{"id":126,"date":"2012-02-08T07:57:49","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2012-02-08T07:57:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:57:49","slug":"creating-advanced-animated-matrix-code-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"Creating Advanced Animated Matrix Code Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous post we started with the animated matrix effect in DesktopPaint&#8217;s animation program. In this post we will learn how, using its reach settings, to create an animation like this:<\/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\/aWnRYeFWeUc?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\/aWnRYeFWeUc?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>If you want to make a silhouette filled with animated characters, first of all, you need a proper background image. It should be a high-contrast, low-detail image like white text on a black background, cartoon images, or even a photo with a face as long as it has a dark background.<\/p>\n<p>For this lesson, I chose a two-colored world map.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/worldmap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-191\" title=\"worldmap\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/worldmap-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/worldmap-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/worldmap.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open this image in your DesktopPaint&#8217;s animation editor and set the effect option to &#8220;Matrix code&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-192\" title=\"matrix1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix1-300x23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix1-300x23.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix1.png 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the effect properties dialog, set the &#8220;Density&#8221; parameter to 100, &#8220;Font Size&#8221; to 5, and &#8220;Background&#8221; to &#8220;Transform to matrix&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-193\" title=\"matrix2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix2-300x154.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix2-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.desktoppaints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/matrix2.png 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the previous post we started with the animated matrix effect in DesktopPaint&#8217;s animation program. In this post we will learn how, using its reach settings, to create an animation like this: If you want to make a silhouette filled with animated characters, first of all, you need a proper background image. 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