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Creating a conceptual animation showing growth |
| Start by creating a rectangle using rectangular shape tool. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select distort. Adjust nodes as shown. |
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| Double click the layer and apply layer style as shown. |
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| Similarly create top part of the pot. |
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| Create an circle using elliptical shape tool. |
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| Create a petal of flower using pen tool. |
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| Duplicate the layer and press Ctrl+T. Move the anchor point using move tool and place it at the center of circle. Rotate as shown in the image. |
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| Press Ctrl+J and Ctrl+Shift+T 4 times to complete the flower. |
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| Select all the flower layers and press Ctrl+G to group. Select the group. Press Ctrl+T. Right click the layer and select distort. |
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| Duplicate the group and scale it down. Hide the first group. |
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| Create a stem for the flower using pen tool. |
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| Create a watering pan using pen tool in a new layer. |
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| Create some random vertical lines using line tool. |
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| Press Ctrl+T. Right click and select warp. |
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| Adjust nodes to create a shape like this. |
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| Select upper drops of the water. Press Ctrl+X to cut and Ctrl+V to paste in a new layer. |
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| Similarly select more portions of the water drops layer and cut and paste in new layers. |
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| Add a gradient to the background layer. |
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| Open animation window. For the first frame select flower and stem layer. Move the flower and stem down wards so that it's completely behind the pot. Hide all water layers. |
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| Duplicate the frame. Unhide the top water layer. |
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| Duplicate the frame. Unhide the second water layer. |
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| Similarly duplicate more frames. Unhide the water layer sequentially. |
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| In fifth frame hide the top water layer and move the flower and stem slightly up. |
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| In sixth frame hide more water layers and move the flower and stem upwards. |
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| In seventh frame hide all the water layer and move the flower and stem upwards. |
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| Similarly create more frames till the flower and stem comes out of the pot completely. |
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| Duplicate one more frame, hide the small flower. Unhide the big flower. |
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| Select the last frame. Press tweens animation frames button in the animation window. |
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| Adjust settings as shown. |
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| Adjust delay duration so the frames as shown. |
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| Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S to save an optimized animated GIF. |
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