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Animated Plasma Light Page Two

Activate your shape shifter layer which should be the second layer down. Adjust the opacity to 64% or if you are using your own clear preset to a level that you like. Create a new layer and flood fill with black. Send the new black layer to the bottom as your new background.

Have all layers except for your lightening layers turned on. With only one Lightening layer on go to layers and Merge all flatten. Then save a copy as image 1 in your light folder. Go to edit, undo merge layers, turn off the layer of lightening that you were using and open the next lightinging layer down and repeat merge all flatten and save as image 2 in the same folder. Repeat making an image for each layer of lightening. You should have 5 images to run the animation wizard.

Open animation shop by going to file, launch animation shop. In the animation shop open up the animation wizard

You will get several prompts.
On the first choose same size as the first animation frame.
Your next prompt asks for opacity. This looks best black so have the opaque area checked.
Your next prompt will be on scale. This really doesn't matter for this animation because all of our images are the same size. It is always a good idea to leave this are as center and with the canvas color just in case.
Your next prompt is on the loop play.

Have indefinate checked and the timing is 60.

Your next prompt is to open the images you are going to use. This is why we made a folder. Just browse to your folder. With the control button depressed highlight each of the images. If all of your images are noted in the window click next. If not all are there go back to add and highlight them to open them. Your next promp will tell you it is finished You can now view your animation but it is not saved yet. If you are happy with the results when you go to view animation go to save as and you will get an optimation wizard prompt. This is when you can make your image smaller if you would like. It will have you view the optimized animation and will let you back down on quality to save space if you would like. This is our final result. Finished Light

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