Creating an image sequence

To create an Animation object that contains an image sequence (Sequence in a Box or Sequence on a Path), you must first create an Image Sequence layout. An Image Sequence layout is a special kind of Interactive layout where you create a separate page for each frame of an image sequence.

To construct an Image Sequence layout:

  1. Create an Animation object, as described in “Creating an object.” Make sure the Animation object is selected.
  2. To indicate that you want to use an image sequence, choose Sequence in a Box or Sequence on a Path from the Display as drop-down menu.
  3. To create an Image Sequence layout, choose New from the Sequence drop-down menu. The New Interactive Layout dialog box displays.
  4. Give the layout a name and enter a frame rate in the Frame Rate field, and then click OK. (The Width and Height are automatically copied from the Animation object.)
  5. Make sure Window > Page Layout is checked. The Page Layout palette displays a page for each frame in your image sequence.
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    The Page Layout palette (Window > Page Layout) enables you to see and access each frame in an image sequence.

  6. Select the first frame of an image sequence by double-clicking the page in the Page Layout palette, and then draw the first frame with QuarkXPress page layout tools, or draw a picture box and import the first frame of an existing sequence of images.
  7. To create the second frame of the animation, Control+click/right-click the page in the Page Layout palette and choose Insert Pages. The Insert Pages dialog box displays.
  8. Enter 1 in the Insert field of the Insert Pages dialog box, and click OK. The second page displays in the Page Layout palette.
  9. Copy and paste the content from the first page to the second so that both frames are identical. You can use the Page Layout palette to move between frames.
  10. Update the content on the new frame to create the frame.
  11. Repeat the previous four steps until all frames are complete.
  12. When you are finished, switch back to the Presentation layout using the layout tabs at the bottom of the window or by choosing Layout > Go To.
Note: You can also create an Image Sequence layout the same way you create a Presentation layout by using File > New > Project or Layout > New. However, the usual way to create an Image Sequence layout is the approach described above. When you use this approach, the box size is automatically captured and used for the new Image Sequence layout.
Note: You cannot delete an Image Sequence layout until you unsynchronize it. To unsynchronize an Image Sequence layout, select it in the Shared Content palette, and then click the Delete button QuarkXpress btn shared content delete mac Creating an image sequence.

Creating an image sequence