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Web Graphics & Animtion with PhotoImpact & GIF Animator

Tutorials for creating buttons, GIF animations, banners, border backgrounds, navigation bars and other Web components with Ulead PhotoImpact. Also learn tips for optimizing Web images, creating rollovers, image maps, and slicing graphics for the Web.

Create a 3D Rollover Button

Make a 3D button in PhotoImpact 4.2.

Animated Star Background

Create a animated twinkling star background for a Web page with PI 4.2.

Fun With Gradients

Learn to use gradients to make various 3D web navigation bars.

Animated Eyes

Animating eyes in GIF Animator.

Animated Name

Create an animated signature of your name drawn with a feather pen. Complete with a selection of feathers and inkwells to download.

Animated Snowglobe using GA5

"Snowglobes hold a certain fascination for people of all ages. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a beautiful 3D snowglobe and animate it. This tutorial does not include making the base since the purpose is to learn to make and animate the globe." Intermediate level for PhotoImpact 8

Animation

Create a basic gif animation with Ulead's Gif Animator 4.

Buttons With Cutout Text

Create a basic button with cutout text and then explore several variations. Version 6.

Easy 3D Beveled Button

Designed especially for beginners, learn how to make a 3D Beveled button. This is a fun exercise that will teach you how to use the gradient fill feature to create a 3D effect.

Easy Interface

Create your own Web interface with these step-by-step illustrated instructions.

Making a Snowglobe

This lesson shows you how to make a snowglobe with PhotoImpact and the bundled GIF Animator.

Northern Lights

This tutorial shows how to create an animated background effect similar to the Northern Lights. PhotoImpact 4 and up.

Optimizing & Saving a GIF Image

So you have a great looking image that you want to save as a transparent .gif eh? This tutorial will show you exactly how to do just that.

Optimizing & Saving a JPG Image

So you have a really neat image or photograph you want to save, eh? In my experience it's far better to save images that don't require a transparent background as .jpg's, so this tutorial will show you exactly how to do that using the Image Optimizer.

Playing with Components

"Explore the Component Designer and learn how to make fancy buttons, fabulous banners for your web pages, and how to dig out those little extras that are hiding within." Beginner level for PhotoImpact 8

Pop-up Menu

From Stephanie Baker-Thomas: "Learn how to use the slicer, then apply the new Script Effects to create a Pop-up Menu."

Remote Rollovers

From Stephanie Baker-Thomas: "PI7 makes it easy to create remote rollovers on your web pages with new Script Effects."

Web Album

From Stephanie Baker-Thomas: "A handy way to display a large collection of photos, album creates thumbnails and links to the full size images."

Web Slide Show

From Stephanie Baker-Thomas: "Create a slide show, complete with midi music file, to showcase your favorite photos."

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