play'in with animation

[BeetleBoss]

Hummmm, smaller n smaller n smaller........

[BeetleBoss]

a bit fast, huh?

[dog]

-{ Quote: "a bit fast, huh?" }-I think so ;)

[BeetleBoss]

I'll try it again later http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/WINK2.GIF

Oh yeah, its Alicia........do I still get an A+http://members.shaw.ca/wenpigsfly/smileys/thumb.gif

[dog]

-{ Quote: "Oh yeah, its Alicia........do I still get an A+http://members.shaw.ca/wenpigsfly/smileys/thumb.gif" }- Very Nice :)

Regarding the A+ ... Where's my apple? :lurking:

[beetlejuice]

-{ Quote: "Very Nice :)

Regarding the A+ ... Where's my apple? :lurking:" }-
Oh oopss.......forgot bj was logged in.......
....ah heck, he needs a few more posts

How's this one??

Look I think I slowed down the animation!!

Now, how did I do that http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THINK.GIF

[BeetleBoss]

Oh yeah, sorry, my "ants" took a bite out of your apple

http://bestsmileys.com/insects/3.gifhttp://bestsmileys.com/insects/3.gifhttp://bestsmileys.com/insects/3.gifhttp://www.sharontylerherbst.com/apple,%20animated.jpg http://bestsmileys.com/biting/5.gifhttp://bestsmileys.com/insects/3.gifhttp://bestsmileys.com/insects/3.gifhttp://bestsmileys.com/insects/3.gif

[dog]

-{ Quote: "Oh yeah, sorry, my "ants" took a bite out of your apple " }- Well at least there isn't a worm :-\ So I'll give you an A 8)

[BeetleBoss]

But did you see my improvments??

[dog]

-{ Quote: "But did you see my improvments?? " }-To which post are you referring? :-\

[BeetleBoss]

Well, I kinda thought the teeth were funny!

[dog]

-{ Quote: "Well, I kinda thought the teeth were funny!" }-LOL ... Yes they are :)

[Bubba]

You guys are good....but can you make this redneck just little bigger and still keep the animation ?

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "You guys are good....but can you make this redneck just little bigger and still keep the animation ?" }-
Hummmmmmmm.......
I sure can't...http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif...wouldn't know how...http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif.....still work'in on lesson 1

Maybe, bb can http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[snapdragin]

I have one from before that I had redrawn to bring out the details better, but I had removed the blue background. But it's always fun to play with ya, Bubba. ;D

60 x 60

[snapdragin]

65 x 65 (maybe a 50x50 would look better...the details get a li'l blurred past 60 unless it's completely re-drawn)

[bigbuck]

I had a go, but I don't think they'll be any better than Snap's.....
60x60 first...

[bigbuck]

and 70x70....starting to lose quality now....

[bigbuck]

I did have a go at sharpening each of the 15 frames individually and reanimating, but it was pretty disasterous!
Bubba, if you can remember where you got this ani....maybe it exists at a larger size, and it's much better to resize down rather than up. Up usually loses quality..
Sorry! :-\

[Bubba]

Thanks for giving it a go bigbuck....it's appreciated very much.

Also....Thanks for playing with it Snap....you did a great job in making me bigger ;D :-X

[BeetleBoss]

Looks good, Bubba!http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THUMBSUP.GIF

What are you do'in to your nose??http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif
.............................

OK, I think, I slowed it down some. http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

~not do'in real good at guess'in just the right size to get closest to 200kb to post.
Some how, with this one..I went from 800 to 121........which means I could have let it be a little bigger

I guess, the more frames the smaller it needs to be?http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif

Is there a way to check the kb as I'm resizing it??

[BeetleBoss]

just play'in with Rita's sighttp://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[BeetleBoss]

try'in to get the size right

[BeetleBoss]

a little bigger

[Marja]

Ooh! I love that saying! And such a cute little .......pixie??


Doing good, BBoss, not sure I want any apples from ya tho! LOL! Sorry! Truth, tho!

Bubba is doing that thing - with your finger and your lips - that kids, usually, do to show ya they think you're nuts or they are........can't remember which....I still do it! LOL!


