Creating Animated GIFs in PaintShop Pro

It is easy to created animated GIFs in PaintShop Pro and to add interesting image effects and transitions. Here are the steps to animate
3 GIF images ( , , ) with some image effects:

• Invoke PaintShop Pro 6 > Animation Shop 2
• Click on File > Animation Wizard . Follow the menu stream that opens up by selecting
  • Image size
  • Transparent canvas color background
  • Upper left corner of the frame for positioning
  • Loop the animation 4 times with 1/10-th second display for each frame
  • Add images in reverse order (you can also rearrange images)
• Click Finish and then view the animation by clicking View > Animation
• Add image effects to all the images as follows:
  • Click the first image and click Effects > Image Effects
  • In the menu that opens up, select Underwater in the "Effect:" box in the menu that opens up. Click on "OK". Note that this adds a sequence of images to the original image that gradually morph the old image in different ways
  • Repeat the above action for all images you wish to apply the effect to
• Save the animation: click File > Save As.... Select a file name and choose the default actions for a sequence of "save" menus that opens up.
• View it on the Web: use Internet Neighborhood to transfer the animated GIF file to your public_html directory and then view it or link to it from another HTML file.