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Software:
PhotoImpact 10 - X3
Title:
Animate with PhotoImpact Animation Studio
(can be done with earlier
versions too)
Author: Maureen
Eves-Lavis
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Tools: Text,
Colour Adjustment PhotoImpact Animation Studio
Materials: Fills
and Textures
Description:
Create Text and animate using PhotoImpact's Animation Studio.
MODES and WORKSPACES
Versions 12 and X3
has the ability for customised
workspace modes, choose your own personal settings or Full Edit providing
you have all tools available for this tutorial.
Version 11 has five
work modes. You will see them listed in the My Workshop
Menu. For the purpose of this tutorial, ensure you are working in "Advanced Mode" in order for all tools to be available to
you. Version 10 has two work modes, Basic and Standard. Basic Mode features a simplified
workspace with larger buttons and the most common functions, whereas,the Standard Mode displays all of the functions. We will be
using the Standard Mode in this tutorial.If you see Standard Mode faded out as shown, then this is the mode you are using.
If you change from standard to basic you
will lose any presets you may have saved.
Remember
to save often
Please read through
the entire tutorial before starting.
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Instructions |
| 1. |
Open a
canvas 500 x 300 pixels and choose dark green #2F6868 |
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2.
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Select the Text
tool from the Tool box and from the Tool Settings under Style change the
Character Spacing to 6.
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| 3. |
With the
Text tool active, select Tiranti
Solid LET font size 96,
bold and italics, type your name, then duplicate. |
| 4.
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Select
the first name you typed and with the Text tool activated choose 3D Custom from
the Attribute bar. Open the Easy Palette, Text/Path Effects,
Material Attribute, Texture - Water. Add to the text. |
| 5. |
With the
second text and the Text tool activated choose 3D Pipe. Next, go
to the Tool settings - Text under 3D, Width and move the slider down to
2. Add texture as stated in step 4. |
| 6. |
Menu
bar, Object, Select All Objects, Align, Centre both. You can
also use the icon  on the Attribute bar to
Centre both, however you must be using the Pick Tool to use this
feature.  Check and make sure that
the 3D Pipe text is on top of the 3D Custom. Right click, Select
All, Merge as a Single Object. |
| 7. |
Let's
change the colour of the text. Go to the Menu bar, Adjust, Colour
Adjustment. Move the Cyan/Red slider to the left -79,
Magenta/Green slider to the right 23, and the Blue/Yello slider leave at
0. Right click and Add Shadow - 5th one along. Right click,
Merge All. |
| 8. |
With the
crop tool, crop the image  You can
also resize at this stage too if you feel that the text image is too
large. Resize by going to the Menu bar, Adjust, Resize. |
| 9. |
Open the Easy Palette, Image Enhancement, Animation, Animation
Studio, Droplet and make the following changes to the settings as shown
in the image below.
Amount 4, Light 20, Warp 150,
Thickness 45, Size 15, Frames 22 |
| 10. |
On the animation window where you see your
name, if you click in the top left corner a cross shows where a droplet
forms, as you move the mouse over it the cursor will change in order for
you to move this as you see in the images below where I've moved them
too. You also do the same.
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| 11. |
Now click on the looping button  click the
Play arrow and your signature will have animated droplet pools.
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| 12. |
Save your image as an animated.gif. When
the save dialogue box opens, under GIF animation options reduce the
Colours to 128 with infinite loop box ticked. Reducing the colours
helps keep the file size smaller. |
To view your animation, go to the folder where it is saved, right
click and view - choose whatever program you have on
your computer to view images. Animated images cannot be opened
in PhotoImpact.
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