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animation consists of seven different images of an envelope. These will be brought
into Gif Animator after creating them in PhotoImpact. Note: Each canvas will
be 102x100 in dimension. After creating the first image, you will save your image
and open a new 102x100 canvas to create the second image, and so on until all seven
canvases have their images, are completed and aligned and ready to bring into Gif Animator
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Image One
Open a new canvas
102x100. With the Path Drawing Tool  , select
Shape: rectangle, Color: light blue (#B1C9DA), Mode: 3D Round.
Draw a rectangle
approximately 95 in width by 60 in height. To check your dimensions you can go to
Format, Image Size. From the drop down menu click on Pixel and check your sizing.
You can resize it here if it's off.
Click on the material tab
(shown in the screen shot above).
Click on the Light tab and
from the dropdown menu, change the lighting from direct to spot. Set ambient at 80.
In the Path Panel box, set
the border and depth at 1.
Your rectangle should look
like the one shown below.
* Position the rectangle
by using the Align tools. Click  to
center it and  to bring it to the bottom of your canvas. Right click on the active
rectangle and go to Properties. Click on the Position and Size tab. It should
be aligned as Position: Left: 2 and Top: 41. Throughout all of your images,
you'll want the base rectangle to be in this exact position.
Click on the Path Tool,
Custom Shape. Click on custom shape A08.
Draw a
triangle approximately 98 in width. The top of the triangle is too long for the flap
of the envelope. To resize this, go to Format, Image Size. Check "Apply
to Selected Object" and in User Defined put in 98 for the width and 40 for the
height. Uncheck "keep aspect ratio". Click OK. Align the top
flap of the envelope directly over the rectangle. It should look like the image
shown below.
Duplicate this triangle.
Change the color of the duplicated triangle to a darker color blue. Go to
Edit, Rotate and Flip, click on Rotate 180. Place the triangle as shown below.
With the Path Tool, Shape:
rectangle, Color: white, Mode: 3D Round, create a rectangle approximately 45 in width x 55
in height.
Using the Rotate by Degree
tool, put in a 45 and rotate clockwise.  
Click on the Transform
Tool.  Choose
Slant. Using your mouse at the corners of the note paper, manipulate the rectangle
to fit the corners of the triangle.
You can change the
lighting of the note paper by clicking on the 3D tab of the Path Panel. Click on the
"lamp" underneath Lighting. Move your mouse over the paper until you get
the desired lighting effect. You're image should now look like the one shown below.
Save
your image: To save this first image, click on the spacebar to deselect
all objects. Go to View, Base Image. When the Show/Hide Base Image
Confirmation box pops up, click ok. Your background is now transparent. Go to
Web, Image Optimizer. Click on Gif. Check the transparency box. Your
background will appear transparent. Save this in a separate folder and name it
1.gif.
Image One
You've just completed the
first image for your animation. This was the hardest part. The rest of your
images will be much easier as you will be cutting and pasting and doing a bit of resizing.
All of your images will be saved as noted above
* Note: Remember,
the most important thing about making each image will be your positioning of the original
rectangle (the base of your envelope). Make sure you check the properties in each.
If one image is off by 1 pixel, your animation will not appear smooth and appear as
if it's jumping.
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