@johnebaker

I am looking for movement of image animation in Photostory Deluxe..also knowing cartoon character animation will be good to know...

@MSA_2021

Hi

. . . . I am looking for movement of image animation in Photostory Deluxe . . . .

There are a large number of movement presets under the fx, View & Animation, Move tab in Photostory.

You can apply one of these and modify the animation by adjusting the appropriate keyframes.

Alternative you can animate the image manually using the features available under fx, View & Animation.

There are tutorials which cover keyframe animation here, and here.

Cartoon animation would have to be done in animation software and exported as a video clip, before importing into Photostory.

HTH

John EB

@johnebaker

Many thanks for your quick response, however the video tutorial links you have presented is done on a different software is it applicable to the Photostory Deluxe software as well?

@MSA_2021

Apologies - I should have mentioned the principles are the same in Photostory.

John EB

@johnebaker

Hi I am trying out some animations with some pics... Is there a "Opacity" and "Blur" options in the view and animation tab ?

@MSA_2021

Hi

Opacity is the small control in the centre of an object that appears when you however the mouse over it as shown below

Blur is under Image optimization, Sharpness

Have a play with the various effects available under Image optimization and if you are not sure what they do, have a look in the PDF manual which you can download under Help. If that does not help ask in the forum.

John EB

@johnebaker

Thanks I shall check it out

@johnebaker

Hi John EB,

I just need to drop the opacity in the pic for the second keyframe (which is circled in red) when i dropped the Opacity in the keyframe as you advised me, it drops for both keyframes, how do I resolve this?

Also if I want to copy the pic (girl with blond hair) in the bounding box and paste it in the same window how do I do that?

Appreciate your help very much in this regards.

@johnebaker

Hi John EB,

Any update on this?

Many thanks

@MSA_2021

Hi

The image you have posted showing the keyframes are for the size /position effect.

AFAICS opacity (transparency / video level ) keyframing in Photostory is not supported as it does not have a Chromakey function, which has a Video level option which can be keyframed. as in Movie Edit Pro and Video Pro X.

. . . .  I want to copy the pic (girl with blond hair) in the bounding box and paste it in the same window how do I do that? . . . .

Your image above shows you are working in Storyboard mode, switch to Timeline mode - there you can select an image and either copy it and then paste it on to a lower track or use Ctrl + drag to drag a copy to another track. Then resize and position as needed.

HTH

John EB