In this tutorial I will show you some of the effects you can make using animation shop only. A lot of people just use AS for putting together frames, it can do much more! I made the above graphic using only animation shop!
Ok I used PSP for one thing, to make my name in the style I wanted. Then I copied it then pasted it into animation shop.
I opened a new image with blue background and using my mouse slid the text onto it (My name of course!! LOL)
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as2.gif)
Next I went to Effects- Image effects and chose noise at the default setting:
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as3.gif)
Pretty cool huh? Remember to delete the first frame in this and all the other examples I will show you. Do that by clicking on the first frame to highlight only it. Than right click on it-delete.
Undo the animation until you have the one frame again and let's try...rotating colors:
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as4.gif)
Undo like before and try...the spiral effect
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as5.gif)
Undo and let's do.....dissolve!
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as6.gif)
I am having so much fun are you?
Ok Undo and instead of Insert image effect chose Insert Image transition.
Here is the wipe effect:
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as7.gif)
Undo and let's try....the transition effects dissolve:
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as8.gif)
Undo and do the page turn effect(My favorite!)
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as9.gif)
Undo and try the pinwheel
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as10.gif)
Now undo until you get to just the blue background. Effects-Insert Text effect. Write in your text in the color of your choice
change the font and font size to what you like.
I want to try the flag effect first.
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as11.gif)
Undo to the blue background. Try the marquee, (your text should still be there).
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as12.gif)
Undo to the blue background and see how it looks as a wheel:
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as13.gif)
Undo to the blue background and check out bounce:
![](https://sigsbykaren.tripod.com/as14.gif)
Ok that is enough for this animation shop tutorial. I will teach you how to use graphics to make sigs in my next batch of tutorials coming soon.
Here is a sample of a graphic made by me using only animation shop. I will teach you how to do things like this in the aforementioned batch of tutorials.
Please don't take it cuz you didn't make it!!
Later
Karen