Table of Contents
Introducing Ulead GIF Animator ........................................................................................................... 4
Whats new ............................................................................................................................................ 6
Getting started ....................................................................................................................................... 8
Installation .............................................................................................................................................. 8
Running the program ............................................................................................................................... 8
Customizing how you work ....................................................................................................................... 9
GIF Animator at a glance ..................................................................................................................... 11
Introducing the interface ........................................................................................................................ 11
Working modes in GIF Animator .............................................................................................................. 12
For current GIF Animator users ........................................................................................................... 14
Tutorial ................................................................................................................................................. 15
Creating an animation project ............................................................................................................. 16
Introducing the UGA project file .............................................................................................................. 16
Creating a new project ........................................................................................................................... 16
Using the Animation Wizard .................................................................................................................... 17
Starting out with an image, animation or video file ................................................................................... 18
Setting the canvas size ........................................................................................................................... 18
Working with objects ........................................................................................................................... 20
Adding image objects ............................................................................................................................. 20
Object Manager Panel ............................................................................................................................ 21
Manipulating objects using the Tool Panel ................................................................................................ 23
Adding a shadow ................................................................................................................................... 30
Managing multiple objects ...................................................................................................................... 31
Working with frames ........................................................................................................................... 33
Frame Panel .......................................................................................................................................... 33
Banner Text ......................................................................................................................................... 36
Adding Banner Text ................................................................................................................................ 36
Using Plug-in filters ............................................................................................................................. 38
Using Video F/X ................................................................................................................................... 39
Optimizing your animation .................................................................................................................. 41
The Optimize mode workspace ............................................................................................................... 42
Optimization process .............................................................................................................................. 43
Previewing your work .......................................................................................................................... 45
In the Edit mode .................................................................................................................................... 45
In the Preview mode .............................................................................................................................. 46
In a Web browser .................................................................................................................................. 46
Saving & exporting .............................................................................................................................. 47
Saving your work ................................................................................................................................... 47
Sharing your animation .......................................................................................................................... 50
Index Editor ......................................................................................................................................... 52
Appendix: GIF color palettes ............................................................................................................... 54
Shortcuts .............................................................................................................................................. 55
Index .................................................................................................................................................... 56
