How to make a motion with a car / plane

FotoMagico
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Hello
Just want a tuto to show a path of a car / plane on a map.
Thank you
Louis

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First off, Fotomagico can’t handle “curved” movement, only straight lines from Point A to Point B. You didn’t specify if that is what you needed, so just clearing that up. Second, you need to have a .png file of your car/plane – a .png file remembers TRANSPARENCY, and that’s what’s needed to have the car/plane float across a background layer. And you’ll have to do that in a 3rd-party app, like Photoshop. Create a new document in Photoshop with a TRANSPARENT background, place the car/plane on top of it, then using PS’s editing and selection tools, erase EVERYTHING around the car/plane’s edges. Zoom in for detailed work. When all you have left is the car/plane, save the file out of Photoshop as a .png file, then place that file into Fotomagico on top of your map layer. You can scale the car/plane layer as needed, and ANIMATE that slide. Place the car/plane at the start and finish, and when you play the slide it will appear to float above the map along the path you chose.

Does that help?

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Many thanks. It helps but I have to try👍

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You could also use a map generator like pictramap.com or others and import the animation as a video-file.

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Whoa!! Thanks for pointing out that website, Oliver! I didn’t know that existed. I’ve bookmarked it for a later time – and perhaps for using in an upcoming slideshow :slight_smile: