thebarman Posted November 17, 2004 Author #1226 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Wow, so many avatars! You guys rock! 359647[/snapback] I just counted them, 62 by UniversalAbsurdity and 43 by myself giving a whopping total of 105 animated avatars! ...and that's not including the ones done by the apprentices. Well done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feenix Fire Posted November 17, 2004 #1227 Share Posted November 17, 2004 (edited) Hey i was wandering if u guys could do something with this pic. [attachmentid=8293] My sis also likes this pic. maybe you can like make the water ripple and the lights flicker? I hope I'm not asking for too much. [attachmentid=8295] Edit-merged posts -UA Edited November 18, 2004 by UniversalAbsurdity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_Freak Posted November 17, 2004 #1228 Share Posted November 17, 2004 (edited) a little too hard for me FF, but maybe UA or Barman could do something (seems like i say that far too often ) Edited November 17, 2004 by Jesus_Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarman Posted November 18, 2004 Author #1229 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Feenix Fire, I'm flattered that you think I could do something with those pics, really, but what you need is someone like Pixar or Dreamworks! They're a bit too complicated even for the likes of us If you wanted them shrunk down to the size of an avatar and then animated then that would be fine but thats really the extent of my skills, sorry This is what size it'd have to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodmoon Posted November 18, 2004 #1230 Share Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) it would be great if i could do somthing with my avitar, nothing extravagent, just somthing to spice it up a bit i know theres not alot to work with, anything would be fine, supprise me Edited November 18, 2004 by bloodmoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarman Posted November 18, 2004 Author #1231 Share Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) Difficult one, you're right when you say there's not a lot to work with. I'll have a tweek with it and show you what I can come up with... Edit: Well this is what I came up with, it's not much but I think subtle is cool Let me know if it's ok... URL: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/thebarman/bloodmoon2.gif Edited November 18, 2004 by thebarman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodmoon Posted November 18, 2004 #1232 Share Posted November 18, 2004 wow, you work fast thanks alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Absurdity Posted November 18, 2004 #1233 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Good job barman, i like the subtle dripping WoW 106 animations now.. 62 of mine and now 44 of yours barman, well i'm giving you some time to catch up I'm moving anytime between the next few weeks, and the end of december. ive got a lot of things to do, i wont be on much at all untill after i get settled in. So i'm taking a break from animating and posting for a bit. I wanted to let everyone know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarman Posted November 18, 2004 Author #1234 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Well I know I speak for everyone here when I say you'll be sorely missed UA, take care and we hope to see you back soon. So....who's gonna help me animate these avatars then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFarGone Posted November 18, 2004 #1235 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I will, with my new program, and my newly gained knowledge (i could use your help on MM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelS Posted November 18, 2004 #1236 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Barman- If I had my own computer up and running, and Macromedia's Firework MX, I'd be so willing to... but at present, I'm trying to find a place that won't explode when I turn the gas heat on. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFarGone Posted November 18, 2004 #1237 Share Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) LOL.........Maybe al the tims coffee cups are a form of fuel for those explosions??? Edited November 18, 2004 by jeremy_rumbolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_Freak Posted November 18, 2004 #1238 Share Posted November 18, 2004 (edited) well, i'm on my computer constantly (except during school, and sleep) since i have no life. I'll help out as best as i can with what resources i have. oh Barman, about Ulead and MSN... if i just sign up for MSN mail, is that the same as their IM service? I have trillian (combines AIM, IRC, MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo) so then i could beg you for Ulead Edited November 18, 2004 by Jesus_Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFarGone Posted November 19, 2004 #1239 Share Posted November 19, 2004 I made my avatar. Its my first time USing unleead, and the "fading" effect. I've used microsoft GIF animator before. What do you pros think of the job i did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_Freak Posted November 19, 2004 #1240 Share Posted November 19, 2004 not saying i'm a pro, but it's good. a little different than how UA does lightning, but i like it... it's good... good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFarGone