Scrolling Blinkie Tutorial
Written by Soft Hugs Ellie(If this tutorial is similar to any others, it is by coincidence and purely unintentional)
You will find the supplies needed here.
Save the above zip file to an appropriate folder and install the BM receipt A11 font into your Windows/Font folder.
Open Animation Shop and open "Frame 0blinkiescroll 1.psp" .....duplicate the frame and close the original....
as, this one frame will be used over and over to make all the Scrolling Binkies' you want
We will use the "BM receipt" font in RED to make the Words that will SCROLL
Now, in Animation Shop..click on the EFFECTS drop down menu; inside the drop down list, click on "Insert Text Effects".....
on the left, under START WITH, click on the radio button CUSTOM COLOR and make black the color of your background canvas.
On the right, under TEXT APPEARANCE, click on the radio button CUSTOM COLOR, and make the color of your font RED.
Under DEFINE TEXT, click on FONT and choose the BM receipt Font and size it to 16.
Now, type the words you want the marquee to read and scroll...I typed in Sharon Loves Bud
Animation Shop automatically chooses the frames it needs to make up the marquee....
MAKE SURE you have MARQUEE chosen from the Effect drop down menu see the Screen Shot below
set the Effect Length slider to 2.6 seconds, and the frames per second to 6.
When all is accomplished, Click OK
Now click on EDIT, SELECT ALL....
Click on ANIMATION, then FRAME PROPERTIES.
Under the DISPLAY TIME tab, type the number 20 into the box and...
Click OK!
Now click on VIEW.... ANIMATION
If you are HAPPY with your words and speed of your animation, click on FILE, SAVE AS and give your
animation a name.
Save as a Gif......and there ya GO~!
Happy Blinking~!!!!!!!
