Sekidousai no Sekai (Sekidousai's world)

[mangalowres]

Originally Posted by sekidousai

thanks for the Ero-o-Meter ^^;

for the colors
not 265
not 128
but 64 the colors are so low T_T

Yeah, actually I had one avi with 64 colors, but it didn't look good enough, thats why I didn't upload it here but yours looks good.

[sekidousai]

well one trick is to play around with dither. i adjust it all the time in adobe image ready.. And for Ulead its buried under file>optimization wizard then select no next> set dither to 0. now i havent played much with ulead so i don't know if the outcome will be good or not but the options are still there.

[mangalowres]

If you find a way to adjust all images at the same time
like bordersettings and picture size
I would be grateful

At the moment I have to click on a frame then double click on the image then adjust it to the right size with borders.
And with sometimes 20 frames it becomse everytime a hard work

[sekidousai]

whookay i'm back again i brought with me some learning materials for resizing and bordering ^^.

This is another one of my quick and dirty tutorials (mangalowres edition).
Software I'm still using is Ulead GIF animator 5 free

Resizing and Boardering Combo

Spoiler for Resize and Boardering combo:

Step 1.) Click resize Image



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Step 2.) Enter prefferred image size then click OK and VOILA!!! the whole project is resized next is boarder4all



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Step 3.) Click on topmost object. warning: If object is below, The border will be buried by the pictures on top of it.



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Step 4.) Insert a new blank Object. we will make our border on the new blank object.




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Step 5.) Draw a boarder . I suggest you zoom the image first before drawing a border



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Step 6.) Click on the second or next frame. The boarder will be gone (don't panic its normal.)


