Note: Please Note: The VALIS Metaflo'ª WEB Mac/PPC Demo is a full working version except that it will only be able to "Place", reshape and animate the VALIS image files provided with this demo version. Your official registered copy will permit you to use your own images.

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In this tutorial we will use the following convention to refer to a menu command: menu title->menu item. For example Animate->Add Keyframe is the Add Keyframe command from the Animate menu.

  1. Select File->Open and open the Liberty Dance file. This file has two layers created from the same image. The Background layer contains the sky and base of the statue. The Liberty layer is the statue itself with a mask created with Composer's outline masking tool. The image for the Background layer was first brought into Adobe Photoshop where the cloning tool was used to fill in the area behind the statue. In the next few steps, we will show you how these layers are arranged and how the mask was created (just to give you an idea of how this file was set up). Then we'll proceed with creating an animation.
  2. Click in the second column for the Liberty layer in the layers palette. This will hide the Liberty layer. Notice how this layer sits on top of the Background layer.

    3. Click on the second column again to make the Liberty layer visible.

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