Animating Images

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Impress Guide

Chapter 5: Managing Graphic Objects

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• Introduction
• Creating Lines and Shapes
• Grouping Shapes Together
• Moving Graphic Objects
• Resizing Graphic Objects
• Applying Special Effects
  • Rotating Graphic Objects
  • Flip an Object
  • Mirror Copies
  • Distorting an Image
    • Distort an Object
    • Set in Circle (Perspective)
    • Set in Circle (Slant)
• Aligning Shapes
• Snapping Objects to Grid or Snap Guides
  • Using the Grid
  • Using Snap Guides
• Arranging Shapes
• Working with Connectors
  • Managing Glue Points
• Working with 3D Shapes
• Converting an Object to a Different Type
• Setting up Interaction with a Shape
• Animating Images
  • Creating an Animation
    • Frame-by-Frame Animation
    • Animated Image in One Step
  • Other functions of the Animator
• Using Fontwork
  • Using the Fontwork Toolbar
  • Modifying Fontwork Text as a Shape

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Animating Images

An animated image consists of a sequence of images (frames) that are displayed in succession. Each frame may contain one or multiple drawing objects. To start creating a custom animated image, open the Animation dialog from Insert → Animated Image (Figure 83).

Figure 83: The Animation dialog