Delete whatever parts of your image overlap with the bars of the grid. Taking the first frame as a starting point, scoot it over 2/32' (i.e., 1/32' from where your second frame now is). Select the third frame of your image & rotate it 120°.Scoot it over by 1/32' &, as before, erase whatever parts of your image overlap with the bars of your grid. Select the second frame of your image & rotate it 60°.Return to your first frame & erase whatever parts of your image overlap with the black bars of your grid.These will be the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth frames in your animation. Create five identical copies of this new layer.

Open & center your image on a new layer in your grid.Step 2 Create & print your composite image.

If you intend to create a six-frame animation, the bars of your grid must be 5x the width of your spaces, not 6x as specified in the video.

On a new layer, create a grid by adding black bars (measuring 3/16' each) separated by empty spaces (measuring 1/32' each).

A graphics editor with layer support (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator or GIMP).

A blank transparency-or, failing that, a second 8½-by-11' sheet of paper, a straight edge, a pencil, an X-Acto knife and a steady hand.

A single 8½-by-11 inch sheet of blank printer paper.

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Pencil animation grid