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Click on reflet00.jpg and Right Click/Copy (or Ctrl + C).Ģ1. You will see that these are titled reflet00.jpg, reflet01.jpg, reflet02.jpg, reflet03.jpg and reflet04.jpg.Ģ0. In PI - now open all the frame jpgs that you just made in Reflet. Save these frames somewhere you can locate them easily.ġ9. In the box that comes up under Format d'Export choose Séquence JPG and OK. If you want to see how this looks click on the 'Play' button (the two hands holding the clapperboard).ġ7. Click on the yellow folder button and browse to the folder where you saved your reflet.jpg earlier. USING REFLET TO MAKE THE WATER ANIMATION FRAMESġ4. Keep the overlay.ufo open in PI whilst you do the next bit. Fill this with any preset of your choice (make sure that the preset doesn't alter the size of the frame!) and then select the frame and the overlay and Right Click/Merge As Single Object. Make sure that this is centred perfectly on your canvas.ġ3. If necessary click on Format/Image Size - check 'Selected object' and put in the precise sizes (for this picture they are 225W x 356H pixels). However, if you do this you should ensure that this fits your picture EXACTLY. (Optional) You may also now add a frame to your overlay using the Outline Drawing Tool. Also there is often a single, pixel line left at the sides of the picture in the water section when you Invert the selection - so you can remove this too as this stage.ġ2. Using the Object Paint Eraser you can now use this on a small size to tidy up and improve your overlay.įor this particular picture I dropped the size right down to 1 or 2 pixels and chipped away at the edges of the trees and bushes and tidied up the shoreline. You can now close the original photograph.ġ1. Save this as overlay.ufo (Click on File/Save As - File Type UFO (Ulead File for Objects)).

Now drag your overlay to the Transparent Canvas and ensure that it fits perfectly on all sides.ġ0. Now open a new canvas - under Canvas check 'Transparent' and under Image Size check 'Active Image' - and OK.ĩ. Don't be worried about getting a perfect edge around the trees and foliage but just be as careful as you can.Ĩ.

Back with the original picture again in PI, we now have to use the Selection Tools/Lasso Tool to make a selection to use as our overlay.įirst of all carefully using the Lasso Tool: Snap to Edges - Checked: Sensitivity - 1: Soft Edge - 1, to select all the water section of the picture. Right Click/Merge and save this to any folder of your choice as reflet.jpg.ĥ. Right Click/Convert to object and drag this piece to a new canvas.Ĥ.
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To be sure to get the full width of the picture - if necessary click on the Transform Tools/Resize - click on the 'Selection' button on the Attribute Toolbar and stretch the selection manually to ensure this.ģ. Using the Selection Tools/Rectangle select an area from the far shoreline of the water to the top of picture and across it's full width. Open the picture supplied in PhotoImpact.Ģ.
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To download the picture I am using in the tutorial Click Here.ġ.
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NECESSARY DOWNLOADS: You will need to download and install a small French program called Reflet (click on the Telechargements (Downloads) link at the site) in order to use this tutorial. MAIN TOOLS USED: Selection tools, Object Paint Eraser, Outline Drawing Tool (Optional - if you want to frame the picture), Reflet program, Gif Animator. (Using PhotoImpact, Gif Animator and Reflet) Water Animations using PhotoImpact, Reflet and Gif Animator
