By specifying cutting out positions (start position and end position) in a source image, you can play an entire image as an animation. |
When the Number of Imported Frames is set to 1, it is regarded as a still image (no animation effect added)
When the Number of Imported Frames is set to 2 or higher, you can play the image as an animation because the Creation method makes the necessary frames in between the starting and ending frames. |
About still/moving images and the number of frames |
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Normally, still images are comprised of one frame, and moving images consist of multiple frames.
When a still image is cut into multiple parts, each part is handled as a frame, so an image consisting of multiple images can be created from a single still.
On the following pages, the procedure for Adding Animation to Still Images is explained. |
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Procedure for cutting out images |
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Read a source image into Image Converter, and keep the Source Image tab displayed.=>For details, click here. |
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Click the Start button.
-> The Cutting Frame is shown on the source image. |
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Drag the cutting frame to the position where you want to select an image.
You can also change the size of the cutting frame to enlarge or reduce the image displayed on the panel. When Fix V/H frame ratio is checked, enlargement and reduction of images is performed at the original vertical and horizontal ratios of the frame. |
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When the mouse cursor is moved over the cutting frame, it changes its shape according to which drag operation is available, as defined below. To use the function, click, hold and drag with the mouse. |
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Cursor shape and drag operation functions: |
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The entire frame moves, and can be repositioned. |
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Appears when the cursor is over a vertical frame border, and can be used to change the width of the frame. |
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Appears when the cursor is over a horizontal frame border, and can be used to change the vertical height of the frame. |
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When you drag on any of the four corners of the frame in the direction of the cursor arrow, the vertical and horizontal sizes change. When Fix V/H frame ratio is checked, the frame's original vertical and horizontal ratio is kept as an image is enlarged or reduced. |
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Click the End button to move the cutting frame to the end position, and then adjust the size of the frame. |
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Select the number of frames to import. The maximum number of frames is 90.
Frame play time is 0.1 second per frame; thus a 3-second animation can be created with 30 frames.
By using more frames, the animation will play more smoothly. |
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Click the Execute button.
The program will now divide the image from the start position to the end position into the number of frames specified, each one inheriting the Creation method specified. The completed animation will be set in the Preview frame on the right. |
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Construct a panel animation from multiple panel animation images |
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If a panel animation image is already set in the preview section, performing the above procedure Cutting out an image - Execute - Setting in Preview Section, the following dialog box appears.
In this case, the panel animation created is constructed from multiple panel animation images.
The latest animation image added is placed just before or after the frame position currently shown in the preview section. |
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Insertion position for panel animation images added later |
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When a panel animation image is already set in the preview section, pay special attention to the frame position being displayed. The following example shows how the panel animation image created by selecting After the Current Frame in the above dialog box is arranged when the 14th frame is displayed in the preview section. |
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When the Preview Start button in the Preview section is clicked, you can preview the image cut out. |
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