Like that comedian that says that, "Git R Done!" LOL! The cable guy, like that Blue Collar Tour they do, HILARIOUS!! ;D

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "Is there a way to check the kb as I'm resizing it??" }-
Have a look below Cindy....

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Ooh! I love that saying! And such a cute little .......pixie??

Doing good, BBoss, not sure I want any apples from ya tho! LOL! Sorry! Truth, tho!" }-
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THANKS.GIF

-{ Quote: "Bubba is doing that thing - with your finger and your lips - that kids, usually, do to show ya they think you're nuts or they are........can't remember which....I still do it! LOL!


Like that comedian that says that, "Git R Done!" LOL! The cable guy, like that Blue Collar Tour they do, HILARIOUS!! ;D" }-
Kinda like this.?.?http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif.?.? ....
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/crazy.gif



I was think'in it something like the Santa put'in his finger by his nose and giv'in it a twitch...
........or like the Bewitch lady does http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif




I really like your avatar, Bubba

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THUMBSUP.GIF



~dang, don't wanna tick off a Mod http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/elconi13/esmilis/hideingbhindcurtian.gif~

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Have a look below Cindy...." }-
COOL!!! BRAD!!!

THANKS!!

Hey, do ya have an easy lesson posted somewhere on how to make the animations fade to one another??

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "
COOL!!! BRAD!!!

THANKS!!

Hey, do ya have an easy lesson posted somewhere on how to make the animations fade to one another??" }-I've done it manually, making images more transparent and saving them, then again, and again etc......then animating them.
BUT....have a play with the 'effects' menu, there are some transition effects you can apply to an ani......I think there is a fade in there ;) .

[BeetleBoss]

I'll give something a try later. http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[BeetleBoss]

see'in how this looks

[BeetleBoss]

OK Brad,

.....{if you look at the angel picture I just posted}
What I want to do is make the star look like its fading in and out.....not blinking.

OK, so I've got the effects screen up....got my 2 pictures ready.....got the first picture in the "start with" screen {the picture with the star}

Now, how do I get the second picture {basically, same picture without the star}
in the the "end with" screen?? instead of the black....I can see how colors can be changed but, not how an ending picture can be put there.

Made this for ya!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/sealx/icons_smilies/face-laugh.png

[BeetleBoss]

I MADE IT GOSH DARNIT!! SO I'M GONNA POST IT!!
~Steve thinks its too busy~

http://bestsmileys.com/anxious/4.gif

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "I've done it manually, making images more transparent and saving them, then again, and again etc......then animating them.
BUT....have a play with the 'effects' menu, there are some transition effects you can apply to an ani......I think there is a fade in there ;) ." }-OK, {question #359.....http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/wink.gif }

are you making pictures transparent with PSP?? That "layers" thing??
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=76457&page=14&pp=25




Oh just tell me how your making them transparent....http://bestsmileys.com/frustrated/8.gif




Also, I've never really moved the 'Quality vs. Size' thing.....I think, its right in the middle.

I'll play with that and check out what it does.

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "OK Brad,

.....{if you look at the angel picture I just posted}
What I want to do is make the star look like its fading in and out.....not blinking.

OK, so I've got the effects screen up....got my 2 pictures ready.....got the first picture in the "start with" screen {the picture with the star}

Now, how do I get the second picture {basically, same picture without the star}
in the the "end with" screen?? instead of the black....I can see how colors can be changed but, not how an ending picture can be put there.

Made this for ya!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/sealx/icons_smilies/face-laugh.png" }-
OK Cindy, I did it quite easily. Have a look and then I'll try and explain it in a following post......

[bigbuck]

OK..here we go.

I started with Marissia's pic (I took a screenshot, so I got a JPG, not the Ani).
I opened it in PSP.
I went "layers"......"New Raster Layer".
On this new layer I used put a twinkle using the tube tool.
Now there's an opacity slider to the side beside the 'eye'.
I slid this until the twinkle was totally transparent.
I went "save as" and saved this plain image as a JPG called 1.
I then slid the slider until it was a little more visible and "saved as" 2
A bit more "saved as" 3 and so on.....
The last one (7) was fully visible.
So I had seven JPGs saved from no star to fully bright....

