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Attaching a Photo to an Actor's head

One or more actors in this animation accept a bitmap as its head. You can import a bitmap or photo to attach to the actor. There are several ways to capture photographic images to the computer Photo CDs, scanners, video capture cards, video frame grabbers, or digital cameras. The image must have a straight break at the neck to attach smoothly to a 3d Choreographer actor. It should have a solid color background or be modified in a paint program for the same effect. Windows Paintbrush, Adobe Photoshop, Photo Impact, Corel PhotoPaint or others can handle this modification. 

Follow these instructions in a paint program: 

1. Open the captured photograph in a paint program. Crop the photo as close to the head as possible. Erase around the head so that it is separate from the background and completely fill the background with a solid color.

2. Make sure that the background color completely surrounds the picture. 

   Wrong - Color doesn't surround head	Right - Color surrounds head, straight line at neck

3. Save the modified picture as a .bmp file.

4. Return to  your .3DC file to attach the new photograph by clicking on Actor/Attach Bitmap.

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