Animated emojis - how to?

[ss-kalm]

Nice Rik ... and ... No, I can't tell the difference!

[Egg Bramhill]

nice animation Rik.

[Manoj]

Thanks Helene, there seem to be a lot of tutorials there!

Rik - that's great work and no I can't make out any difference! Quite encouraging. Any particular tips on how to plan ahead for animating?

Thanks
Manoj

[Rik]

Create a new animation page, from the File menu.
Make the page, the size of your intended animation.
Do your first drawing, then from the animation frame gallery, make a copy of that page, and change the drawing slightly, and keep doing that until you have the required number of drawings.
Now change the timings of the individual frame to get the desired result of your animation.
Export as gif, and you're done.

Have a look at my simple wink animation file.

[Manoj]

Thanks Rik! Very well done. Hopefully I'll be able to do it all in Xara after all. Now to hunt down some animation basics!

[wizard509]

I could do a small tutorial for you if you need it or want it.

[Manoj]

Larry - yes please, that would be most welcome! Thank you!