[bigbuck]

I then opened Animation shop and used the animation wizard.
I went next, next, next, next and then add image.
I added them in this order....1,2,3,4,5,6,7,6,5,4,3,2.
From nothing to fully bright and back to nothing....get it? (You don't need to put the 1 in again because the ani just plays over and over).
Then next, finish.

[bigbuck]

Once these frames opened in Ani Shop, I right clicked on the first frame and went "frame properties" which I made 200 (ie 2 seconds)....

[bigbuck]

I then Ctrl clicked and selected all the other frames, right clicked, frame properties again, and changed them to 20 (ie one fifth of a second)......
10 was a little bit too fast....

[bigbuck]

You can then....or any time....go "view", "animation" and have a look at it before you save.....

[bigbuck]

I then saved it on the second notch down on the quality/size slider, but it came out as 230 Kb.

So I went "animation"...."resize" and resized it to 80% of its original size (on the second notch again) and this time it came down to 190Kb...

[bigbuck]

I hope this helps Cindy!

I know it seems long-winded, but it's quite easy. It seriously took me under 3 mins from the time I grabbed the screenshot until I posted back the Ani for you....

Anyway, PM me or post back if you've got any probs....
Cheers,
Brad.

[bigbuck]

You can even do the same thing with a 'copy' and 'paste as new layer'...
;) ;) ;)

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "OK Brad,

.....{if you look at the angel picture I just posted}
What I want to do is make the star look like its fading in and out.....not blinking.

OK, so I've got the effects screen up....got my 2 pictures ready.....got the first picture in the "start with" screen {the picture with the star}

Now, how do I get the second picture {basically, same picture without the star}
in the the "end with" screen?? instead of the black....I can see how colors can be changed but, not how an ending picture can be put there.

Made this for ya!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/sealx/icons_smilies/face-laugh.png" }-
You can do it this way also (I've just discovered!) but I can only get it to fade one way! (in or out).
You have to create a 2 frame ani first with the wizard....then apply the image transition effect. This adds in extra frames automatically.

[bigbuck]

So I got this......but I can't figure how to get it to fade out using the same method??

[BeetleBoss]

WOW!! BRAD!!! http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/shock.gif

THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL THAT!!

I'm gonna read thro all this about 10 more times...
and give it all a try...and DEFINITLY be post'in back!


I do like the animation made with the PSP...looks better rotating....rather than look'in like its starting at the first pic all the time.

I'm still pretty new at the "layers" thing.......so, I'll need to practice with them more. But, I'm pretty sure I understand what your talk'in about.

Is there a limit on how many pics you can put in the Ani Wizard?

I did something yesterday, where I guess I told it to make 300 frames!
Guess thats alot http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif Well, that kinda really {we'll just say} made the computer pretty angry http://bestsmileys.com/angry2/9.gif

Almost, didn't get out of that one.

Also, I'm hav'in the worst trouble figuring out what size and everything to make something to get it under the 200kb.
When I resized the animation and the pics in this (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=512174&postcount=11)
it cut off the bottoms of all the frames http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif


I'll start homework atfer a bithttp://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THANKS.GIF


Oh yeah!!! What size did you save the angel pic at from the PSP??
~Maybe, thats what I'm do'in wrong....my pics are too big~

I will try resizing them using the "percentage of original" never tried that before.
I usually resize with the infran......thats always clearer for me.

We all love the Alicia pic.....she really liked it!!

Did you cut out her face using the Free hand tool??

Still waiting on how to do that cutting out subjects trick.






~hummmmmm.......http://forum.overnet.com/images/smiles/eusa_think.gif
enough info to save this thread, yet? Its still earily http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/wink.gif ~

[BeetleBoss]

OK Brad, I'm right here.....
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=512224&postcount=39

When I try to Ctrl click....it starts moving my picture all around with the mouse.

How did you -{ Quote: "selected all the other frames" }-??

