (or double click)

Add a background color :

Right click > Animations properties > Opaque

Now Resize :

I recommend resize by 80% Bicubic

Optimization :

Please use Optimized Octree/Error Diffusion for best image quality and for lower filesize

Save and show it off!

February 07, 2008

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