You can create movie animations that fade one image into another using the powerful animation tools included with Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

To begin, open the first image.

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To create a movie animation, convert the image into a movie file and add several frames to it.

  1. Click Movie menu, Create From Document.
  2. Click Movie menu, Insert Frame.
  3. In the Insert Frames dialog box, type 10 in the Insert box.
  4. Click the After button, and type 1 in the Frame box.
  5. Click Copy Current Frame, and click OK.

Note

The image "TIP1OPEN.CPT" is converted into a movie containing 11 frames and is in the .AVI file format.

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Open the second image. It will be used to create the animated image transition.

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Copy the contents of the image to the Clipboard, paste its contents into the first frame of the movie and change its transparency level.

  1. Click Edit menu, Copy.
  2. Select the .AVI file by clicking Window menu, TIP1OPEN.AVI.
  3. Click Edit menu, Paste, As New Object.
  4. On the Property Bar, move the Object Opacity slider to 10.
  5. Click Object menu, Combine, Combine Objects With Background.

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Paste the image into each successive frame with a slightly higher transparency level.

  1. Click Movie menu, Control, Step Forward One Frame.
  2. Click Edit menu, Paste, As New Object.
  3. On the Property Bar, move the Object Opacity slider to 20.
  4. Click Object menu, Combine, Combine Objects With Background.

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Continue pasting the image into the movie frame by frame while increasing the Opacity level by 10 for each frame. When you reach the last frame, you are finished creating the animated image transition.

Save the image to a file format that supports animation, e.g., .AVI.

Play the movie to view the results. Click Movie menu, Control, Play Movie. Click Movie menu, Control, Stop Movie to stop playing the movie.

Note

If you choose to save your movie as an animated .GIF file, you must first convert your image to 8-bit Paletted mode.

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