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hooliganj · 2004-10-16, 11:54

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ic.. im kinda lazy person.. is there any ways i can find out how to make borders for my gif.. thanks in advance!

Not even 'kinda' lazy... scroll back 5 or 6 posts there and witness the mighty tutorial power of Green². It's even on the same page.

sarcasteak · 2004-10-16, 12:11

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Originally Posted by hooliganj

Not even 'kinda' lazy... scroll back 5 or 6 posts there and witness the mighty tutorial power of Green². It's even on the same page.

I'm guessing he's talking about ImageReady...or he must be REALLY lazy.

Anyways, for ImageReady just create a transparent layer on top of all your layers. Then, make sure this layer shows up in every frame of the animation. Select the entire layer and stroke inside however many pixels you want with whatever color; it's that simple.

sinistral · 2004-10-16, 23:26

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Originally Posted by sarcasteak

I'm guessing he's talking about ImageReady...or he must be REALLY lazy.

Anyways, for ImageReady just create a transparent layer on top of all your layers. Then, make sure this layer shows up in every frame of the animation. Select the entire layer and stroke inside however many pixels you want with whatever color; it's that simple.

Well, i just install Adobe yesterday so quite a newbie in doing Adobe stuffs.. is there any step-by-step tutorial on making the borders?

ventriloquist · 2004-10-23, 19:00

Just wondering why mostly my avvy size more than 50kb...

how to reduce size of an avvy other than deleting frame, resize pixel... as long the pic still beautiful and clear(last choice is using lossless option...)

sarcasteak · 2004-10-23, 19:17

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Originally Posted by sinistral

Well, i just install Adobe yesterday so quite a newbie in doing Adobe stuffs.. is there any step-by-step tutorial on making the borders?

I already made it pretty simple...do you want me to take screenshots of each step?

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Originally Posted by ventriloquist

Just wondering why mostly my avvy size more than 50kb...

how to reduce size of an avvy other than deleting frame, resize pixel... as long the pic still beautiful and clear(last choice is using lossless option...)

Reduce color; most of the time you only need around 32~64 colors unless the scene is VERY colorful.

Green² · 2004-10-23, 22:27

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Originally Posted by ventriloquist

Just wondering why mostly my avvy size more than 50kb...

how to reduce size of an avvy other than deleting frame, resize pixel... as long the pic still beautiful and clear(last choice is using lossless option...)

Your current avatar shows of a lot of junk frames,.. where you only require two frames with set frame delays to yield the same results. And if the background of the character doesn't change, use No Color Dithering with Frame Combine method to help reduce file size.

importkid · 2004-10-23, 22:32

how do i make my gif go quicker.....its always slower then the anime

Green² · 2004-10-23, 22:46

Delete some in between frames,.. be that odd or even. .

Example:

Though the way I had set it, it will probably run slower on Internet Explorer.

sarcasteak · 2004-10-23, 22:59

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Originally Posted by importkid

how do i make my gif go quicker.....its always slower then the anime

Delete duplicate frames and lower the frame rates.

importkid · 2004-10-24, 03:23

thanks green and sarcasteak

ventriloquist · 2004-10-24, 13:57

Thx green & sarcasteak... i will try it later...

wondering deleting frame is diffrent with reduce frame rate....

how to reduce frame rate?

sarcasteak · 2004-10-24, 14:51

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Originally Posted by ventriloquist

Thx green & sarcasteak... i will try it later...

wondering deleting frame is diffrent with reduce frame rate....

how to reduce frame rate?

Ummm what do you mean? If you have the same frame repeated and each frame rate is set as 0 (no delay), it WILL be double the time as would a single frame with 0 frame rate...so first you make sure you only have one of each frame, and THEN you edit the frame rates.

ventriloquist · 2004-10-24, 16:10

Wow that really help, thx

lol to keep same pic in animated avvy i used to duplicated same frame so it will stay at same pic before changing to another pic...

EDIT : wait... which program u use to make avvy? i use imageready...

sarcasteak · 2004-10-24, 17:31

Duplicate frame == large files unless you use some of the techniques Green mentioned, but it's simply easier just to set the frame rate longer.

