tutorial on the use of GIF animation tools

GIF animation production tool features:

1, the desktop active image recording into a GIF animation, or a number of pictures of the synthesis of GIF animation, can also be manually drawn, drawing process can also be recorded into the animation of the effect of writing;

2, decomposition or open GIF animation, and can be modified to save;

3, recorded animation can also be saved as a high definition of AVI video format.

First, recording animation

To record the desktop active image as an animation, click the Record button directly in the recording panel. If you are recording a region or window on the screen, you can do so in the recording menu. After you have recorded the animation, select the Save Animation command under the File menu to save the animation.

Second, the use of file pictures to make animation

To animate using file pictures, you can add pictures by selecting the Add Picture command under the Frame Action menu.

Third, modify the animation

To modify the animation, first select the frame in the Frame control Panel that you want to modify, and then use the appropriate tools on the artboard to modify the drawing, after the modification, click on the Frame Control Panel "Modify the current Frame" button to complete the modification. Right-click in the Frame list box to perform various actions on the frame in the pop-up menu. In the drawing, after you draw the shape, click the first button in the toolbar, move the mouse over the graphic, press left and drag to move the graphic, and if you want to modify the graphic properties, select the graphic to modify on the property panel. If you want to circle graphics, press the left button to drag, if you want to start in the graphics circle, you need to hold down the CTRL key and then circle. In the Edit menu, select paste from clipboard If you want to copy the image from another drawing tool, and to copy the image from the tool to another tool, select Copy to Clipboard.

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In the recording panel, the Convert Format Drop-down box is used to format the frame picture, and if the recording tutorial should select JPG format, the format is good and the image compression rate is better.

After recording, if you want to clear consecutive frames, you can click the clear continuous same frame button to clear, or in the Frame list box select the frame you want to delete, right-click the pop-up menu to select Delete or press the DELETE key to manually delete. In the Frame list box, identifying the same frame indicates the same two frames. The delay number in the Frame list box indicates the time, in milliseconds, when the frame will be played, and can be modified in the following edit box when the frame is selected.

In the Animation Save dialog box, when you save the animated format as GIF, select the dither algorithm checkbox to eliminate large color in large pictures, if the small picture is not selected, there will be dim color; Frame Picture format is used to format frame pictures, and if you have converted them during recording, you do not have to set the conversion.

To make an animation of the writing effect, select the "record this artboard" copy box in the recording panel, then click the Record button, and then draw what you want on the artboard. Of course, you can also record the drawing process on other software.

To add an animation to a typing effect, simply right-click on the artboard, select the Add typing Effect command in the pop-up menu, and then set the settings in the pop-up window. If a frame is selected on the Frame Control Panel, an animation of the typing effect is added from this frame, or it is added after all frames. Add a color-changing text animation method with the Add typing effect animation.

A good animation can be saved as an AVI video format, SWF animation format, and EXE tutorial. Images in AVI format do not produce distortion. If you select the Record sound option when recording, the recording of the sound is recorded while the recording is in, and the recorded sound is appended to the AVI video format file. SWF format can also add sound, sound for MP3 files or FLV files, note that MP3 files (and flv file conversion files) must be MPEG 2/layer 3 format, otherwise can not play, this format quality is also friendly, just occupy a larger space. EXE format is suitable for tutorial use.

Shortcut key: f4-screenshot; f2-recording (stop); F3-suspended; ctrl+q-Circle Recording area. You can reset it by selecting the Settings command on the Tools menu to open the Settings dialog box.

Note: GIF animations generated with this tool will be distorted, and if high quality animations are required, the recorded animations can be transferred to PS generation. This tool has a key to transfer all frame picture features. Open Photoshop before using, create a new document of the same size as the artboard in this window, and make sure the document is in a pasted state before you use this feature.