successive layers

[vasilis]

Hello i want to know the next thing:some people told me that with succesive layers(i am not sure if i say correctly) can create animated handwritiing with photoshop.my question is how can i use layers ,cover each other with paintshop pro X7.is there any tutorial?i hope to understand what i mean...

[Jean-Luc]

Are you speaking about "animated GIF" ?
If yes, Painshop Pro doesn't create animated GIF.
You may try AnimationShop, an old software created by Jasc.

[vasilis]

ok but what about layers?how can i use layers?any tutorial please?

[vasilis]

thiw is from adobe forum about photoshop :'' Then, I used a Layer Mask to "hide" most of the Text, and altered that many times, to "reveal" the Text, part of a letter at a time. I did a Layer Comp"can i do somethig like that in PSX7?

[hartpaul]

There are a number of ways you can create different frames (for a movie ) showing the appearance of letters as if being animated on screen.

Here is one way. You can change the size of the font, and the frames to suit what you are after.
I used Arial Font , a green background 1000 x 1000 pixels to start with and font size 72 .

1. Make a background frame with a suitable color - I used 1000 x 1000 and green.
2. Choose the Text tool and click in your frame where you want the word to start and Type in your word. Click the Apply Tick
This is shown in the image and shows how the layers are set up and that the Vector layer can be expanded to show the whole word on a single layer.

3. Once you have applied your text then do Objects > Convert Text to Curves > As Character Shapes

4. This now places each letter on its own layer as shown in the following diagram:

5. You can now toggle the visibility layers for each letter and so create the different frames showing any combination of letters .

Each frame can be saved as a jpg and then used in say Windows Movie maker to make animated text in a video.

Save them as Gifs and you can combine them in Animation Shop to produce an animated Gif.

[vasilis]

thanks you very much hartpaul.you are the first that told me that i can create animated(indirectly) with Paintshop!!i will try..1)also about the example above from adobe forum,is the same technique?using hidden layers?
2)if needed can i send message for futher information?
3)can i used corel video studio for this job?i don't have windows movie maker
4)i will need both of two softwares?windows movie maker(or corel video studio) and animation work shop?
5)i am a teacher of mathematics so i want to insert and math symbols.can i do it/with paintshop pro X7?

[hartpaul]

Yes you can do it using masks as well but that would mean also trying to explain masks to you as well.

You still have not stated if you want an animated Gif or a movie, but since you have mentioned Corel Video Studio I presume you want an instructional movie like on you tube.
I mentioned Windows Movie maker because it is a free program and you can still get it and it will still run on Windows 10 and it is fairly simple to use.

BTW you are not making the animation in paintshop pro , but the individual frames that can be added to a video timeline and made to appear animated.
You do not need Animation shop if you are trying to do just a video. Animation shop produces animated gifs that repeat over and over again.
eg
http://www.mathwarehouse.com/animated-gifs/

http://giphy.com/gifs/educational-ellipse-Qk5fIr8LRYACI

[vasilis]

something like that.i wnat to create animation from static images like photoshop do :https://www.arnos.gr/%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BA ... E%BF%CF%85

[vasilis]

i find what i want to do hartpaul.i want using mask layers to make a text in a static image visible letter by letter.i read pdf guide but there is not any helpful example.describes in general what is mask layer.any help please?is there any tutorial for this?

[hartpaul]

1. Load your background image.
2. Choose text tool and type in your text. Click Apply.
You will now have 2 layers , the bottom background image and the top Text layer.

3. Down the bottom of your Layers palette is a mask button, click it and choose a hide all mask.
This will make all the letters disappear. To show each letter we will need to paint on our black mask in white (like using a torch in a dark room to show objects - hide with black / show with white )

04. Now you lower the opacity (I used 38) to make the location of the letters visible. Then paint the first letter using the paintbrush with white so it is clear. Change the opacity back to 100 % and only the first letter should be visible.

5. Save this as a jpg - you will get a warning that it will need to merge the image , that's OK as it does not change the original.

You then repeat this procedure in turn for each lette rprogressively showing more letters.

[hartpaul]

This is the result of doing it 4 times. Have had to post it in a separate post as each posting only allows 4 attachment images per post.
have combined the 4 images on a single canvas to show what is produced. You would then take each frame and add it to your video line or overlay line and change the length of time it is displayed before the next frame takes its place

[Radim]

There are alternatives to create complex animater GIFs.
To name a few:

- Adobe Animate CC https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/how-to/ ... ation.html
- Hippani Hippo Animator 5 http://www.hippostudios.co/?S=Animator& ... orFeatures
- Easy GIF Animator 7 (released today a new version) http://www.easygifanimator.net/
- EximiousSoft GIF Creator http://www.eximioussoft.com/gifcreator.htm
- Jasc Animation Shop 3.11 http://www.corel.com/6763/psp_downloads ... i311en.exe
- Sothink SWF Quicker http://www.sothink.com/product/swfquicker/
- Flash Banner Maker http://www.sothink.com/product/swfeasy/index.htm
- PhotoLine 20 https://www.pl32.com/pages/web.php
- GIMP

[vasilis]

thank you i will try hartpaul.with patience...also can i do it with an allready static image(i have a screenshot of word doc)?i want to work with that.or must type the text using paintshop?