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Lake Clear AnimationLake Clear Animation (tm) is a powerful, new animation painter from Lake Clear Software. You can easily create and modify animations for web pages using the .GIF file format. With Lake Clear Animation you can watch your animation play while editing individual cels, edit multiple animations at the same time, drag and drop between animations, and perform many other powerful functions. Lake Clear Animation offers the following features: Painting � Paint with built-in brushes or create custom brushes. � Standard paint tools such as Fill, Circles, Rectangles, Pickup Color, etc... � Select and move sections of an image � Image manipulations: shift, rotate, flip � Edit .GIF files, or import .BMP and .JPG files � Draw on all frames of an animation at the same time � 32 levels of Undo and Redo � Edit palette and create color gradients Animation � View all cels (frames) simultaneously � Insert, Delete and Append cels � Drag and Drop cels within an animation, or between animations � Import and export individual cels � Run an animation while editing it � Set .GIF properties such as transparancy, number of loops and disposal method for cels � Optimize .GIF animations To start editing your first animation, follow this procedure: 1) In the File menu, select New... Or you can press the New Animation button. If you hold the mouse pointer over a button for a few seconds, a small help note will appear telling you what the button is for. 2) The New Animation dialog box will appear. This is where you can adjust the size, background color, or other properties. For now, just click OK to accept the default settings. 3) Two new windows will open up right next to each other. The left most window is the Animation Window, which shows all the cels (frames) in your animation. The window on the right is the Painter Window, where you can edit the selected cel. 4) Paint in the selected cel. In the Animation Window, drag the painted cel and drop it on another cel. Now paint in the cel with the dropped image. In this way, you can create animation by slightly modifying each cel. 5) To run the animation, select the Animation Menu, then Run Animation (or press F8). You will see the animation playing in the Animation Window. Control the animation with the buttons below it. 6) To open an existing animation, select File->Open... Two new windows will appear for the .GIF animation you load. Have fun experimenting and using the different features! Refer to the help file if you need more information. The Users Guide explains features in more detail. Visit Lake Clear Software at www.lakeclear.com | MISC TOOLS | | HTML EDITOR | | FTP | | HOME |  |