{"id":131,"date":"2012-02-17T11:48:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T11:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2012-06-03T13:53:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T13:53:33","slug":"creating-snow-globe-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=131","title":{"rendered":"Creating Snow Globe Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s topic was inspired by the winter season, so we will create a snow animation again, but now in a very new form:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><object width=\"400\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"border\" value=\"1\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XEE9LurArxU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"300\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XEE9LurArxU?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" border=\"1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>For this animation you need two background images &#8211; one for the scene in the ball and one for scene around it. I chose these two that bring a holiday mood to the final animation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-224\" title=\"snowglobe-bg1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-223\" title=\"snowglobe-bg2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-bg2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Load the first background image into DesktopPaint\u2019s animation editor and set the effect option to &#8220;Glass Ball&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-213\" title=\"snowglobe1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe1-300x21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"21\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe1-300x21.png 300w, http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe1.png 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, in the effect settings dialog, set the &#8220;Background option&#8221; to &#8220;Use image&#8221; and load the second background image using the below button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-214\" title=\"snowglobe2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe2.png 321w, http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe2-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check the &#8220;Draw pedestal&#8221; option and slightly reduce the &#8220;Size&#8221; parameter, as shown on this screenshot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-217\" title=\"snowglobe3\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe3.png 310w, http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe3-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the &#8220;Add animation&#8221; button and add the &#8220;Snow 1&#8221; object. (For more information about the snow animation, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=15\">this article<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Click and drag the ball in the view window to put it in the right position.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-220\" title=\"snowglobe\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/snowglobe.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s topic was inspired by the winter season, so we will create a snow animation again, but now in a very new form: For this animation you need two background images &#8211; one for the scene in the ball and one for scene around it. 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