Animated Banner With Boat in Water
Author: 2007-09-15 08:37:40 From:
| Start by creating a new file of banner size. Insert an image of river. |
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| Create a rectangular selection using rectangular marquee tool. Press Ctrl+Alt+D to feather the selection. Press delete. |
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| Duplicate the layer. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select flip horizontal. Move it to the left edge. Merge both the layers. |
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| Create a rounded rectangle using rounded rectangle shape tool. Reduce the opacity to 50%. |
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| Insert company name over rounded rectangle. |
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| Insert a cutout of boat. Place it at the right corner of the banner. |
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| Type other details in seperate layers. Apply some drop shadow. |
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| Open animation window. For the first frame hide all the detail layers. | | | Duplicate frame. Move the river layer to the right. | | | Press Tween button from the animation window. Apply settings as shown. | | | Select 2,3,4,5,6,7and 8 frame and unhide the first text layer. | | | Select 10,11,12,13,14,15 and 16 frame and unhide the second text layer. | | | Repeat the steps for the next few frames to reveal the next text layer. | | | Select the odd number frames and move the boat layer 2 pixels upwards. | | | Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S to save an optimized animated GIF. | |
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