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "OK Brad, I'm right here.....
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=512224&postcount=39

When I try to Ctrl click....it starts moving my picture all around with the mouse.

How did you ??" }-Just ctrl click to select more than 1 frame.....exact the same as you use it in Windows to select more than 1 file......
I'll post back in a minute....just looking at all your questions above....

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Just ctrl click to select more than 1 frame.....exact the same as you use it in Windows to select more than 1 file......
I'll post back in a minute....just looking at all your questions above...." }-
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/SORRY.GIF you've totally lost me there http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif
Don't know what you mean by windowshttp://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif

If this helps ya......I had to ask Ronjor what 'Ctrl click' ment http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/PLASTER.GIF

[bigbuck]

Is there a limit on how many pics you can put in the Ani Wizard?

I did something yesterday, where I guess I told it to make 300 frames!
Guess thats alot Well, that kinda really {we'll just say} made the computer pretty angry

Not sure Cindy, but I've done a few with 50 frames and seen a few with a lot more.....but remember it may end up MBs not KBs!! Grab a few good ones you see, save them and then open them in Ani Shop and have a look at how they are done....

Also, I'm hav'in the worst trouble figuring out what size and everything to make something to get it under the 200kb.
When I resized the animation and the pics in this
it cut off the bottoms of all the frames

It's a bit of trial and error for me. I just resize, resave down until I get it under 200KB. Don't know why the bottom got cut off.....it's never happened to me. I usually resize ani's by %.




Oh yeah!!! What size did you save the angel pic at from the PSP??
~Maybe, thats what I'm do'in wrong....my pics are too big~

The original pic I grabbed with Hoversnap.....straight off the screen at your size 427x590. I had to resize to 80% because mine had a lot more frames to do the fade (13 I think..). Your twinkle one may have only had 4 or 5 frames.

I will try resizing them using the "percentage of original" never tried that before.
I usually resize with the infran......thats always clearer for me.

Irfan wouldn't resize ani's would it??? Only images......

We all love the Alicia pic.....she really liked it!!

It was only a real quickie to show you what could be done....took about 2 mins.

Did you cut out her face using the Free hand tool??

Yup!

Still waiting on how to do that cutting out subjects trick.

Select with freehand tool, click inside the area, make sure there is a fair bit of "feather'.....edit.....copy......paste....as a new layer.

Cheers

[bigbuck]

Maybe the bottom got cut off Ron's ani because you had diffferent size images to start with. I think Ani shop sizes them all to the smallest of your images..??
Maybe that happened??

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Maybe the bottom got cut off Ron's ani because you had diffferent size images to start with. I think Ani shop sizes them all to the smallest of your images..??
Maybe that happened??" }-
That must have been it! The first picture must have been a little smaller than the others.......I tried to get them close to the same size......even added a border to the Pooh one so my name wouldn't get cut off.

Haven't read your other reply, yet :-\

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Still waiting on how to do that cutting out subjects trick.

Select with freehand tool, click inside the area, make sure there is a fair bit of "feather'.....edit.....copy......paste....as a new layer." }-

Sounds like the next lesson http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THUMBSUP.GIF

I'll give this a try later

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THANKS.GIF

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/SORRY.GIF you've totally lost me there http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif
Don't know what you mean by windowshttp://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif

If this helps ya......I had to ask Ronjor what 'Ctrl click' ment http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/PLASTER.GIF" }-If you hold Ctrl down with your finger, you can click on as many as you like and they all stay selected (highlighted). If you don't hold Ctrl, it jumps to the next one you select.

Just like in Windows...your Operating System....

[BeetleBoss]

Hey Brad, Steve knows what your talk'in about........guess, I've never had the need to do that before....I don't really mess with stuff like that in the computer....I'd prob end up deleting a bunch of stuff and Steve would probably kill me http://bestsmileys.com/hitting/11.gif LOL

You've probably givi'in me enough to practice on for at least a few days. We'll see how it goes.

Thanks a bunch!! I really appreciate this!!http://bestsmileys.com/textinbubble1/25.gif

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "a little bigger" }-
Hey sis
love what you done with the sig--thats great :)

[BeetleBoss]

Hey Brad!!! http://img99.exs.cx/img99/8577/yupi3ti.gif

Will ya look at what I did!! Tooooooo cool!!!

