1. Creative Inventions and Robotics Animated Gif’s www.build-it-yourself.com

2. Gimp: Freeware version of Photoshop. http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ Free Online Tool for editing gif’s (crop and size). http://www.picresize.com/ Free Online Tool for making animated gifs. http://www.myspacegens.com/handler.php?gen=animatedimage&p=view&id=2818834919 www.build-it-yourself.com

3. 1.Size your rockets and characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Rotate your rockets so they point to the right. This will make it easier to point them in the right direction in Scratch. 3.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your rockets and characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your rockets and characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

7. 1.Size your characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

15. You need a white background for this bird because a black background would enable you to see the black glasses. www.build-it-yourself.com

16. 1.Size characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.You need a white background for this bird because a black background would enable you to see the black glasses. www.build-it-yourself.com

17. Make all your animated character frames and then put them in a rectangle to ensure registration. www.build-it-yourself.com

18. Make all your animated character frames and then put them in a rectangle to ensure registration.

19. www.build-it-yourself.com Make all your animated character frames and then put them in a rectangle to ensure registration.