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How to make an animated .gif
This is how I do them.
Adobe Photoshop:
Have at least 2 layers on your artwork. The first layer is the unaltered photo, the second is the one that is altered. (Everyone with me so far?).
Okay, now on your toolbar in Photoshop at the very bottom is a button that says “Jump to ImageReady” when you roll over it. Click that, or hit Ctrl-shift-m. This will open up the file you are working on in ImageReady.
Now let the fun begin.
There should be a toolbar at the bottom that says “animation” among other things. (the other things are good to use for webpage banners and buttons) What you want to do is click on “duplicate current frame” on the bottom of the toolbar. Now you have two pictures. Now the first on, click on it then click on the layers pallete and “hide” the 2nd layer.
Now click on how long you want it to delay (under the picture in the “animation” pallette.) I set mine to 2 seconds.
Now do the same for the second picture.
Also make sure that it says “Forever” and not “Once” for your looping options (also on the “animatioin” pallete.)
Now click play and see what it looks like. If you like it, save it. I save it as optimized so the size isn’t too big. Save it as a .gif, upload, and enjoy!It’s a lot easier to show people how to do it rather then typing it. Please let me know if it makes sense. Best thing to do is probably just print this out and read it as you are doing the steps.
Robert, I smell a contest coming on…”Best animated avatar” 😀
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Also, when you are in ImageReady, you can jump back to photoshop and edit your picture, then jump back. That’s what I did when I had to make a change to mine. The changes you make should show up imediately in either program (I think).
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Cheers Marek,
got a little lost but i’m there………..
:lol1:
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Nice disguise.
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nice work guys… but i prefer doing them in corel draw 😉
Nik
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I downloaded the demo of that, but have not had the time to learn it. I learned on Adobe programs in school so that is what I use. You could show us the way to do it with that if you would like. (?) I’m sure no one would mind. 😀
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quote Marekdlux:I learned on Adobe programs in school
-Marekyour still in your nappy’s i see…… 😉
only kidding….i’m starting to love what corel draw does, but i think i have mentioned this subject before, will find it tomorrow!! 😛
Nik
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quote niknaxpc:your still in your nappy’s i see…… 😉
Nik😳 I thought I had the web-cam turned off….
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:lol1: Nice touch Marek!!!
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Richard, here is a post on how to make an animated gif.
If you use Corel, perhaps Nik can explain that way?
P.S. I can’t reply to PM’s, next time include your email address and I can respond that way. 😀
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thanks mate 😀
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Richard, you use R.A.V.E. if you have CorelDraw
Nick.
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A friend of mine uses Fireworks and paint shop pro for animation and finds Adobe excellent for effects and tweeding , if that means anything 😉
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There is a program called ” Ulead Gif Animator 5 ” and it doesnt cost much
Its $29 I think
It also lets you alter any animator you have copiedGo here
http://www.ulead.com/store/store.htm
Hope this helps
Regards
Ken
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i once got my digital stills camera and set up to capture lo-res pics in a fast shutter (so when I press the button it takes a picture every second), i used Adobe ImageReady and imported them in and outputted to a small GIF… works really well and makes a mini movie.
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Ah – but you’re really clever Dave. Most people wouldn’t think of doing that. 😀
The rest of us have to use software to achieve these sorts of effects – not build these things from first principles.
Thanks for the tip 😀
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I use a freebie on the net called unfreeze. Lays frame over frame to make the animation. I purchased Uleads Animates Gif workshop too for some fancy frames and stuff, but unfreeze is simple and cheap 😛
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