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JRendell · 2011-02-04, 21:49

You aren't too shabby with animation Godlike. Make a tutorial

I need all the animation tuts I can get...

xl_Legit_lx · 2011-02-04, 22:08

There's one link within my signature. Feel free to add that to your list, I'm here to offer whatever I learn to the community!

The Drunk Demoman · 2011-03-02, 14:19

Hey guys, I'm new here.
Unfortunately Tinypic killed off most of my tutorials, so I only have some old ones left, and I don't have backup of newer ones.
Hopefully these 3 will help someone out, they are quite easy to follow.

Better outcome for this one:

Mr.Raw · 2011-03-02, 15:48

Nice tutorials! I really like the last one.

btw, your signature is too big, it's like 80kb, the maximum size here is 50kb.

The Drunk Demoman · 2011-03-02, 15:57

Ah, alright then.
I'll ditch the animation then.

And thanks.

Kagayaki · 2011-03-02, 15:59

I'm sure you can keep the animation and still get it down below 50kb by image slicing

The Drunk Demoman · 2011-03-02, 16:01

Yeah but I have a feeling that by slicing signature, it will lose it's composition.

xAvalonx · 2011-03-03, 00:35

all my tutorials
http://xxxavalonxxx.deviantart.com/gallery/28944679

Say Neko · 2011-04-05, 22:05

I do mess around with #Photoshop whenever possible. If it doesn't affect my time
on the #DSi of course. I'll <3 to try out some of these tutorials one of these days.
Have a friendly user #signature for the forums
...back to some #Ōkamiden

vandakiara · 2011-04-06, 00:39

I've been looking but without much success so I'll just ask here: is there something in Gimp that's the equivalent of Photoshop's image slicing? IIRC I had found something with that name for Gimp but it was completely different so it didn't do much good...

I refuse to believe Gimp doesn't have anything (any plugin or extra) comparable to PS' image slicing - I don't really want to go to Windows and install PS only to slice my signature...

KiNA · 2011-04-06, 01:28

Gimp slicing tool = Guillotine (Image > Transform > Guillotine)

You can also try this plugin

Kagayaki · 2011-04-16, 00:12

Dist was wondering how you remove camera motion when making gifs, and I don't know if a tutorial on this already exists, so I figured I would post a quick one here in case it helps anyone else....

In case you're not sure what I'm talking about, here is a before/after (with levels)

And here is the cropped version. (This was a request by JRendell.)

I was mostly worried that the zooming would disrupt the loop. Panning is bad for loops too, although shaky camera can be a nice effect sometimes, IMO. I don't know of any way to get rid of zooming that preserves camera shaking though.

Spoiler for instructions:

For more proof that photoshop=miracles, here is the most chaotic image you can reasonably expect any sort of software to align (this one was reposition only):

Spoiler for size:

Mr.Raw · 2011-04-16, 06:42

Great tutorial! I might try it out when I get some free time on my hands

Rep will be given

PreSage · 2011-04-21, 17:07

@Kagayaki: That's a good tutorial. I've been doing it manually and all this time there's actually a built-in function for that in PS. orz Now I only need to figure out the equivalent for PC's CS4 (Edit: ah, found it.

).

roankun · 2011-05-12, 02:48

Um, hello. I was randomly checking out tutorials here, and the first one I chose was » Go « (Video) How to extract a image by Sephi. But all videos were already taken down... Could anyone upload the videos, or are there better tutorials than this?

Dist · 2011-05-16, 20:07

How the hell do you make rounded images and then borders to those ? There are lots of tutorials on first page yes, but on all of those I fail to understand how do I use the Rounded Rectangle tool properly. It's not like crop tool where the crop area will be exactly 100x100, so with these when it's free hand I could choose any area of any size and it won't look neat or symmetrical if I do so. Also Felix's tutorial has a broken image and I have no idea how I'm supposed to use the masks to even get rounded edges.

mikoo · 2011-05-16, 21:03

^ Ninjaaaa'd

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dist

How the hell do you make rounded images and then borders to those ? There are lots of tutorials on first page yes, but on all of those I fail to understand how do I use the Rounded Rectangle tool properly. It's not like crop tool where the crop area will be exactly 100x100, so with these when it's free hand I could choose any area of any size and it won't look neat or symmetrical if I do so. Also Felix's tutorial has a broken image and I have no idea how I'm supposed to use the masks to even get rounded edges.

1. Select the rounded rectangle tool.

2. Click + hold the shift key.

3.

4. Hide the layer.

5. Ctrl + Click the vector mask thumbnail.

6. Select Layer 1 and then Select -> Inverse.

7. press the delete key to get rid of the selected edges.

8. Select -> Inverse again then Edit -> Stroke.

9. Voila!

Dist · 2011-05-16, 21:14

Finally a tutorial that even I understand. I'll give it a go later and report back if I have any problems. Thanks mikoo

+rep

***Pellissier*** · 2011-05-17, 01:08

I believe I learned how to do rounded borders from this post , it was for Photoshop so I took the gist of it and applied to ImageReady, where it also works (since I only use ImageReady). Lately rounded borders aren't that popular, I remember there was a request spree in 2006 during the first Haruhi. Most of of my non squarish-rectangular creations come from that period.

Dist · 2011-05-17, 09:50

I still don't get it .. What's happening between step 2 and 3 ? When I press and hold shift, and select the area and then release, nothing happens at all. I just see the area I selected with some lines .. Where does that new layer appear from etc ?

