Something different....?
Well maybe not here:wink I wanted the photo to look real. Bought a little $8 vase and lit a candle...I added the animation tute below as well.

If anyone wants to know how to make the flame, just yell...
And here is my bee shot of the week:

If anyone wants to know how to make the flame, just yell...
And here is my bee shot of the week:

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1st one is great what a cool effect
now that
2nd one just Rocks!!
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Its really easy with Animation shop. Just make your photo ready, [keep 'em small because of the multi-frames] I Optimize or make for web to reduce bytes when finished with the main photo, in your photo program, I use PSP9.
Then in your workspace, duplicate 2 more times so you have 3 images. On THE FIRST photo take the surround [freehand]tool, surround a small area that might flicker. Then go to Brightness/Contrast, lighten slightly just that small area in crawling ants. Right click or select none to stop the ants, after lightening.
Do the same to the last two images, only in a different area of the candle. Surround in a jagged manner so its not so obvious.
Click on first image to activate it.Go to-Edit/Copy/ then go to Animation Shop workspace-Click Edit/'Paste as a new Animation', the first image.
Go back to PSP or PS. activate [click]2nd Image- Edit/copy/-go to Animation workspace-Edit/paste SECOND image "after current frame"
Same to the third photo.
will look like this:
Adjust/slow your flame flicker, by going to Animation/Frame Properties/raise the numbers to around 30 for slower flame.[if you want to slow all the flickers choose "Select all" in the Edit menu first.
Optimize the image choosing medium bytes reduction, in File/Optimation Wizard. Save it and upload it.[will already be made a gif in the Optimation Wizard.
Thats it!
I hope this is similar to other animation programs, and can be adjusted accordingly.
If someone wants to move this post to a better forum for tutes, please feel free.