Adding the Animation Images

Next, you ll prepare the images for an animation sequence. Follow these steps:

1. Target the Ballerina layer.

2. Open the file animation_images.psd in the HO9 folder on the CD.

3. Target the topmost layer (1) in the stack. Click the second column in the Layers menu of each layer to link all eight images together.

4. Choose the Move tool. From the image window, drag the layers and drop them on the Ballet Bleu image.

5. In the Layers palette, click the Create A New Set button to create a new layer set. Double-click the set s name and rename it animation .

6. Click the topmost animation layer (1); then Shift-click the bottommost animation layer (8) to select all eight layers. Release the Shift key and drag the selected layers into the animation set.

7. Target the animation set. In the image window, use the Move tool to drag the images to the upper-middle of the black rectangle, as in Figure H9.9.

   
   Figure H9.9: The Web page with the ballet images

8. Press /Ctrl-S to save the document.