All Commands
The Toolbar
| Open This button opens as well : a Popims animation (a file with a "pim" suffix that contains all characteristics of the animation) one or more images - and if this image is an animated gif, all images of this animations will be opened one after the other Advanced version only a video - a file with a suffix "avi", "mpeg" or "asf" provided your computer is capable of reading such video files documents created by TWAIN terminals (scanner, caméra or other frame grabber).
| Open one of the last Animation This button proposes you to open one of the last animations you have opened
| Save This button makes it possible to store your animation under different modes : as a Popims animation file (with a "pim" suffix) you will be able to update it and print it later. as an interlaced image for example for a later printing. as an animated gif You will be able to include this file in your mails or on your web site. It is possible to rotate the result in the saving procedure. Advanced version only as a video You will also be able to include this file in your mails or on your web site - its a little more complicated, but the file might be lighter. It is also possible to rotate the result in the saving procedure. Advanced version only as a series of image files These are new images of interest, and you can also use them to create new animations. Advanced version only as one image only In that case only the active frame will be saved for a future use.
| Align an image with the previous one This function shows you the two images simultaneously, and you can see both of them as one is half transparent. You can move one, change its size by clicking on the percentage figure which at start is "100%" et even crop both images
| Align automatically all opened images this function is very clever. It analyses the content of all opened images, and enhance the stability of the film, just as if you had been using travelling rail while moving around the scenery. You can use it right away, without creating any transition point. You can also create some transition points to enhance its efficiency and benefit of more functions. If you create at least 2 transition points, you can use the "resize" option, very usefull for example when you want to morph two images where your subject has very different sizes. If you create at least 2 transition points, which should preferably be quite distant one from another, you can use the "rotate" option which will correct also vertical variation of the camera during the traveling. In all cases, stabilization will be done starting from the active frame when you launch the function.
| Create morphed images Open two images, and follow instructions of the dialog box.
| Create Warped images Start with only one image, and just follow instructions of the dialog box.
| Choose a Preset Presets are automatic procedures that enable image transformation. The window that will open will present you all presets that are available within this version.
| Advanced version only Combine several images, animated gifs and animations This function also allows resizing animations, and adding 3D messages.
| Visualize the result This player enables viewing your animation non-stop.
| Print your animation The image which will be printed is to be displayed under the Popims Screen you have selected.
This selector allows you to choose the Popims Screen you want to use. Number of images will be adapted automatically. If you have the "video" version of the software, you can also choose the format, such as 4/3 or 16/9 for example. In that case, the number of images is unlimited.
These buttons of the toolbar allow modifying some parameters of your animation
| Reverse the animation direction Details moving from left to right will appear to be between the screen and the spectatator, while those moving from right to left will appear behind the screen. Use this option according to the place where you want these details to appear.
| Adapt the dimensions of the images to the dimensions of the screen Use this function when the proportions of your images do not match those of the selected screen, but remember that in that case parts of the images will disappear.
| Loop the animation The animation will be reduced to one half of the number of images corresponding to the selected screen, and the second half of the animation will be the same as the first one, but reversed.
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