I outlined and copied both pictures onto the blue backround!!

[bigbuck]

Well done!

[Marja]

Good job, BBuck!

Learning some stuff I didn't know too!

Thanks!

Marja8)

[bigbuck]

Hey Cindy,
When you save an ani it automaticaly 'optimizes'....see screenie....

[BeetleBoss]

Alrighty,

I got the latest lesson done http://img99.exs.cx/img99/8577/yupi3ti.gif

Star looks a bit drunk tho...http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif

So, whats the trick with putting the star back in the same spot everytime??

You know, you totally lost me on the PM.....and frankly on this whole "sav'in the picture" thing...... as long as its work'in do I really have to worry about how its being saved??

Wayyyyyy too much computer!!

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[BeetleBoss]

If this helps ya.....this is a picture of my layers thing from my PSP when I was doing the star........I kept using the back arrow each time after I saved the picture. Is there another way of doing it??

[bigbuck]

OK.....I'm using the original pic and ONE layer only for the star (not 13). All I do is change the opacity and save as 1 (don't close it), then change the opacity a bit more and save as 2, and so on, and so on. I end up saving (say) 7 images (JPGs) from the one image that I am working on. The star never moves. It just gets more/less transparent....
Get it?

[Marja]

You guys are like a ...............really great comedy team did ya know?!?
Think they were called, Burns and Allen......

Did you practice this before posting? http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif


Seriously, you are teaching alot of us, Buck, but ya gotta admit.......BBoss IS funny! LOL!

You go, Girl!! Go animate something.......http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/hush.gif http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Marja of the Hoorah Co.http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "OK.....I'm using the original pic and ONE layer only for the star (not 13). All I do is change the opacity and save as 1 (don't close it), then change the opacity a bit more and save as 2, and so on, and so on. I end up saving (say) 7 images (JPGs) from the one image that I am working on. The star never moves. It just gets more/less transparent...." }-

Hummmmmmmm.......http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THINK.GIFlet me just think on thatttttttttttt









http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/BUBBLECHEW.GIF







-{ Quote: "Get it?" }-
nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope....http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/BIGNO.GIF







Did ya ever see all the really pretty lessons Eric made for me with all the numbers and arrows....http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/magic.gif .....weren't those nice?? ....

.... gosh, I miss thosehttp://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/SAD.GIF

[bigbuck]

OK...........I'm not doing the entire ani in PSP and exporting as a GIF. I'm just using PSP and saving individual JPEGs that I then animate manually in Animation Shop via the wizard

Image to start.
New layer.
Apply the star in the new layer.
Fade the star out with the opacity slider so you just see the original image.
Save this as 1.jpg
Then slide the slider up until the star is a little visible.
Save as 2.jpg
Slide it up a bit more
Save as 3.jpg
Again.
Again.
Again.
I finished with a fully bright star saved as 7.jpg
Now I closed PSP and opened Ani shop.
Using the wizard, I added images 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,6,5,4,3,2 in that order.
It will repeat, so i did not have to add 1 again.
I changed the frame properties on frame 1 so it went for 2 seconds.
The rest of the images I set to 20 (1/5th of a second).
Save the ani and (maybe) resize to get under 200Kb.

It's all in the earlier posts with screenshots...

Hope this helps,
Brad.

[BeetleBoss]

I did that

......but, to add each faded star for each picture ...you have to remove the prevous star, right?

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "OK...........I'm not doing the entire ani in PSP and exporting as a GIF. I'm just using PSP and saving individual JPEGs that I then animate manually in Animation Shop via the wizard
~Yep, I'm do'in that~

Image to start.
New layer.
Apply the star in the new layer.

Do you mean I'm copy/pasting a star...kinda like I did the Baby picture??

Fade the star out with the opacity slider so you just see the original image.
Save this as 1.jpg
Then slide the slider up until the star is a little visible.

