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Making an Animated Link
Button
This tutorial is the third in
the Making an Animated Supporter Button series. It will use a buttons
created in the first two parts of the series. Please return to the
index
of this tutorial. Of course, you may always use 2 graphics of your
own, as long as they are the same size.
You will need:
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2 button graphics, the same size
(we will use the buttons we created in part 1 and 2.
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JASC Animation Shop
This tutorial is intended for beginning
users of Paint Shop Pro. I am using Version 7, but you should be
able to follow these steps with other versions of PSP. The Tutorial
is also part 2 of a 3-step tutorial on making an animated
supporter's button, so please try the other tutorials. Please
write me if you have any questions.
1. In Paint Shop Pro,
Click File, Jasc Software Products, Animation shop
to open
up The animation shop.
2. In Animation Shop,
click on the animation wizard icon:
3. In the first screen,
select same size as the first image frame, next.
4. In this screen, select
transparent, next.
5. In this screen, select
centered in frame, select with the canvas color,
next.
6. In this screen, select
"yes, repeat", 20 frames to display, next
7. In this screen, select
add image, find and choose the first graphic file
(we will
use textbut.jpg), open, add image (again), find and choose the
second graphic
file (we will use graphbut.jpg), open, next
8. Click File, Save as,
name it anivotebut , with file type= .gif Then click
next through all the following screens until finished.
And there you have it.
You have created an animated supporter banner for your site. You
may follow the same steps and create a large animated text banner with
two large link banners.
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