You will first want to determine the
size of your largest picture you are wanting to use in your slideshow.
There is no worrying about being sure the photos are the same size as
Animation Shop will not discriminate the size of the photos.
When you are ready to begin, open
Animation Shop and Click File then Animation Wizard as shown in the
graphic on the left and circled.
Your next step will determine the
size of your animation. You may choose to place your largest photo first
in your animation in which you can then choose Same size as the first
image frame when choosing the dimensions. Otherwise, enter the
dimensions of your largest photo or slightly larger if you want to
create a border type effect. See graphic below
Your next step will be to decide if
you want to create a transparent background or Opaque.
If you choose Opaque if you click on
the black box you can change the color in the color chart as shown
below.
Now you get to tell the wizard where
to place the photos that are smaller than your largest photo. Choose
between upper left corner or Centered. Also you get to choose how you
want the frame to appear if your image does not fill it. Choosing
between the canvas color you chose above or the photo before. Or you can
choose Scale frames to fit.
Now you are choosing if you want the
animation to be continuous or you want to play it only a certain amount
of times. Then you choose the length of the frames. This one is a little
tricky. The default is a very fast animation and you will see next to
nothing really. The slideshow I provided at the end of this tutorial is
made at 120 and it could even be classified as fast. This will all
depend on your preferences to what you set this at.
Now you are going to
choose your images, Click on the Add Image
and choose your first image from the
window that pops up (shown below). Highlight the image and click open.
Repeat the process above Clicking Add
Image etc until you have included all the images you want in your slide
show.
Once you have added all your images
you can move them up and down, remove any you decide not to use. All
your images will be listed in the window as shown in graphic to your
left here. When you are finished arranging click next and then in the
following window click Finish
Your animation will then
show in the Animation shop with all the frames visible for viewing. You
can further edit your animation if you so wish right from animation
shop, or save your animation and upload.
Once you have added all your images
you can move them up and down, remove any you decide not to use. All
your images will be listed in the window as shown in graphic to your
left here. When you are finished arranging click next and then in the
following window click Finish
