Simple Spinning Graphic

1. Open New Image:

Width: 200... Height: 200

2. Decide which font you want to use and the color desired. Now place the text in the center of your canvas. Once you have it right were you want it then you can apply the Inner Bevel, of course this is your option. Okay, I want you to save it in .psp format.

3. Go to Animation Shop and once there go to File... Open... and find your file and open it up.

4. Right click on your image and choose Duplicate Selected. Repeat this step once again so you will end up with a total of 3 matching frames.

5. Highlight the center frame and got to Animation... Mirror.

6. Highlight the first frame and go to Effects... Insert Image Transition using these settings: Start With: Animation Frame and then End With: Animation Frame. Effects: Spin... Transition Length: 1.0 Secs... Transition Length: 10 fps. click OK.

7. At this point you should have a collection of 12 frames. Locate the frame that is highlighted and highlight the next frame. Apply the same... Effects... Insert Image Transition to that frame.

8. Now here I want you to size down the image so it does not eat up your memory. Go to your Crop Tool... Options... and choose the Surround the Animated Area... OK, this will complete the cropping process.

9. Optimization settings are as follows: Optimized Output...Optimize for: Animated GIF File... When finished: Create a new animation from the optimized animation... Next... Animation Quality Versus Output Size... Click on: Customize... Colors... Number of Colors: 255 colors. Create palette by... Optimized Median Cut.... Reduce colors by... Error Diffusion... Optimizations... Write Minimal Frames... Collapse Identical Frames.... Map Identical Pixels To Transparent... Partial Transparency... Convert pixels less than 100... Would you like to blend the partially transparent pixels? Yes, blend with this color: White: HTML: # ffffff... OK.... Next... Next... Next... Finish.

10. File... Save As: Save in: Your choice of location. Give it a File name: "Simple Spinning Graphic"... Save... and your done.

Note: If you have any questions let me know.

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