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Step 7.) now press the eye on the object section and there you go! Boarders!!!
~~~~~~repeat 6 and 7 until the whole project is covered with borders

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Ok if anything is not clear again just let me know ^^

[mangalowres]

Ah cheater
But the images in the object bar are "example" 500x500 but the avatar size can only be 100x100.
So I need to resize all objects and give them borders.

[sekidousai]

well thats what i did ^^;.

Originally Posted by mangalowres

But the images in the object bar are "example" 500x500 but the avatar size can only be 100x100.

If you do steps 1 & 2. it will totally resize the whole project including the objects.
Just replace the value of Height and Width to 100 . (this way all object size will be uniform and you don't have to resize one by one)

If you have an existing boarder, too bad, it will compress and mess up your boarder so you will have to do steps 3-7 and 6-7,-6-7 If that didn't solve your problem that means i didn't understand what youre trying to do. T_T

Originally Posted by mangalowres

So I need to resize all objects and give them borders.

Yup that's the only easy way that i could think of unless someone else tells me otherwise.

Originally Posted by mangalowres

Ah cheater

Lols. It's not cheating. it's called ero~dynamics....
Just kidding. I've just used applied some practical techniques iv'e learned from previous softwares, online sites and random common sense .

[mangalowres]

Spoiler for for problem:

Ok here is my problem with pictures

I start most of my avatar projects like this
Framesize is set but the image(object) doesen't fit into the frame



I have to edit now every object like resizeing the image and puting borders to it


now one image looks like that
it fits into the frame and I can add a border image but I have to redo all this for every frame and object
it costs a lot of time

I hope that my problem is now clear

[sekidousai]

So i see where your problem is coming from. it's about starting/opening raw files. And i too had trouble doing it. it was pretty awkward using Ulead :3
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#hideme

Okay, Im back once again to bring you "Sekidousai's Quick and Dirty Guide(mangalowres edition)" .
This Guide will be divided to two parts and covers most of Ulead's Basic Functions.

Software is still Ulead GIF animator 5 free (because i'm cheap)


Opening multiple Raw Images and Cropping combo guide

Spoiler for Opening multiple Raw Images and Cropping combo guide:

Opening multiple Raw Images and Cropping combo guide






Step.1) Startup Ulead GIF animator, You can either use the Startup Wizard or the Main Menu bar




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Step 2a.) Select your first raw image, This will determine the overall size of the Project.

(*Note: I used .TGA files but still you can use .jpg, .gif, .bmp etc. as long as ulead can read it.)




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Step 2b.) The sad thing i found about Ulead is that it can only open an 1 image at a time, we can still add the rest later




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Step 3.) We will now add the rest of the raw images. Click on add Images and a new window should pop-up




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Step 4a.) Hold the "Ctrl or Shift" key and then select the rest of your raw images. Then click on Open.



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Step 4b.) Now that all of the images are loaded everything should be ready... not!!!
As you can can see Ulead GIF animator did not create frames for the objects that we have loaded and also the Project has
a Rectangular Aspect Ratio (widescreen/16:9) so the next thing we need to do is cropping.




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Step 5.) Cropping. Click on the Selection tool on the left side. Make sure Equal height and width is checked so
that we can make a perfect square. Now make a square on an area that you would like to keep.




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Step 6.) Now go to Edit> and then click on Crop Canvas and there!!!! a perfect sqare for an AS avatar
(Note: If you don't want to make a perfect square, You can uncheck Equal height and width, or you can use Selection Tool - Eliptical to make a circle .)



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Part 2 shall be added soon^^;

[mangalowres]

Nice thanks I'll try this but I have to hurt ya
You dare to defile Haruka

[sekidousai]

:sorry: I could'nt focus because because of her moeness, I just have to put my Osagi charm on her face to protect myself. It should protect other viewers as well

anyways. did that solve your problem? I could'nt believe the patience that you have in making your avatars. Well I hope my guides will make your work a little bit easier and churn out More Viewtiful avatars much faster than before

[sekidousai]

Update !!!!!!!!!!!!!
***New Compiled Quick'n™ dirty guides
***New Chibi Avatars
Chibi H.

[mangalowres]

Wooohhaaaa nice nice

[sekidousai]

thx . I added your ero-o-meter at the front page and posted some miscelleaneous pix there.

[mangalowres]

Hmmmmm back to your guid, now I cancut out exactly what I want but my problem isn't solved

I must edit each and every object to fit the frame.(current project)
I've cut out the part I want but that part is still over 100x100
Now I have to insert 26 new Frames and put the right object into the right frame.
After that I have to edit all object properties to adjust the size to 96x96 with 2 pixels left to each site, that I can insert my border

[sekidousai]

okay it seems i need to diagnose your problem even more T_T

I must edit each and every object to fit the frame.(current project)
I've cut out the part I want but that part is still over 100x100
Now I have to insert 26 new Frames and put the right object into the right frame.
After that I have to edit all object properties to adjust the size to 96x96 with 2 pixels left to each site, that I can insert my border

if it's okay with you can you show me what scene or example of a scene that you are trying to make, maybe i can try to simulate your problem and see what i can do.

but for now, well the first thing is to open the first Raw Image, add the rest.
select an area and crop. the rest of the object should be cropped as well, and then go to
Edit>Resize Image 98x98.

could it be that your Raw Images are not in synch????

[mangalowres]

I thought I did that with my last spolier

[sekidousai]

and i thought i resolved it with my last reply

as you can see i used the blinking scene same as you. after i cropped the area i didn't have to edit the rest of the objects, i hit resize>100x100 and everything got resized. see my blink avatar

after i resized i added frames, then reduced the objects i use to just 3 and kept duplicating frames and did not need to edit the rest of the objects

After that I have to edit all object properties to adjust the size to 96x96 with 2 pixels left to each site, that I can insert my border

why do you have to reduce 96x96, just make an allowance for the boarder then resize to 100x100 and put 2pixel boarder

[mangalowres]

I tried that what you told me and maybe I like it that way

After copping I duplicated alle frames, then I had to set the "eyesymbol" at every frame so that the right object was in the right frame.
I saved those images as jpgs, opend a new project with 100x100 where I insert those jpgs.
Then I had to set the position of each object to "LEFT: 2" and "TOP: 2" <- and thats the point I have to do this for each and every object, I have to click on a frame, click on the object, go details, change those values and click on ok.... for every frame and object
At last I could insert my border jpg and save that as gif.

[sekidousai]

I saved those images as jpgs, opend a new project with 100x100 where I insert those jpgs

there is no need to save tham as jpg. that step is not necessary... after cropping you must resize. click edit>resize image to 100x100. do not do resize on object window.


After cropping do this:




Step 1.) Click resize Image



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Step 2.) Enter prefferred image size(100x100) then click OK and then add boarder



I'll try to update my guide later, ill go watch some NHnH and sekirei for now

[mangalowres]

How do you add a border to that? Since the Image itself is still there with it's full size, you only see what you wanted to see.