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    GraphicsAcademy.com  >  Tutorials  >  Web Animations with a photo background  >  Chapter 1

    How To Make Web Animations With A Photo Background

    Chapter 1: Selecting Graphics

    The first thing that I need to is pick out (or create) some graphics for my project.

    Let's start with the GIF animations. The main requirement here is that they have a transparent background, so when (later) placed over the photographic background, we will actually be able to see the photograph.

    Below are a couple of cartoon animations that I got from my Art Explosion 800,000 Clip Art package (it includes a relatively small number of web animations on one of the CDs). You can of course get your animations from whatever of Clip Art packages you own (if they have them) - or alternatively, you could create your own animations using something like GIF Animation Studio .

    buglegs.gif
    113X114 pixels
      snorkel3.gif
    59X162 pixels
     

    Next I need a photographic background. Here's the one that I've decided to use. (You could prepare your own backgrounds with a digital camera or a scanner, or you may find suitable backgrounds in many clip art packages).

    earthrise.jpg
    300X225 pixels



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