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yeah thats pretty cool... but is it poss to like make him wink or smile a little more when his eyes glow red?
one eye wink or both?
one wink...just to make him look that bit more evil then he already is! lol
how bout this?
Or this, with the black instead of the blended eyelid:
QUOTE(evil doll @ Nov 5 2005, 12:56 PM) [snapback]917361[/snapback]
Hi im pretty new here but could someone play around with my av too...after seeing the cool ones here im so jelous!
I know its already an animated one but i think its a little too in ya face!
It was just a plain one of chucky but then i let my brother mess around with it and he added lightening and moving eyes...but hes new to this avatar thing and not too good yet!
cheers to whoever does it! thank you!
Im not your brother! I don't even know you that well.
And thanks for saying Im not good yet. Your real kind.
Ouch....Thanks wabbit again...my avatar looks sweet
hey can someone make the 2 in the background of my avitar spin around
and make the battlefeid think come forwards and then restart like the 2 spins 4 times then the battlefield goes up front and then it restarts
and make the battlefeid think come forwards and then restart like the 2 spins 4 times then the battlefield goes up front and then it restarts
QUOTE(Venledar @ Nov 5 2005, 06:22 AM) [snapback]917149[/snapback]
Sorry for not having got back to you sooner, was away tonight.. But anyway.. I use a PS plug-in called Knoll Light Factory.. Thanks to Barman, who I had got it from a while back.
you can download it here:
Knoll Light Factory
After you put this into your C>Program Files>Adobe>Photoshop 7.0>Plug-ins folder, you follow these steps:
on the image you wish to add the effect to, you chose "Filters>Knoll Light Factory" . This will bring up a common "Filter's" window. you can choose the position of the effect on the image within this screen, the brightness of the light, and the size of the light. You can also click the "Browse" and browse with the same folder mentioned above, to chose from nearly 40 different flares. you can customize the flare size, shape, reflection, color, wings, circles, glares, and everything within this window. It is a very complexed filter that adds a LOT to your work..
In this particular case, I added the flare on the teeth in one position at one size, copied it as a frame to my animator. I then enlarged the flare slightly, and copied this frame into the animator, and then gradually went up to the wanted size, and back down the same way I came up. I then did this same thing in a different position on the image.
hope you like it and hope I explained it well enough.. Enjoy
Thanx for the info Venledar!!.... I downloaded it and am checking it out..... awesome plug in!
I will bow down to who ever can pull Master of Geeks' avatar off with the way he wants it.
Definately beyond my humble animation capabilities 
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 6 2005, 07:54 AM) [snapback]918494[/snapback]
Definately beyond my humble animation capabilities
hahahha sayntbrigid..... I think what he is asking for is probably beyond Disneys capabilities
Ok, I feel a little better now
Glad Im not the only one then.
nice Ring Nebula animation sayntbrigid...
C'mon is it that hard 
Thanx Frogfish, my daughter sent me the pic, so I just added a little twinkle and sized it to use for an avatar for a while.
QUOTE(Master geek @ Nov 6 2005, 03:49 PM) [snapback]918777[/snapback]
C'mon is it that hard
Well you have ago then. Everything you need is in the first post. The animators here are very good and if they can't do it, it must be hard.
Barman might be able to do it though. I am yet to see him say "sorry thats too hard".
QUOTE(wrighty @ Nov 6 2005, 12:07 PM) [snapback]918924[/snapback]
Well you have ago then. Everything you need is in the first post. The animators here are very good and if they can't do it, it must be hard.
Barman might be able to do it though. I am yet to see him say "sorry thats too hard".
thanks barman barman where are u
where is he 
I will do it if you find me that same picture without the "2" in it, and then another picture with just the "2" in it... I could then do it... but the reason everyone is saying it is so hard, MoG, is because if we were to cut out the "2" to spin it, it would leave a white space in the spot that we cut it out at, therefore, we would have to create our own background. And that picture you gave us is a very detailed screenshot, and cannot just be minipulated with paintshop or even fireworks very easily. It would take a lot of graphic design talent and a lot of time, which alot of us don't have. But if you get me the pics that i mentioned above, then you will get what you asked for
QUOTE(Venledar @ Nov 6 2005, 03:19 PM) [snapback]919124[/snapback]
I will do it if you find me that same picture without the "2" in it, and then another picture with just the "2" in it... I could then do it... but the reason everyone is saying it is so hard, MoG, is because if we were to cut out the "2" to spin it, it would leave a white space in the spot that we cut it out at, therefore, we would have to create our own background. And that picture you gave us is a very detailed screenshot, and cannot just be minipulated with paintshop or even fireworks very easily. It would take a lot of graphic design talent and a lot of time, which alot of us don't have. But if you get me the pics that i mentioned above, then you will get what you asked for
ok but ill try i just don't know how to get the 2 out nor do i know how to put the pics on the posts
oh and thanks for my sig
I couldn't find that exact background, so I found a nifty looking one (thanks again Google lol)
and this is what I came up with..
