Creating Waving Flag Animation
Preview of the final result Step 1 First of all, you need to prepare a background image. For this lesson I took a 800×500 image of the pirate flag: You can use this image in Strep 2 to finish the flag animation immediately, but I would perform one more optional step to make this animation better. [...]
New Versions of Animation Editors – February Release
This month our animation tools were extended with this brand new tool: Drift brush. This tool will make any area of the background rock like a ship on the waves. Here is an example of animation you can design with the Drift brush.
Creating Snow Globe Animation
Today’s topic was inspired by the winter season, so we will create a snow animation again, but now in a very new form: For this animation you need two background images – one for the scene in the ball and one for scene around it. I chose these two that bring a holiday mood to [...]
Creating Advanced Animated Matrix Code Effect
In the previous post we started with the animated matrix effect in DesktopPaint’s animation program. In this post we will learn how, using its reach settings, to create an animation like this: If you want to make a silhouette filled with animated characters, first of all, you need a proper background image. It should be [...]
Creating Animated Matrix Code Effect
In this post we will learn how to create the famous matrix animation. Even though this animation is quite complex, it is very easy to make video like this in DP Animation Maker. First of all, we need a 600×800 black background image. Load it into DesktopPaint’s animation editor (through the Open menu or the [...]
New Versions of Animation Editors – January Release
We are proud to announce that new versions of Screensaver, Wallpaper, and Animation Makers were released today. This update contains only one major change: The animated water brush was added. With this powerful tool you can animate almost any water surface on your pictures or photos.
New Versions of Animation Editors – December Release
We are proud to announce that new versions of Screensaver, Wallpaper and Animation Makers were released today. What’s new in these versions? First of all, the Underwater effect was improved. Now it looks more realistic and has more options for tuning. Second, the new Electric discharge animations were added. And finally, in Animated Screensaver Maker [...]
Animated Sparks Effect
In our past lessons we described in detail how to make perfect snow animations. However its flexible settings allow far-reaching, completely unexpected results. This lesson will show how to make hot spark effect using frozen snow objects. For this effect I chose a dark background that will emphasize the sparks. When your image is loaded [...]
Creating Advanced Animated Snow Effects
In the previous lesson, we learned how to create simple animated snow. In today’s lesson we’ll continue with this effect and explore its features in details. First of all, let’s look at the base options of snow effects: Count, Size, and Speed. These three simple options allow creating a wide range of different snow scenes. [...]
Creating Animated Snow Effects
In this lesson we will learn how to create a beautiful snow scene in DesktopPaint’s animation editor. First of all, we need an appropriate background image. A good image should not have hanging snowflakes, because it would spoil the final animation effect. I used this one with funny elves on it: This image is colorful [...]