Expando Cursor
 
Frame # 1
 
Click File/New Project/Cursor Tab/Animated Cursors button
default 5 frames, we will use four, you can delete the extra later if you did not set it to 4
 
 
Click your color, Click the line tool and drag a line from corner to corner and again on the opposite sides.
Drag a line counting the first square in the corner count 8, do all four corners.
Choose a contrasting color and drage inside of the arrow part and outside of the cross lines.
Choose your first color and repeat the above.
 
Frame # 2
 
Beginning from the center top left square count it as 1 and count a total of 8 then drag your arrow 8 in both directions.
Switch to your mask color, mine is yellow, and drag over the excess to make it transparent.
 
 
Next corner if top right start your count from the middle square top right corner.  For the bottom right start bottom right corner of center square, and for bottom left start count at the bottom left square in the center square.
Do all four corners this way and remove all the extra by coloring over with your mask color.
 
 
Frame # 3
Same as above only count 5 from the inner square.
Use your mask color to paint over the excess.
 
Frame # 4
 
Click Frame # 2
Click Edit and choose Copy
Click Frame # 4
Click Edit choose Paste
 
 
If you have extra empty Frames simply Right click on the empty frames and choose to remove it.
Set the Hotspot
Click .ani above and save your animated cursor.
 
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