Simple Movement in GA

Part 1

To be able to show you how movement is done in an animation in GA I have made a kit for you to practice with.

The "Noseguy" kit parts can be downloaded HERE

Step I

Open  the kit and extract the "Noseguy" image to the folder that you keep your UFO images.

Step 2

Open your PI Programme then open the "Noseguy" image. Duplicate this image by Ctrl+D and close of the original image.

Now make the "Noseguy" your own by changing the colour, put a shadow on the nose and hat etc.

Step 3

Don't forget to convert your object if you want to keep the border around your shapes.

Because GA does not keep stuff that you have grouped in PI you will also need to merge the painted lines and the hand part they belong to.

Save your "Noseguy" to your GA animations folder.

Step 4

Open your GA (Gif Animator) Programme.

Navigate to the folder you have your "Noseguy" image and open it in GA.

Step 5

Click on the Duplicate Frame Button.

Step 6

Uncheck (close) the eye on layer 3 hand and open the eye on layer 2 hand.

Now close the eye on layer 10 hat and open the eye on layer 9 hat.

Duplicate this frame by clicking on the Duplicate Frame button.

Now close the eye on layer 9 hat and open the eye on layer 8 hat.

At the same time close the layer 2 hand and open the eye on layer 1 hand.

Step 7

Now all that is left to do is the timing on the frames.

Highlight Frame 1 right click and give it a value of 120

Frame 2 will stay at 10

Frame 3 I have given it a value of 75.

Now your lifting of the hat animation should look something like this. Optimize and save as a gif. Also save it by going to File/Save As/UGA. We will be revisiting this animation in Part 2 and adding more animation to it.

Please feel free to  print this tutorial out for your own personal use, but do not copy it in any way  to put on-line, pass out,

re-write or claim as your own.

Any resemblance to any other tutorial like this, is not intentional and is purely coincidental.

This tutorial was written on the 28th January 2009 and is therefore

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