Slideshow
We show how to use the Scratch slideshow feature to create animations.
Creating an animation viewer
Lead Image © kudryashka, 123RF.com
One of my favorite introductory Scratch projects is the basic slideshow, because it allows the programmer to incorporate personal images immediately and provides some exposure to fundamental concepts, such as design and synchronization.
The project covered in this article will build a variation of the slideshow by creating a viewer to watch animations. In the process, I'll demonstrate some shortcuts and tips that help you create sprites, import animated GIFs, and navigate a scene-based slideshow.
Importing Animations
This slideshow will use a couple of scenes from Max Fleischer's 1922 animation, Bubbles. The files in my project are available from The Public Domain Review [1]. From this website, you can right-click and save each of the animations to your Pi so they can be imported into Scratch.
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