Dancing Skeleton
Copyright © 2005,Betty Woodard, All Rights Reserved.
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For those of you that don't know how to move parts of a ready made graphic.

This is my own tutorial....I worked hard to learn how to do this
making many mistakes...I want to share with you what i have learned.

I would  say this is for the advanced



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Open a new transparent image size 350x350

color fill with a dark color to help you see better

Make a new folder..name it skeleton....

Make a new layer..

upload Skeleton you downloaded.... highlight it and go to

Edit..click on Copy.....return  to colored filled image  click it .....go to

Edit ....Paste as Transparent Image.

Go to Selections....Duplicate four times..minimize these

four copies.

Return to your first graphic.......open up layers and click on

the second layer...(skeleton)..make sure you are on layer 2


Now we are going to start moving body parts

click on the lasso tool...draw a circle around

the hand...see screenshot....while the lasso is active

go to Selections and promote to layer.

click on the deformation tool and grab the outside handle

and turn the hand the direction you want...I went

to the left..make sure the bones are connecting

now click on layer 2 and erase any hand that is showing
being carful not to erase any of the arm

Go to Selections ..None.

You now have three layer.....go to background and delete

now close promoted layer out and highlight the layer

..merge visible....now open up the

promoted layer and merge visible with the merged layer.

Save in the skeleton folder as a psp file and name it 1

name the others as 2.etc

To save you having to read so much I will tell you to do

the same with the other four graphics..remembering to

PROMOTE to Layer.....I have screenshots you can look

at if you tend to get lost...now if you wish to have him

moving more... make more duplicates  and move everything the

opposite way..you can move any parts of the body remembering

to always go back to layer two and do your erasing....

When you have finished go to Annimations and set the time

between 10 and 15......download the psp graphics while holding

down the CTRL key and starting a # 5 or your highest number

highlight them all..click finish......View.....if you like your annimation

then save........
  Ihope you enjoyed this technique and I have not confused you


too much....if I can be of any help...mail me.....

woodardb@direcway.com