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Topic: Top 10 Most Beautiful Butterflies in the World - the beauty of nature

Mother Nature surely has an eye for beauty and elegance. Picturesque landscapes, lovely flowers and amazing animals delight our eyes and inspire imagination. Butterflies are phenomenal creatures which go a long way from clumsy caterpillars to glorious flying beauties. Have you ever wondered how many butterfly species there are in the world? Some of them have been recently discovered by scientists, while others still remain unstudied. In this video we have collected the photos of the most beautiful butterflies in the world. Just watch it and see the true beauty created by Mother Nature.     

The slideshow video was made with SmartSHOW 3D Software.

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Re: Top 10 Most Beautiful Butterflies in the World - the beauty of nature

That's absolutely lovely! But how did you make the butterfly's wings move?

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Re: Top 10 Most Beautiful Butterflies in the World - the beauty of nature

Chantale, it's easier than it seems.
First of all, you'll need an additional butterfly photo, preferrably a .png or.gif file, with a transparent background. Then you click on Edit Slide and add it as a new layer to your slide. If you're already familiar with the whole keyframes thing the rest'll be easy. The point is to add the second keyframe and move your butterfly a little bit. To achieve the flattering wings effect just fiddle with the scale as it's shown on the screenshot below. By changing the X-scale you can decrease/increse the photo width but it looks like your butterfly flies. I used 11 keyframes in total to create this motion illusion. Just remember to move the butterly (or anything else) and change its X-scale every time you add a new keyframe.   

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To get the hang of the effect check out an illuminated butterfly in the Title Clips tab.
Hope, this mini-guide'll be helpful. Good luck in creating your slideshows. Be sure to share them on the forum.