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This tutorial is intended only to give you a brief view into animating and adding borders to animations. Note: If you have a printer, you might want
Here are the steps to the finished image.
b. Scroll up to "Output" and click on it.
c. Now you can either transload it to your server to have a saved copy of the fixed animation, or click on the image, use "GoTo" on your keyboard, "show current", & "CC&P" the temperary Image magick URL d. Scroll up to the image magick tool bar, click on "Input", remove the URL that is showing and paste in the temperary IM URL. You now have an animation that will except adding a border and or text without any problems. e. Next click on "Decorate". put "0x50" in the text box, and click the radial button for border. Note:The first number would add a border to the right and left side. This called for a 0 (zero) because the sides did not need expanding. The second number addes to the top and bottom, and it needed a 50 pixel border added to the top. By putting 50 in the text box it addes 100 pixles which is ok because the excess will be cropped off. Change the default color "Gray" to "White". Do the output and when it brings you to the view page again.... 7. Click on "transform", put 340x313 in the text box, 8. Click on "Annotate", Add the name or text in the text box, set the drop down to "North", type in +0+65, point size at 65 color at gray75, scroll in the font selection box to your font choice and set it, next scroll back up and click on "Annotate". 9. Repeat the process from #8 only change the +0+65 to +5+60 and the color to darkgreen.
10. Save this image as a .gif "Multi frame file" format. The original animation used in this tutorial was found on the web. If the owner of this image will contact me at HTML46@html46.com i will be more than happy to add credit here for this wonderful image. A Special Thank You to "May" (calypso-cat@webtv.net) for her input in this tutorial!
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Page last Updated: July 10, 2008