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Post by Treshulk on Dec 11, 2012 3:56:30 GMT -5
I have discovered that I kind of suck at making animated gifs. In my extensive research and keen observational skills, I have determined that you guys know a thing or two about animating! I have a few questions for the likes of you guys:
1. What programs are you using to make them?
2. How do you make back-groundless animations without the ugly white showing up around the edges?
3. What is your process?!
4. Post your favorite animations here for all of us to be jealous of, please!
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Post by Silly on Dec 11, 2012 12:01:32 GMT -5
Ooh tres, I just asked layton to help me with a little animation. You guys should work on it together so you can learn. AND THEN MY PROJECT WILL BE DONE!
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Post by Byron on Dec 11, 2012 12:51:12 GMT -5
1. If you want to draw one from scratch, Flash is usually the best way to go. It has a built-in function to export your animation as a gif. It's so easy!2. The white border shows up because .gifs turn partially transparent pixels white. To avoid white borders, you must use Photoshop and draw with the pencil tool, which doesn't use any fancy transparent pixels for smoothness. 3. flash process: Draw animation. Export to .gif Enjoy refreshing beverage. Photoshop process: Draw animation with each frame as a separate layer of one image. Jump to ImageReady. Make frames from layers. Set to GIF 128 No Dither. Save Optimized as. ? ? ? ? Profit. |
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Post by Professor Layton on Dec 11, 2012 15:48:22 GMT -5
Speaking of secrets...
Tres? Did you talk to Silly about our SUPER SPECIAL CARDS?!
Also, the way I do GIFs and animation is completely by hand in Photoshop... I don't use any shortcuts.
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Post by Treshulk on Dec 11, 2012 17:57:46 GMT -5
Silly: Of course I would like to watch ;D
Byron: Ooh... I think what I did wrong then was making a fade using the brush tool instead of pencil. I'll never make that mistake again! I'll have to give Flash a try sometime, too.
Layton: Oh, crap! The SPECIAL CARDS!! I forgot about that, but I'll rectify that now! Oh, and no shortcuts? You don't do any special rituals involving voodoo magic or anything to get them to look as awesome as they do...?
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Post by Byron on Dec 11, 2012 19:00:18 GMT -5
Sorry, no shortcuts. It's the only way. |
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Post by Silly on Dec 11, 2012 19:03:53 GMT -5
Omg he's so cuuuute!
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Post by Professor Layton on Dec 11, 2012 19:13:24 GMT -5
You see... this is why I should make all the TCG cards. I clearly know what the audience of an Animal Crossing site like.  |
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Post by Silly on Dec 11, 2012 19:29:23 GMT -5
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