PhotoMirage Tutorials

Getting Started with PhotoMirage

This tutorial will give you a quick overview of the PhotoMirage workspace and get you started transforming your images into captivating animations.

How to Use the Animation Tools in PhotoMirage

Learn how to use the Animation tools in PhotoMirage, with Motion Arrows to define animation areas, and Anchor Points to plot areas that will remain still.

How to Save and Export Photo Animations

Learn how to save your PhotoMirage projects as a work in progress, and how to export your finished animations to a variety of social media sites.

How to Use the Mask Tool in PhotoMirage

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use the Mask tool in PhotoMirage to define the areas in your image that you want to remain motionless.

How to Crop Photo Animations

Learn how to crop your animations to standard photo and video sizes, or use Crop Presets that are optimized for sharing on social media sites.

How to Use the Selection Tools in PhotoMirage

Learn how to use the Selection tools in PhotoMirage to easily move, rotate, resize or delete multiple Motion Arrows and Anchor Points at the same time.

How to Use Visibility Layers in PhotoMirage

The Visibility layers in PhotoMirage will make your animation workflow even easier, by showing or hiding elements such as Masks and Animation Markers.

How to make circular and spiral animations

Try out this handy tip on using your spacebar to plot consecutive motion arrows in a sequence to make circular and spiral animations with PhotoMirage.

How to Make a Back and Forth Animation

Check out this cool hidden feature in PhotoMirage that you can use to make a back and forth animation by adding nodes to standard motion arrows.

How to Add Text to an Animated Image

Learn how to add text to a photo animation to create a fun or inspirational animated file to share on social media, using PhotoMirage and VideoStudio.

Webinar: Photo Animation with PhotoMirage

Watch the team behind PhotoMirage – a revolutionary new photo animation software – bring images to life before your eyes!

How to animate water and clouds

This short DIY video will show you the simple steps to animate water and clouds on your landscape photos, illustrations and artwork with PhotoMirage.

DIY: Animate Feathers and Fur

This short DIY video will show you the simple steps to animate feathers and fur on your animal photos, illustrations and artwork with PhotoMirage.