use photoshop to cut the image out (i dont know bout animation shop, but ulead gif-ani lets u use .psd files) when u get the image u want save it as "image01" then make the image smaller by 25% the save as "image02" then make it smaller by 25%, then save it as "image03", and so on untill its very very small. then in each frame have it get bigger. i dont know if this makes any sense, hit me up on aim: tadow904 and i can probally walk u threw it.
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