Have a look at these pictures. They are all different animations:


Look at this picture how the animation looks like when not cut into pieces.




Creating animation from pre-cut pieces:

Now download this file. In it you will find pictures of a the cat. Lets try to put them together into an animation. You just copy each of the pictures into a new phase of your animation file. Be careful to paste them in correct order. Afterwards you may color the picture according to your taste.



Creating animation by cutting parts of a larger picture:

Another task is to save this picture into your folder:

dog

Create an animation by cutting the phases of the walking dog and pasting them in different phases. Use of pressmarks can help you to correctly put one picture above another. When you are done, color the picture. You may also create your own background for the animation.



Exercises:

Now download this file. In it you will find pictures of a flying bird. Lets try to put them together in an animation.

Another task is to save both of these pictures:

Earth | rabbit

cut them into small files and create an animation. Use of pressmarks can help you to correctly put one picture above another. If you have time, try the same with the animals shown at the beginning.