For this assignment we will use

Photoshop

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there is no white background layer here. usually it’s a locked layer like this⬇️

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For photoshop, you should make sure your background is transparant, that is, your background layer is deleted

In the File→Export→Export for Web(Lagacy)

You will see a window like this. Notice that any burlly stuff will befilled with a white outline like this. For now let’s don’t mind about it, just remember to save your animation file well. We will use them later on.

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Click “Save…”at the bottom to save the gif.

How to insert in Kinopio

After you save it, open the kinopio page

You need to register a Kinopio account

And then just drag your gif or mp4 into the page, place if where you want to put them.

http://www.giphy.com/gifs/23VQ12q0agIWeQtgiZ

Don’t export as mov, because it can’t auto play in Kinopio

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For some of the more advanced export techniques, you can refer to this video

https://youtu.be/V8yuOhuhMG4?si=7KDlc9fUle-7oGEB&t=244