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hope you like it...
and this is what I came up with..
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hope you like it...
I..I LOVE!! IT!! 
but can u put a black outlining on the 2 but i still love it
10 prasies for wabbit huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah,
but can u put a black outlining on the 2 but i still love it 10 prasies for wabbit huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah, huzzah,
I'll try but that means having to redo almost everything.. I'll see if I can get this done tonight or tomorrow...
I'll see if I can get this done tonight or tomorrow...
QUOTE(wabbit @ Nov 6 2005, 06:06 PM) [snapback]919335[/snapback]
I'll try but that means having to redo almost everything..
I'll see if I can get this done tonight or tomorrow...ohh..sry
Awsome Wabbit
I dont even know how to use all those programs u guys mentioned....I'ma try and work it out in paint person.......all that technical stuff....I leave for you pros.....although someday I hope to learn how to do all that neat stuff........I'm still a beginner.....just been using paint and ms gif animator, for a couple months now, and just now trying to become familiar with Ulead.....so I am way behind all of you......but I try to practice with requests if I get a thought about what I might be able to do......and I will learn a lot from watching you guys
I dont even know how to use all those programs u guys mentioned....I'ma try and work it out in paint person.......all that technical stuff....I leave for you pros.....although someday I hope to learn how to do all that neat stuff........I'm still a beginner.....just been using paint and ms gif animator, for a couple months now, and just now trying to become familiar with Ulead.....so I am way behind all of you......but I try to practice with requests if I get a thought about what I might be able to do......and I will learn a lot from watching you guys
Thanks, but I'm far from a pro, Saynt. I just started playing with Paint Shop and Animation Shop 2 months ago. To make the spinning "2", I used the Word program, which allowed me to rotate the number and save it frame by fame into Animation shop. My Word program is part of "Word Perfect" so that it doesn't have all the toys I used to have to make cool writings with more colour choices which Microsoft Word had. The "Battlefield", I cropped from his original image and erased the background, used the "text animator" in Animation shop, then pasted the frames into the background I found. As you can see, it's quite simple once you think about it 
I've never used Ulead or other gif animator programs yet... I'm afraid I'll never sleep if I do, since I spend so much time on the one I have already and I'm enjoying this a bit too much
I've never used Ulead or other gif animator programs yet... I'm afraid I'll never sleep if I do, since I spend so much time on the one I have already and I'm enjoying this a bit too much
Decent avatar wabbit.. That is exactly what I was talking about... with the three different layers to work with... nice work
There I was, just about to have a go at that avatar and wabbit did an excellent job already, just goes to show there's always a way.Did it with Word aswell, I love that, no flashy programs just a little will power, some intuition and heaps of talent. It's all very well creating avatars with Paintsuperproshop version 10 or whatever but it's another thing altogether to do it with word and a basic animator.
bardude is impressed
I have never heard of word believe it or not.....is that this? and if so does it work with XP? Thanx for your help ahead of time.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en
QUOTE(Venledar @ Nov 6 2005, 09:45 PM) [snapback]919468[/snapback]
Decent avatar wabbit.. That is exactly what I was talking about... with the three different layers to work with... nice work
QUOTE(thebarman @ Nov 7 2005, 06:02 AM) [snapback]919914[/snapback]
There I was, just about to have a go at that avatar and wabbit did an excellent job already, just goes to show there's always a way.Did it with Word aswell, I love that, no flashy programs just a little will power, some intuition and heaps of talent. It's all very well creating avatars with Paintsuperproshop version 10 or whatever but it's another thing altogether to do it with word and a basic animator.
bardude is impressed
whoah! compliments from the pros.. that totally made me blush and absolutely made my day! I thank you both very very much
Might I add that it's because of you two that I decided to venture into the "animation" of avatar world? Your works are mighty impressive
~
Saynt, Microsoft Word is a word processing program. In it, there is "Text Art" which has different kinds of templates for, for example, embedded text. It's quite easy to use. I'm not sure if your computer came with it, but mine came with Word Perfect, which is a different word processing program
Word perfect, ok thanx Wabbit.......I will have to look and see what I have, .....I am one of those people that is trying to learn computer by pushing all the wrong buttons......LOL
but I will figure it all out someday
but I will figure it all out someday
could anyone do anything with mine please
I thought of this
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 7 2005, 05:15 PM) [snapback]920853[/snapback]
Word perfect, ok thanx Wabbit.......I will have to look and see what I have, .....I am one of those people that is trying to learn computer by pushing all the wrong buttons......LOL
but I will figure it all out someday
I found word pad on my computer......I will play with that and see what it does.....Thanx Wabbit
nice wabbit...for Master geek
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 8 2005, 12:39 AM) [snapback]921167[/snapback]
I thought of this
lolol!! sayntbrigid.... you are really becoming very good at thinking up cute ideas for animating.... well done!
