Background music is Copyright © 1996, 1997 by Michael D. Walthius. All Rights Reserved.
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radial wave icon is clicked and the various parameters of its dialog
box at right are adjusted according to the tutorial. The radial wave
icon is then dragged and dropped onto the time line at frames 20 and
30. Since frame 20 and 30 both have identical wave settings, one must
be changed or else there will be no waves. The icon at frame 30 on
the time line is double clicked which launches the time line
operation dialog box. This time the set current settings button is
clicked which launches the radial wave dialog box again. 
The
half waves are set from 1 to 15 and the phase is set from 0 to 360.
Next an ellipse icon is dragged from the tool box and dropped at
frames 20 and 30 on the time line. The ellipse icon at frame 20 is
double clicked which launches the previously discussed area selection
dialog box above. 
The
make area selection now button is clicked and a small area in the
center of the tiger image is selected. As previously mentioned, there
is no indication of the selection such as the marching ants that
other applications have. The ellipse icon at frame 30 is double
clicked and the process repeated however nearly the entire tiger
image is selected this time. This will cause the ripple to start in
the center at frame 20 then radiate outward to frame 30. Next the
perspective icon at frame 1 is double clicked and the previously
discussed time line operation dialog box is launched. The specify
action image button is clicked which will launch time line action
image dialog box above.
The specify image file button is clicked and the user now navigates
to and selects the atiger.jpg file. 
After
the OK button is clicked the perspective icon is double clicked once
more to again launch the time line operation dialog box. This time
the specify source image button is clicked which launches the time
line source dialog box. It is identical to the time line action
dialog box. The user navigates to and selects the ladyfrog.flc file.
I clicked the video sequence radio box and then clicked the OK
button. A series of animation frames are spread from frame 1 to frame
30 on the time line. Since this animation is only desired to frame
19, the end of it at frame 30 is dragged back to frame 19. See the
above screen shot. Next the generate button is clicked and in a few
seconds a 5.6 MB .avi file is generated. The nearby .gif animation
was created from the .avi file. Observe it closely and you will see
that the girl to frog morph continues as it tumbles into the tiger
image. That concludes the tutorial section of the documentation.
All pages copyright© Roger A. Moncrief, Indepth Reviews, 1996, 1997, 1998
Thanks to Judy Gefter, !LuM! and Charles Blaquiere for their advice and counsel, some I heeded and some I didn't.