Animated Star.

    
© Louise G

You can make almost anything that will spin after this tutorial.
It depends on how you put the frames if the star will spin clockwise or anti-clockwise.
The speed is controlled by the Frame Properties.
In this tutorial I will show you the clockwise spinning star.

New Image, 150 x 150, transparent.

New Layer. Call it nr1.

Preset Shapes, Star 2, yellow color.

Make a star, 68 x 65. Keep Shift down while you drag.

New Image 70 x 75. Copy nr1 and paste it as a New Layer, in this new Image.
Save it in PSP-format and call it A.

Put A aside for a while. Now go back to nr1.

 Go to Image, Rotate 60, right.

New Image 70 x 75. Copy nr1 and paste it as a New Layer, in this new Image.
Save it in PSP-Format and call it B.

Put B aside for a while. Now go back to nr1.

Undo your Rotation. Go to Image, Flip your star.

New Image 70 x 75. Copy nr1 and paste it as a New Layer, in your New Image.
Save it in PSP-Format and call it C.

Put C aside for a while. Now go back to nr1.

Undo your Flip. Image, Rotate 60, left.

New Image 70 x 75. Copy nr1 and paste it as a New Layer, in this new Image.
Save it it in PSP-Format and call it D.

Open Animation Shop, File, Animation Wizard.

Click next

Click next

Click next

The lower number, the higher it spins. Click next

Push Add Image and get A + B + C + D If you want the picture moving anti-clockwise.
If you want it to go clockwise, take D + C + B + A.

Click Next and then Finish.

Press this button to se the Animation move.
Or you can go to View, Animation.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star!
That was easy, wasn't it?

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