As you can see, I've prepared a sequence of pictures that will make the prop appear to turn. Making animations using only the portion of the image that moves will greatly reduce the final files size, and allow much faster loading. Instead of the browser needing to load nine full size images, here it will load one full size, then eight small ones on top of it. When assembling an animation this way there are a few things that should be kept in mind. Once you place an image on top of an image, that area will always need an image on top of it. That means as the smaller images are replaced they will leave a holes in the larger image that also need filling. When you size images that will display this way, be sure to make them cover the large image the same way each time. We can also save some file size by not making the small images as tall, or as wide as the full size image. One of the easiest ways to make these smaller images is to first make all your images full sized. After your done, use PSP to cut and paste the smaller portions into new windows for saving as new images. This will also give you a good idea about how to keep the background image covered with fresh images.

For example, this nose image isn't wide, or tall enough to display from the edge of the animation.

I often use PSPs Magic wand or Lasso to select the portion of the small image I want to place.

I first paste the selected portion into the larger image and float it over to where it should be displayed. I look at the numbers in the lower left hand corner of my screen to see where I've located it. I can then enter these location numbers into GifCon as I compile the animation. I could just capture the whole image, but for me it's easier to see exactly where it should be placed if I'm not carrying the background with it. Each small image is handled in this same fashion until we know where they fit. Note also that there isn't any extra room around the large image, never waste resources. Making animations use as few kbs as possible is always a worthy goal.

In this example our first image, the full size one, is set up a little differently than in the previous example. When using GifCon this time, the first control block for the first image is set to Remove by: Leave as is. Earlier we used remove by background, but this first image we want to stay in place. I also like to run propelers as fast as they can, so delay is set at 1/100th.

All the smaller images for this sequence are 31 x 41, and should be placed 12 from the left, and 5 from the top. Your images may not all be the same sizes as are these, however, as long as you've taken care using PSP to see where the images should be placed, there shouldn't be many big problems. Individual images can be moved at any time later. All these smaller images are set up in GifCon to the Remove by: background option.

All the smaller images are also set for 1/100th of a second.

Click this image to this finished animation run.

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