Well they are easy to make if you
have proper software,iq over 100 and imagination of course.
Basic software you need is graphic
editing program and gif animation assembly software.
Any graphic program will do but
I recomend Adobe Photoshop.
And for animation follow this link
to get the best one around Ulead Gif animator
Basicly animated gif is a sequence
of picutres in gif format.
That means when you have created a
slide of pics just put them in Gif Animator and it'll do the rest.
Now creating pics I leave to your imagination,but
putting them together is what is this tutorial about.
Assuming that you know how to create
pics with same resolution and in gif format we'll proceed.
Step1.
Open Gif Animator and start animation wizard,follow instructions,
They are so simple that even total creeps can get through them.
Click "Add image" and select your images.
Step2.
Set delay time.It means how long time will expire before next image is
shown.
Step3. You have
assembled rough animation,click "Preview" to see it.
From now on you must experiment with program and learn how to use
it,no big deal at all.
Step4. Reducing
size of animation.Well before some time the only way was to do it manualy.
But now just start "optimation wizard" > Click "File" and choose it from
menu.
Number of colors - reducing their number will really reduce size.
Don't go under 64.
But this way you lower image quality,so practice with them.
Choose between text or photo oriented (step1).
Step5. Answer
yes on both questions (but read what they say).
Click "Finish" and you're done.Save your work.
Open browser load image and admire your work.
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Of course you'll have to practice,read
program documentation, bla,bla.
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This was just to get you started. Here
are three pics,download them and run them in animator.
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Follow above steps and try to get the
same result as I did.
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Things to say about Gif Animator. Its
one of the best around and my favourite one.
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At first looks complicated but later...
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Anyway it has built in special effects
and transtions to spice up your animations.
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Finaly its easy to learn and if you
use it the right way you may not need tutorials like this one.
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If you wonder how I made these animations
buy After Effects.Sunny side up
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make it like this one |
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| Same resolution |
keep them small |
not to many pic |
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Let's see if it works |
Well thats it,more to come,mail
me if you get stucked... Click reload if images aren't loading.
Now this anims were made
with little help of program called
Adobe After Effects but
don't wory eventualy you'll do better
than this.You see you must
always think of the background
color of your page so they
match with anims.I didn't.
O.k. maybe because
they were done before this page.