Qrusader Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I see all these SD valk and zentradi animated icons that some of you use for your avatar. I was wondering where you get them? Or do you make them? Quote
Agent ONE Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Some members make them... Some members just find em places, why what did you have in mind? Quote
Qrusader Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 I saw an Elintseeker and a GBP-1S Superdeformed animated icon that I thought was cool. I just wanted to download them to use on my pc. Quote
Batou Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 (edited) And this? If so, you can find these right here at MW: Smaller gif's Larger ones. There's even a screensaver featuring these little guys. Edited September 22, 2003 by Batou Quote
Lightning Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 (edited) how bout this? EDIT: Heeeeyyyy...i think i found my new Avatar! Edited September 23, 2003 by Lightning 06 Quote
Qrusader Posted September 23, 2003 Author Posted September 23, 2003 Batou- Thank you. It was so simple. Much appreciated. Quote
Burn Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 (edited) If I use animated avatars on a forum, I usually make them myself. For example this one I did as an animation in Flash, exported it to GIF and optimized it with Ulead Gif Animator. Did it just for fun to promote a fanfic of mine, didn't use it that long. Edited September 23, 2003 by Burn Quote
Burn Posted September 23, 2003 Posted September 23, 2003 Or this one. I used it for a long long time on the old MW forums... My "cameotar"... Quote
myk Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 That is really cool. What program did you use for the "Cameotar?" Quote
Burn Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 What program did you use for the "Cameotar?" Photoshop 6, Flash 5 and Ulead GIF Animator. I made the "scene" in the background from two anime cels (one of them from Macross 2 as it had Ishtar in it, the other one was some random chick, I think...). Then I adjusted the size to 64x64 pixels. I took a picture of Homer and resized it and made several versions of it with the eyes looking into a different direction in each version. Then I imported it all in Flash. I had the first 'normal' Homer pic move into the picture using a motion tween, then, where he stops, I replaced the normal pic successively with the other pics showing the different eye positions, then as the look around was completed went back to the normal pic, mirrored it horizontally and moved it out of the picture again. Then I checked the animation in Flash and exported it to a GIF. I imported the GIF into Ulead GIF Animator and optimized it with a wizard (color reduction etc) to reduce filesize. I am sure there are hundreds of ways to do this, but I know Flash better than any GIF animation prog so I just used that and finished it in, like, 20 minutes. If you want the FLA file so you can look at the Flash animation, tell me and I'll post it. Quote
Burn Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 What I'd be interested in is how to make animated gifs like myk's avatar. Maybe rip an avi from a movie and have GIF Animator convert it into a series of stills? Quote
Vinny Posted September 24, 2003 Posted September 24, 2003 Made my signature myself MS Paint can go a long way. I put it all together with some some program called Animagic that I found. Quote
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