Also how the hell can you guys select it exactly from the right corner so that all 4 corners will be exactly same size ? This is what I'm having most trouble with .. it takes ALOT of trial and error until I get the selection right -_-

2011-03-02, 14:19	Link #1583
The Drunk Demoman ~ fabulous ~ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Serbia	Hey guys, I'm new here. Unfortunately Tinypic killed off most of my tutorials, so I only have some old ones left, and I don't have backup of newer ones. Hopefully these 3 will help someone out, they are quite easy to follow. Better outcome for this one: __________________

2011-03-02, 15:57	Link #1585
The Drunk Demoman ~ fabulous ~ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Serbia	Ah, alright then. I'll ditch the animation then. And thanks. __________________

2011-03-02, 15:59	Link #1586
Kagayaki Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Boston Age: 34	I'm sure you can keep the animation and still get it down below 50kb by image slicing __________________

2011-03-02, 16:01	Link #1587
The Drunk Demoman ~ fabulous ~ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Serbia	Yeah but I have a feeling that by slicing signature, it will lose it's composition. __________________

2011-03-03, 00:35	Link #1588
xAvalonx ♫ Mokyuu !♫ Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Canada Age: 32	all my tutorials http://xxxavalonxxx.deviantart.com/gallery/28944679 __________________ Signature Gallery

2011-02-04, 21:49	Link #1581
JRendell Manga Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: England, UK Age: 32	You aren't too shabby with animation Godlike. Make a tutorial I need all the animation tuts I can get...

2011-02-04, 22:08	Link #1582
xl_Legit_lx Destruction by Carnage Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NYC Age: 31	There's one link within my signature. Feel free to add that to your list, I'm here to offer whatever I learn to the community!

2011-04-05, 22:05	Link #1589
Say Neko nekoISM Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: US Central? Age: 30	I do mess around with #Photoshop whenever possible. If it doesn't affect my time on the #DSi of course. I'll <3 to try out some of these tutorials one of these days. Have a friendly user #signature for the forums ...back to some #Ōkamiden

2011-04-16, 00:12	Link #1592
Kagayaki Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Boston Age: 34	Dist was wondering how you remove camera motion when making gifs, and I don't know if a tutorial on this already exists, so I figured I would post a quick one here in case it helps anyone else.... In case you're not sure what I'm talking about, here is a before/after (with levels) And here is the cropped version. (This was a request by JRendell.) I was mostly worried that the zooming would disrupt the loop. Panning is bad for loops too, although shaky camera can be a nice effect sometimes, IMO. I don't know of any way to get rid of zooming that preserves camera shaking though. Spoiler for instructions: I'm assuming you're working with a bunch of screencaps loaded in as separate layers (file>scripts>load files into stack...), where you've made one frame for each screencap that has only that screencap visible in it. All the following instructions are for Photoshop CS5 on Mac OS, although it should be more or less the same across different versions/OS's. Now make a new frame, and set all of the layers you want to align (i.e. all the frames with motion in them, probably all the layers in your gif) to visible. Hit unify layer position on all of them... select them all (shift click) and then go to edit>auto-align. You'll get this dialog: If you only want to remove panning, select reposition. To remove all motion and distortion, select auto. You can mess around with the other options too if you want. Now you can delete the extra frame you added. Crop out the transparent areas and now you're done! For more proof that photoshop=miracles, here is the most chaotic image you can reasonably expect any sort of software to align (this one was reposition only): Spoiler for size: __________________ Last edited by Kagayaki; 2011-04-16 at 03:46.

2011-04-21, 17:07	Link #1594
PreSage Strangely dependable... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: some random place out there...	@Kagayaki: That's a good tutorial. I've been doing it manually and all this time there's actually a built-in function for that in PS. orz Now I only need to figure out the equivalent for PC's CS4 (Edit: ah, found it. ). __________________ :\|::\|Sig Gallery\|::\|: --------------- [/TH][/TR][/table]

2011-05-12, 02:48	Link #1595
roankun Tsundere Lover Join Date: Oct 2009	Um, hello. I was randomly checking out tutorials here, and the first one I chose was » Go « (Video) How to extract a image by Sephi. But all videos were already taken down... Could anyone upload the videos, or are there better tutorials than this?

2011-05-16, 20:07	Link #1596
Dist Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Age: 33	How the hell do you make rounded images and then borders to those ? There are lots of tutorials on first page yes, but on all of those I fail to understand how do I use the Rounded Rectangle tool properly. It's not like crop tool where the crop area will be exactly 100x100, so with these when it's free hand I could choose any area of any size and it won't look neat or symmetrical if I do so. Also Felix's tutorial has a broken image and I have no idea how I'm supposed to use the masks to even get rounded edges. __________________

2011-05-16, 21:14	Link #1598
Dist Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Age: 33	Finally a tutorial that even I understand. I'll give it a go later and report back if I have any problems. Thanks mikoo +rep __________________

2011-05-17, 01:08	Link #1599
*Pellissier* ♪~ Daydreaming ~♪ Graphic Designer Administrator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Italy	I believe I learned how to do rounded borders from this post , it was for Photoshop so I took the gist of it and applied to ImageReady, where it also works (since I only use ImageReady). Lately rounded borders aren't that popular, I remember there was a request spree in 2006 during the first Haruhi. Most of of my non squarish-rectangular creations come from that period. __________________

2011-05-17, 09:50	Link #1600
Dist Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Finland Age: 33	I still don't get it .. What's happening between step 2 and 3 ? When I press and hold shift, and select the area and then release, nothing happens at all. I just see the area I selected with some lines .. Where does that new layer appear from etc ? Also how the hell can you guys select it exactly from the right corner so that all 4 corners will be exactly same size ? This is what I'm having most trouble with .. it takes ALOT of trial and error until I get the selection right -_- __________________