Transform Tool - Ulead GIF ANIMATOR 5 User Manual

Tips:
• Frequently, you will want to make some of the GIF image transparent. To do so, simply create a
selection area first. Then, select: Edit: Make Selection Area Transparent [Del] (or click the
Selection Options button and then select Make Selection Area Transparent.
• Making a selection area is usually for creating special effects (such as adding colors as detailed on
page 27) on an existing object. However, you might experience difficulty when modifying it later
because all effects will be merged with the original object. To reduce this hassle, create these
effects on a separate object first. For example, select Object: New Blank Object or click the
associated button in the Object Manager Panel.
If you need to expand an active selection area, select one of the four Selection Tools. Next,
click any point on the selection border, and then move the pointer (with a "+" sign) to add
selection while holding [Shift]. Similarly, to remove some of the selection, move the pointer
(with a "-" sign) to delete selection while holding [Alt].
Moreover, creating a selection on a transparent canvas is allowed. In doing so, you can crop
the canvas based on the selection size when selecting Edit: Crop Canvas.
Transform Tool can resize or rotate an object in the workspace. Use the options on the
Attribute Toolbar to decide the kind of transformation to use.
Attribute Toolbar - Transform Tool
To transform an object:
1 Select an object, and then click
Transform Tool in the Tool Panel.
2 Select a method on the Attribute Toolbar:
• The first method resizes the object.
Drag any of the eight control points
for transformation.
• The second method rotates the object.
For rotation, drag one of the four
control points, or use the rotation
buttons/angle value. You can also drag
to change the position of the rotation
center. Then start rotation again based
on the new rotation center.
WORKING WITH OBJECTS
An example of transformation