Animations with photos (ginger)

**jclements** · 23 November 2005, 02:30 AM

The horse's ass thread.

**Soquili** · 23 November 2005, 02:43 AM

Perfect place for me

according to my dearly departed brother.

**ginger** · 23 November 2005, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by Soquili

Could you post an example photo with some information about what portion you wish to animate?

Do you want to animate someone's mouth to simulate speech? Or, do you want to animate a vehicle in motion? It helps to be specific so we can provide information that applies to what you have in mind.

Hi Soquili,

So many flys out there...those horses need to swish their tails.

Any hope?

Ginger

**Soquili** · 23 November 2005, 03:36 PM

Ginger, look at post #20 in this thread. The post number is in the upper right of each entry. I attached a simple animation and the xar file for you to download and edit as you please.

**molucca** · 23 November 2005, 03:55 PM

Bill,

Looks like the horses were in the no fly zone. Need a few flys. Rich

**amoore** · 23 November 2005, 05:00 PM

Nice fly, Molucca! But could you blur the hard angles on the wing segment bevels? I'm not sure he'll be able to get off the ground.

Unless, of course, you've designed him as a piece of jewelry. In that case, the bevels make sense.

**ginger** · 25 November 2005, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Bob C.

Hi Ginger,

A quickly and not very carefully done bit map animation using the bird found in the reference Gary pointed to above (apologizes to the original artist). To give an example of a bit map animation.

It was done using the “Arrange/Combine Shapes/Subtract Shapes” to separate the wings from the body of the bird then the “Mold” tool to reshape the wings, then stretch and prod to fit in succeeding frames to give the impression of flapping.

I also rotated each frame a bit to give the impression the body was indeed connected to the "flapping" wings. I Just love working with Xara!

Bob C.

Thank you so much for your rapid response. It's going to take my brain cells awhile before they grasp any of this. I'm working on it .

Ginger

**ginger** · 25 November 2005, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Soquili

Ginger, look at post #20 in this thread. The post number is in the upper right of each entry. I attached a simple animation and the xar file for you to download and edit as you please.

Wow! Give me some time to integrate all this new info. I'm relieved that all this can be done within Xara X. I'm used to doing alot of this in Micrographx minus the animation part that is. By the way, you folks at Talk Graphics are wonderful! Thanks to all of you

Gratefuly,

Ginger

**ginger** · 25 November 2005, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Egg Bramhill

Once you have the images of a horses rear with no tail, and the image of just a tail, you can combine the two in Xara to create a simple tail swishing session.

Egg

Thank you thank you Egg. Will go into seclusion with all this.

Ginger

**ginger** · 26 November 2005, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by gwpriester

Great Bit of Animation Bob!

Ginger

Here is a screen that might explain what I was talking about re: a background frame.

Click on the New Animation icon (or select File > New > Animation.

If you do not see the Gif Animation toolbar go to Window > Control Bars and then check the GIF Animation check box.

Place the image you want to use for a background on the page and press the Frame Properties icon. Check Background and set the display frame for to 0.

This will make the image appear on each frame of your animation but will not make as large a file as if you pasted the same image on each frame separately.

Click the New Frame icon. Now you can begin creating your animation.

I know this is a lot of information but let me know if it makes any sense.

Gary

Thank you Gary. I was able to do the background frame exercise thanks to your directions.

Ginger