Using Plug-In Filters - Ulead GIF ANIMATOR 4.0 User Manual

Using Plug-in Filters

GIF Animator lets you apply wild plug-in effects directly to the image layers in your animation
rather than having to open each layer in an outside editor to apply effects there. You can apply
the effect to a single layer or to a range of selected layers. Any Adobe Photoshop 32-bit
compliant plug-in can be used in GIF Animator.
Loading plug-ins into GIF Animator:
1 Click the File: Preferences menu
command to open the Preferences dialog
box.
2 Click the Plug-ins tab to bring it to the
foreground.
3 Click a Browse button next to one of the
empty slots. When the Browse dialog box
opens, locate the folder that contains the
plug-ins you want to use.
4 Click OK and restart GIF Animator. The
plug-ins are added to the Filters menu.
To apply plug-in filters:
1 Select the layer(s) to which you want to
apply the plug-in filter.
2 Click the Filter: Filter Name menu
command. The filter' s dialog box opens.
3 Adjust the filter' s settings until you get the
desired effect.
4 Click OK to apply the filter to the selected
layer(s). If you created a selection area in
the Edit mode, the filter is applied only to
that selection, across all layers.
Note: Some plug-ins use 'foreground' and
'background' colors when applying the effect.
In GIF Animator, the background color used is
the color of the Logical Screen, while the
foreground color is white.
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