Moving sig things

cOokie_mOnster · Post by **cOokie_mOnster** » 07 May 2005, 14:12

Please can somebody tell me how u make those moving pictures, like in Knuckles' avatar.

jee · Post by **jee** » 07 May 2005, 17:58

You are talking about the animations? Hmm pm Rid - he seems to be an expert - or Narkath - there is a little programme called gimp that you use. Just remember if you make yourself an animated sig the posting guidelines... and it should not be heavier than 20 kb

Narkath · Post by **Narkath** » 07 May 2005, 22:52

Movies 13 and Microsoft GIF Animator are both free animation programs. You make the animations by creating still frames and then stringing them together in in of these programs. But like jee said, watch out with anims; they can get pretty big i.e. above 20kb restriction.

EDit: tip:
Sticking to 256 or 16 colors can reduce size.

Rid1 · Post by **Rid1** » 07 May 2005, 23:20

I use Animation Shop 3...My sig is 127 colours and consists of 3 frames!
Oh, and in case you didn't know, I'm not an expert with this animation stuff at all! And i have created knuckles sig and AV for him too!

If you're thinking of making your own, stay within 20Kb's otherwise Jee's not gonna be happy at all! She has warned me countless amounts of times about my sig sizes!

Look at who's a cookie monster now!!!

Narkath · Post by **Narkath** » 07 May 2005, 23:50

And if it's black and white, it will be even smaller. LOL

BTW, blending two 256 or lower color range colors (pixel next to pixel) can make it seem as if you are using an inbetween color.

cOokie_mOnster · Post by **cOokie_mOnster** » 08 May 2005, 00:28

Thanx RID1 thats awesome.

Dont worry JEE im not using this for my sig, its for a project i need to do.

Will try find those programs thanx nark and RID.

Rid1 · Post by **Rid1** » 08 May 2005, 00:31

Aniamtion Shop 3 comes bundled with paint Shop Pro 7! A newer version may be available..

ANd just to let you know also! somethign weird! The new animated cooki monster sig is smaller in KB's than the original one!

cOokie_mOnster · Post by **cOokie_mOnster** » 13 May 2005, 17:24

Thanx, i got paint shop 9.

As you can see on my sig. Im still a bit ***** at using the animation tool, but i'll get better.

Rid1 · Post by **Rid1** » 13 May 2005, 17:28

that is actually called your AVATAR or AV...sorry for being so technical, its just friday the 13th thats all!

PS...What version of Animation Shop comes with paint Shop Pro 9? Just so i know whether to think about an upgrade?

cOokie_mOnster · Post by **cOokie_mOnster** » 22 Mar 2006, 17:33

RiD1 wrote:that is actually called your AVATAR or AV...sorry for being so technical, its just friday the 13th thats all!

PS...What version of Animation Shop comes with paint Shop Pro 9? Just so i know whether to think about an upgrade?

Animation shop 3