I might be get'in this.....I'll give it a try in a little bit.
Save as 2.jpg
Slide it up a bit more
Save as 3.jpg
Again.
Again.
Again.
I finished with a fully bright star saved as 7.jpg
Now I closed PSP and opened Ani shop.
Using the wizard, I added images 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,6,5,4,3,2 in that order.
It will repeat, so i did not have to add 1 again.
I changed the frame properties on frame 1 so it went for 2 seconds.
The rest of the images I set to 20 (1/5th of a second).
Save the ani and (maybe) resize to get under 200Kb.

It's all in the earlier posts with screenshots...

Hope this helps,
Brad." }-.........

[BeetleBoss]

My George.......I think she got it!! http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/glass.gif

Ok,,,,,,,not sure if this is exactly what you said...but, here's what I did.

Basically, I added the lightest star first ........saved it......then, added the next brighter star on top of it....saved....blah, blah, blah

I was kinda going up like 15ish numbers each time.

When I got the the brightest star......and saved it. Then, to go in reverse......I did the back arrow between each time I saved.

Get it??

~not sure how those subliminal messages got in there..http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif..must be a glitch in the program http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif~

{http://bestsmileys.com/anxious/2.gif~197 kb}

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "My George.......I think she got it!! http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/glass.gif

Ok,,,,,,,not sure if this is exactly what you said...but, here's what I did.

Basically, I added the lightest star first ........saved it......then, added the next brighter star on top of it....saved....blah, blah, blah

I was kinda going up like 15ish numbers each time.

When I got the the brightest star......and saved it. Then, to go in reverse......I did the back arrow between each time I saved.

Get it??

~not sure how those subliminal messages got in there..http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif..must be a glitch in the program http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif~

{http://bestsmileys.com/anxious/2.gif~197 kb}" }-
OK...that looks pretty darn good!.....but I only used 1 star it was a 'twinkle' I downloaded from one of Uguel's links and plugged in the 'tubes'. See the screenies below.....

[bigbuck]

....now that ONE star I just made fade in or out by using the opacity slider and saved each subsequent image...

Just try opening an image pasting a star as a new layer (or applying a tube once you've opened a new layer)....then just slide the slider and watch it fade in our out. Just save that same image several times with different brightness of stars. There is no need to paste stars of different brightness over each time.....

Anyway, you're doing very well!

My screenie shows the same star at different opacity levels....I could just have saved each one and animated them....

[BeetleBoss]

Still here.......just didn't get a chance to practice today.

I've got the same "twinkle star" as your show'in in my tubes.

I'll give your last post a try tomorrow, thanks!http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[bigbuck]

Too Easy!
It's Fri afternoon here. Off to the 'you know where' soon.... ;D
I'll check you tomorrow...
Cheers (literally!).

[BeetleBoss]

I'll tell ya, I'll never get used to these time zones!! http://bestsmileys.com/frustrated/9.gif

http://bestsmileys.com/clocks/3.gif

You posted that at just after mid-night, Thursday, here.

http://bestsmileys.com/clocks/6.gif

[BeetleBoss]

Got it!

Much easier just slid'in those little arrows http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

Still looks kinda jumpy tho...and I've got 16 frames.....oh well. http://img116.exs.cx/img116/934/z0tdntknw.gif

[BeetleBoss]

Will ya look at what I figured out!!

I did this.......
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=512307&postcount=44
used the Luminance Wipe........kinda looks like it blow'in up something....
...kinda cool!

[Marja]

HEY!! BBOSS, THAT IS COOL! DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD DO THAT.......!!

YOUR DOING GREAT!

[bigbuck]

Good one! .....where is the "Luminance Wipe"? Found it! ;D Google is my friend!

[BeetleBoss]

http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[BeetleBoss]

Just practic'in

So, Brad, what did I do wrong here??http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=514493&postcount=1143

[BeetleBoss]

My goodness, that ended up smaller than I thought :o

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "Just practic'in

So, Brad, what did I do wrong here??http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/scratchhead.gif

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=514493&postcount=1143" }-
Not real sure Cindy.....did you mean the black bit at the bottom of the ani? You've used two different size pictures, that's why the black bit ...I think.
I was going to have another go at it for you, but when I copied the pics and tried to line them up to crop them, there wasn't really much to work with. Alicia would have been cut out of the first frame...

