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Animation Basics
Use Photoshop and ImageReady to create animations.
Dave Cross is Senior Developer, Education and Curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals and is involved in all aspects of the training that is provided to NAPP members. Dave’s book “The Photoshop CS2 Help Desk” is now available on ScottKelbyBooks.com
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sarah said on — May 24, 2008 @ 11:30 am
this is really cute.. hope to learn more about animation. thanks for the basics though.. til next! Ü
Ryan said on — July 10, 2008 @ 2:40 am
Great tutorial, very helpful.
rachel said on — September 17, 2008 @ 4:40 pm
koolio =)
David said on — November 13, 2008 @ 3:41 pm
Great tutorial. Easy way to make simple animations for websites or even school projects.