I want something animated. Think you could have a sorta slideshow thingie of
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and
that'd be sweet if you could. thanks in advance!
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that'd be sweet if you could. thanks in advance!
I am wondering if anyone could help me with something.
I really like my current avatar but would like to use it on another board as well where the max size is 100x100 pixel and 12288 bytes
I tried putting it in my gif animator and removing some of the lightning etc to try and get it down to a usable size without sacrificing alll the color (i was able to make it small enough by reducing color but it ruined it)
When I put it in my gif animator to remove frames.... it lost its "offset: and became a solid block square and the offset aspect was gone which is what i like about it.
Could one of you manipulate it to still have some lightning with the offset intact?
Thanking you in advance for any help.
Cat
I really like my current avatar but would like to use it on another board as well where the max size is 100x100 pixel and 12288 bytes
I tried putting it in my gif animator and removing some of the lightning etc to try and get it down to a usable size without sacrificing alll the color (i was able to make it small enough by reducing color but it ruined it)
When I put it in my gif animator to remove frames.... it lost its "offset: and became a solid block square and the offset aspect was gone which is what i like about it.
Could one of you manipulate it to still have some lightning with the offset intact?
Thanking you in advance for any help.
Cat
Hehe, I know how to do that one .....LOL
Animation edited out middle picture as per edited request
Animation edited out middle picture as per edited request
this should be a small enough file.....lemme know
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 8 2005, 03:38 AM) [snapback]921446[/snapback]
this should be a small enough file.....lemme know
okay you have to explain to me what you used to accomplish that?
When I put it in my gif animator and tried to remove a couple frames.... it turned into a square block.
Thanking you advance brigid!!
I used ulead, and took out all but the first four frames...I deleted them using the x at the bottom of the program....I tried to keep the last one with the extra lightening, but it made the lightening too much I think for just the four frames.
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 8 2005, 04:00 AM) [snapback]921473[/snapback]
I used ulead, and took out all but the first four frames...I deleted them using the x at the bottom of the program....I tried to keep the last one with the extra lightening, but it made the lightening too much I think for just the four frames.
I am trying to learn this stuff and I use Selteco.... this is what i get after I remove a couple frames and save it again.... it loses the offset.
Brigid is there anyway of adding back in just the flash to the far right and still having the file small enough? maybe remove a tiny bit of color if neccessary?
Lighter, and keep the end lightening....will give it a go.....brb
Ps, sent you pm
Ps, sent you pm
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 8 2005, 04:13 AM) [snapback]921484[/snapback]
Lighter, and keep the end lightening....will give it a go.....brb
Ps, sent you pm
hehe yes I am just wondering if there may be a way of "splitting the baby" so to speak.... keep that last little lightning and sacrifice a tiny bit of color? in order to fall within the limited file size that i am dealing with.
Or even taking the size down to 98x98 pixel or something?
I am just throwing out ideas... will greatly appreciate anything you can come up with.
Cat
how bout this .........what do you think? I slowed down the first frame to make the extra lightning not be so overwhelming, and left out all the darkest frames......what do you think?
I'm happy I could help somebody a little cuz I'm just learning too
except loosing the dark frames, looses the horizon variation in color....well, see what you think
I'm happy I could help somebody a little cuz I'm just learning too
except loosing the dark frames, looses the horizon variation in color....well, see what you think
how bout this one?
QUOTE(sayntbrigid @ Nov 8 2005, 04:21 AM) [snapback]921493[/snapback]
how bout this .........what do you think? I slowed down the first frame to make the extra lightning not be so overwhelming, and left out all the darkest frames......what do you think?
I'm happy I could help somebody a little cuz I'm just learning too
except loosing the dark frames, looses the horizon variation in color....well, see what you think
I really appreciate all your help brigid and it is all a learning tool for me as well.... I really like the flashes after the lightning.... is there anyways of having them? maybe take the pixel size down a few? like 95x95 or something?
I checked the size on this newest version and it is showing as 9000 something.... and I can go as high as 12288.
I hope this isnt being too picky.... its just that i really like the original version of this avatar and would like to stay as close to the original as possible even if i have to reduce pixel size a bit.... hope that made sense.
And i do very much appreciate your patience and help with this!
oddly when I size it down, it boxes together but somebody might have a program that will resize it and doesnt ......in the meantime I tried this one to see if you like it.......
but it says 11.72k
but it says 11.72k
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