Start with your globe. Your globe bottom. And a photo or graphic. The graphic should not be trasparent. It can be in GIF or JPG.
Start with the globe and the photo. Open the photo and place the globe over
it to fit what you want in the globe. Then you will have to make the globe semi-transparent, so you can see the
globe and the photo at the same time. You can change the color of the globe, but
I didn't in this example. Once you have the globe over the photo where you want it and you can still
see both you need to click on both photos that are on the right hand side of
your screen. To select them both, you will have to click on and then hold down
the CTRL button on your keyboard and click the other one, this will bring them
both up, and you will see a little unlocked latch, you need to click it to lock
them together. A box comes up and you can read about this or just click NO. Once
you have them locked together, you need to go to SIZE & POSITION/CROP/SHAPE.
Pick the shape that looks closest to your glove. Resize it to the size you want
it, then cut/crop your photo. At this time, if you are working in a small photo, you will need to make it
larger, depending on what size you want the finshed globe to be. You can do
this, by going to SIZE & POSITION/CHANGE PICTURE SIZE. I work in PIXELS, it
makes more since to me. There is a tiny box that will have "inc" in it, click on
it and pick "PXL", and you will be working in PIXELS. Change the numbers to a
higher number if you want it bigger. 300 pixel is quite big, I like them around
200-250 that is a nice size, not real big. Once you get the hang of it, you will
be able to judge what size you like. Click save and then we add the base.
You will click on your globe/photo, and then use the little green sizing
balls to make it smaller in the space so you can add the base. Bring up the
base, drag it up to your space. Resize it to fit the globe. The whole globe
should fit your white space, so you can see the whole thing and not have alot of
empty white space left. Then you add the thing you want to move in the globe. I use the stamping
option under PAINT & EFFECTS. You have little pictures to choose from or you
have just shapes. You can also make your own, but opening a photo and double
clicking on it while in the stamping file. Whatever you choose, you will need to
size it, adjust color and place where you want it. You can add as many as you
want in the globe. I don't like alot, but some people do. When you have it the
way you want it, click OK. You can choose to move or chage color or darkness on the stamps, to make them
appear to be moving or blinking. Once you decide, you will "SAVE AS" each time
you change it. ALWAYS save these in GIF files! Or they wont be trasparent. I
change them 5-10 times, and save each time in GIF and in order by naming them
"bird1", "bird2", etc. Once you have these saved in order. You are ready to make
your globe move! You may use any of the things on this page to save as and then try making
your own globe! Good luck and if you need help, just ask :o)
And of course there is always thing you can do different and change, if you
can think of it, you can make it!
HOME
You will have to close all the items in your template you
have open. You can save this in "picture it" form so that you can open it later
if you don't like something. Then close them all.
Once you page is empty,
click PROJECTS/WEB/FLIP ANIMATION. You will choose OPEN A PHOTO. You will open
each photo of the globe you saved, in order. To open them all, click on one,
then hold down the CTRL button and click on each one as they are in your file.
The click OK. They will all open. Click next, and choose patterened or solid
background, I always go with patterened. Click next, and choose your size in
pixels. You can click on any of the sizes listed in the box. Remember under 100
is very small! Click next and choose how long you want your animation to last.
It always starts at 3.0, 2.0 is faster and 4.0 is slower. You can click next and
see what your animation will look like, if you don't like it, just click the
little arrow and go back and change something. Once you have it like you like,
then SAVE and you have made your very first globe!
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