I use ImageReady primarily, but something I use Animation Shop for quick edits.

ventriloquist · 2004-10-26, 12:26

another question...

after i optimize an avvy ( to reduce the size...)

then when i create new avvy.... the option didn't change and it make my new pic look terible ( few colour...etc... )

wonder how to solve it... i mean make it to original setting...

sarcasteak · 2004-10-26, 12:39

Your color is set at 16 which is VERY low. Also, change reduction to something other than 'custom'...I usually use 'perceptual'

ventriloquist · 2004-10-26, 13:34

thx... it really help

neoko · 2004-10-30, 22:47

Well i've seen a lot of people with moving avatars on here, so i figure i should try asking some of my flash related problems here. Well as far as i know to make a file that has animation you need to save it as a GIF file. Now to create animation you can use a number of softwares. I chose to use Flash MX 04. After creating my animation and publishing it as a GIF, i can't seem to save it so it retain it's proper colours.

Can anyone help me? What i basically want to do is:

-Create animation in flash (for avatar etc...)
-Save it as GIF (with looping animation)
-And upload (use etc)

Except when i create it and i publish it as a gif, the colours get reverted to really bad colours. I wish someone could help me with this problem because i'm stumped.

ventriloquist · 2004-10-31, 02:10

Gif Avatar Guide

read the first page...

sinistral · 2004-11-01, 01:40

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Originally Posted by sarcasteak

I already made it pretty simple...do you want me to take screenshots of each step?

that will be very hopeful

oh.. i also have the same problem... the gif is slower than the anime.. when viewed in IE, its like 3/4 the speed of the animation in the anime.. so how to solve this ? or its just like that, cannot be changed.

heres the gif(19 frames) :

2004-10-30, 22:47	Link #258
neoko Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Auuustraaalia	Animations and GIF files. Well i've seen a lot of people with moving avatars on here, so i figure i should try asking some of my flash related problems here. Well as far as i know to make a file that has animation you need to save it as a GIF file. Now to create animation you can use a number of softwares. I chose to use Flash MX 04. After creating my animation and publishing it as a GIF, i can't seem to save it so it retain it's proper colours. Can anyone help me? What i basically want to do is: -Create animation in flash (for avatar etc...) -Save it as GIF (with looping animation) -And upload (use etc) Except when i create it and i publish it as a gif, the colours get reverted to really bad colours. I wish someone could help me with this problem because i'm stumped.

2004-10-23, 19:00	Link #244
ventriloquist 人形使い Join Date: May 2004	Just wondering why mostly my avvy size more than 50kb... how to reduce size of an avvy other than deleting frame, resize pixel... as long the pic still beautiful and clear(last choice is using lossless option...)

2004-10-23, 22:32	Link #247
importkid Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: sacramento Age: 37	how do i make my gif go quicker.....its always slower then the anime

2004-10-23, 22:46	Link #248
Green² It's bacon! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Up and to the Left Age: 43	Delete some in between frames,.. be that odd or even. . Example: Though the way I had set it, it will probably run slower on Internet Explorer.

2004-10-24, 03:23	Link #250
importkid Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: sacramento Age: 37	thanks green and sarcasteak

2004-10-24, 13:57	Link #251
ventriloquist 人形使い Join Date: May 2004	Thx green & sarcasteak... i will try it later... wondering deleting frame is diffrent with reduce frame rate.... how to reduce frame rate?

2004-10-24, 16:10	Link #253
ventriloquist 人形使い Join Date: May 2004	Wow that really help, thx lol to keep same pic in animated avvy i used to duplicated same frame so it will stay at same pic before changing to another pic... EDIT : wait... which program u use to make avvy? i use imageready...

2004-10-24, 17:31	Link #254
sarcasteak WAHA~ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: World overloaded with fun Age: 39	Duplicate frame == large files unless you use some of the techniques Green mentioned, but it's simply easier just to set the frame rate longer. I use ImageReady primarily, but something I use Animation Shop for quick edits.

2004-10-26, 12:26	Link #255
ventriloquist 人形使い Join Date: May 2004	another question... after i optimize an avvy ( to reduce the size...) then when i create new avvy.... the option didn't change and it make my new pic look terible ( few colour...etc... ) wonder how to solve it... i mean make it to original setting...

2004-10-26, 12:39	Link #256
sarcasteak WAHA~ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: World overloaded with fun Age: 39	Your color is set at 16 which is VERY low. Also, change reduction to something other than 'custom'...I usually use 'perceptual'

2004-10-26, 13:34	Link #257
ventriloquist 人形使い Join Date: May 2004	thx... it really help

2004-10-31, 02:10	Link #259
ventriloquist 人形使い Join Date: May 2004	Gif Avatar Guide read the first page...