Posted November 19, 2004 #1241 Share Posted November 19, 2004 ok, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diebytheflyguy Posted November 19, 2004 #1242 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Thats awsome Jeremy! I can actually hear music playing along with the fading... I don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarman Posted November 19, 2004 Author #1243 Share Posted November 19, 2004 (edited) Thats awsome Jeremy! I can actually hear music playing along with the fading... I don't know why. 362863[/snapback] Probably because your on some kind of hallucinogenic drug! (joke) oh Barman, about Ulead and MSN... if i just sign up for MSN mail, is that the same as their IM service? I have trillian (combines AIM, IRC, MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo) so then i could beg you for Ulead If you want Ulead then just ask, my MSN is barman_benvolio_1999@hotmail.com, just add me and then when we're both online I'll send it to you, it's a zipped file about 9mb and when I sent it to Jeremy it took about 10 minutes or so. Alternatively as we're on different timezones get Jeremy's MSN and maybe he can send it to you, as I seem to be online when everyone else is tucked up in bed (i could use your help on MM) Maybe I should start up a Gif animating "How To" thread, or I could do it in here, just running through how to get the basic effects and we could all share hints and tips, what does everyone think? Edited November 19, 2004 by thebarman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooFarGone Posted November 19, 2004 #1244 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Sure. But i meant,i have started a thread over there, and wondered if you would help with animating, since i have no where near the skill you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarman Posted November 19, 2004 Author #1245 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Lightning Tutorial: OK, I thought I'd put together a little lightning tutorial as hopefully the first of a few so we can all animate super wonderfull things together, here goes using jeremy rumbolt's (JR) avatar as an example... STEP 1: First we take the basic frame of JR's avatar [see Fig.1] and save it to our hard drive, call it something like '01' then you'll know later on that it's the first frame. Fig.1 STEP 2: Next, we need to add the lightning, now remember lightning is really fast, so we only need one frame, it should be a 'flash' not a strike. So, we take our image titled '01' and "Save As" --> '02', then draw in our lightning. This bit is down to personal taste but I think zig-zags look best [see Fig.2], keep it simple no need for lightning all over the place. Fig.2 STEP 3: Lightning is of course, quite bright, so along with the initial strike we want to give the effect that it has illuminated the sky. To do this we take our image '01' again and save it as, you guessed it --> '03'. Then we simply fill the background/sky in with white [see Fig.3]. Fig.3 STEP 4: We cant just have one strike of lightning, that would be boring, so take good old image '01' and add a completely different lightning strike and save it as '04' [see Fig.4]. Fig.4 STEP 5: OK, so now we've got all the frames we need, we just need to put them in order and stick them into our animator, remember we've only got 4 images but some will be duplicated. In this particular animation there are 12 frames, [see Fig.5] and this is their order: Fig.5 After each strike, comes a flash, then the strike again, the order of them is really personal preference and you could have as many different strikes as you like but it's best to keep it simple. STEP 6: Final step once all the frames are in our animator is the timing, again keep it simple. For this animation frames 1 and 5 are two seconds long, every other frame is 0.1 seconds long. After this is done it should look like this...[see Fig.6] Fig.6 ...and that's that, lightning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo cloud 8900 Posted November 19, 2004 #1246 Share Posted November 19, 2004 i know that you already did something with this, but i was wondering if you can make some kind of lightning effect on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarman Posted November 19, 2004 Author #1247 Share Posted November 19, 2004 I would Neo, but I'm out the office till 29th Nov so I won't be posting till then, perhaps this is a good time for another animator to read my lightning tutorial and prove his worth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyMan Posted November 19, 2004 #1248 Share Posted November 19, 2004 Could somebody please makemy avatar have bender drinking beer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autopsies Posted November 20, 2004 #1249 Share Posted November 20, 2004 Just wondering, and all, but could any one make the words on my avvie flicker? I dunno how to do this stuff... Maybe even add a bit more than just flickery words? Dunno, just wondering...I guess I will have to wait a while... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_Freak Posted November 20, 2004 #1250 Share Posted November 20, 2004 monkey, if you could find a pic of him actually holding a beer, it would be easier... especially if it's to his mouth. and autopsies, i'll see what i can do tomorrow... i'm kinda busy tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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