[BeetleBoss]

Here ya go. Heres a couple of them from orginals. I tried to crop them pretty big and post them as big as I thought I could....(750)
I though maybe that would give you some room to play with.
I'm not real concerned with the outcome......I kinda just interested in how you did it.
Also, are you trying to create a 3rd picture ot blend the 2 together?

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/6041/dcp16942af.jpg

These 2 are the same.......wasn't sure how much of the waterslide you'd need to try to match them up.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6404/dcp16932bg.jpg

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4003/dcp16932lc.jpg


Are these some things I should be mess'in with??

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/9452/clipboard012kl.jpg

I guess, the trick is finding the balance between needing enough frames so the animation doesn't look jumpy...and...not having so many that the picture has to be teeny to post, right?

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "

I guess, the trick is finding the balance between needing enough frames so the animation doesn't look jumpy...and...not having so many that the picture has to be teeny to post, right?" }-Exactly!....you can certainly play with them if you like.
I'll have a look at thos pics above in a minute.
BTW, I had a little go on that Sam ani in "little angels"....

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Exactly!....you can certainly play with them if you like." }-So, lowering those would change lower the KB size?? That's what I seem to have the most trouble with.
-{ Quote: "I'll have a look at thos pics above in a minute." }-
OK....remember, I'm kinda more interested on 'how' to do it. ;)
-{ Quote: "BTW, I had a little go on that Sam ani in "little angels"...." }-
Yeah, I saw that ....thanks!!

[bigbuck]

I tried to line the pics up a little better.....it's not perfect, but as good as I can get it.....
Ani1

[bigbuck]

Ani2.....

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "So, lowering those would change lower the KB size?? That's what I seem to have the most trouble with.

OK....remember, I'm kinda more interested on 'how' to do it. ;)

Yeah, I saw that ....thanks!!" }-OK, I did it in DIP, but I also had a go in PSP and there is not much difference.....
*Open both pics in PSP (I used the first and third...The second seemed the wrong size.....I couldn't get it to fit)
*Copy one and paste it on the other as a new selection (that way you can move it around to fit....try to line it up as best you can. Don't worry about them overlapping, you can crop in Ani shop later...

[bigbuck]

next, I promoted the selection to a layer by right clicking on it on the right hand side.....

[bigbuck]

Now you should have the opacity slider.....and we just do the same thing as previous lessons. Adjust to where you want and save as a JPEG.

[bigbuck]

When you get to ani shop, select all frames and crop to the largest overlapping section.....like the red bit in post #82 above.
HTH,
Brad.

[ronjor]

Since the test forum gets cleaned out periodically, this thread has a new home. :)

[BeetleBoss]

-{ Quote: "Since the test forum gets cleaned out periodically, this thread has a new home. :)" }-
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/435/animation11eh.gif

http://www.ssd.edu.sg/project/html2/no2_files/Hugging%20bear.gif

[BeetleBoss]

Back to work http://bestsmileys.com/pirate/2.gif





Hey Brad,

WOW!! Now that's a lesson!! http://bestsmileys.com/anxious/3.gif

Thanks for all that.....kinda late right now......I'll see if I can practice it tomorrow http://img115.exs.cx/img115/9916/z4dwink.gif

[BeetleBoss]

Alright..before I get all happy...lets see how big this actually looks.....

[BeetleBoss]

Still kinda small......I must be using too many frames. think I did like 17ish

I'm still hav'in lots of trouble resizing the animation like 5 or 6ish times {guessing} to get the kbs down to just under 200. Thats frustrating!

Followed that lesson real good, tho!! http://www.wilderssecurity.com/images/other/THUMBSUP.GIF Thanks a bunch, Brad!!

Pretty cool how you can slide those arrows.

And even figured out the cropping in the animation shop! Surprised myself! LOL

Maybe, it would work better to slow down the animation
{right now I think, the first and last frames are at 50.....and the middle ones are at 35} and use less frames..ya think...


I'll give that a try later