Author Topic: avatars (Read 1051 times)

redman555 · « **on:** October 20, 2007, 06:24:03 PM »

how do u make animated avatars? nvr been able to figure it out

-BigBobCH

Dichotomy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2007, 06:30:42 PM »

paintshop pro has a program called animation shop that's really easy to manipulate. Thats what I use.

Or you pm me and tell me what you want and I do it for you. I've done a couple for other members and squads. It's a nice little time waster for me.

Or if you really want to learn it on your own pm me and I'll shoot you a copy of it and walk you through it.

Arlo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2007, 06:30:46 PM »

1: Paintshop or photoshop.

2: Ask someone who has paintshop or photoshop.

3: Steal someone else's avatar.

Panzzer · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2007, 07:24:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Arlo
1: Paintshop or photoshop.

2: Ask someone who has paintshop or photoshop.

3: Steal someone else's avatar.

Or a combination of those above, try it yourself, then ask and then steal. Guaranteed to work.

Spikes · « **Reply #4 on:** October 21, 2007, 07:31:26 AM »

Glad you are flying the memorial one!

SAS_KID · « **Reply #5 on:** October 21, 2007, 10:18:20 AM »

You can also do it via flash I believe.

BaldEagl · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2007, 11:24:13 AM »

I'm sure there's a free GIF animator at download.com if you look.

redman555 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 21, 2007, 12:18:21 PM »

can anyone make me 1? with a pic of a P-47 on first slide, then the 2nd says BIG the third says BOB then the 4th says CH

The Fugitive · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2007, 08:29:56 PM »

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Originally posted by SAS_KID
You can also do it via flash I believe.

I don't think they host flash ones

SAS_KID · « **Reply #9 on:** October 22, 2007, 09:17:45 AM »

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Originally posted by The Fugitive
I don't think they host flash ones

I made one via flash in my graphics academy class. Although I believe I had to change the file and stuff so maybe it started out as flash at first. Oh well.

JB73 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 22, 2007, 09:38:14 AM »

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Originally posted by The Fugitive
I don't think they host flash ones

no they don't but in flash you can export to GIF and make a higher quality animation.

Denholm · « **Reply #11 on:** October 22, 2007, 09:43:53 AM »

I'd love to know how to make it "Higher Quality". Because when I exported mine it had "grid lines" on it.

Here it is:

Dichotomy · « **Reply #12 on:** October 22, 2007, 10:53:31 AM »

the problem in making them is that you're allowed 80 x 80 pixels and a maximum size of 30k. Subsequently if you want a complex one you wind up sacrificing picture quality for quantity. The one I'm flying right now took about 10 minutes and it's really not as good as I wanted it to be but the game was on and I wasn't paying attention.

Redman if you want me to make yours for you PM me and I'll shoot you my email address.

Here's an example.

I've taken 4 original photos of a 47, edited them to be 80 pixels high, and put a quick transition effect in between each (3 frames each to be exact) and it's 58 k

In order to get it to fit without the text I'm either going to have to A) reduce the color quality or B) lose one of the pics.

More in a moment.

Okay here it is with the color quality reduced to 31 colors. Notice how grainy things look?

it's still 33 k so I'm definately forced to remove a picture and the transition to get it to fit.

Anyway shoot me a pm and we'll collaborate. It would help if you go find pics you like or took some in game screenshots.

Good luck

Denholm do you have the original pics?

Dichotomy · « **Reply #13 on:** October 22, 2007, 01:07:19 PM »

okay it's slow here so I had some spare time

Is this what you're looking for or even close?

BaldEagl · « **Reply #14 on:** October 22, 2007, 01:45:51 PM »

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Originally posted by Dichotomy
the problem in making them is that you're allowed 80 x 80 pixels and a maximum size of 30k. Subsequently if you want a complex one you wind up sacrificing picture quality for quantity. The one I'm flying right now took about 10 minutes and it's really not as good as I wanted it to be but the game was on and I wasn't paying attention.

Redman if you want me to make yours for you PM me and I'll shoot you my email address.

Here's an example.

I've taken 4 original photos of a 47, edited them to be 80 pixels high, and put a quick transition effect in between each (3 frames each to be exact) and it's 58 k

In order to get it to fit without the text I'm either going to have to A) reduce the color quality or B) lose one of the pics.

More in a moment.

Okay here it is with the color quality reduced to 31 colors. Notice how grainy things look?

it's still 33 k so I'm definately forced to remove a picture and the transition to get it to fit.

Anyway shoot me a pm and we'll collaborate. It would help if you go find pics you like or took some in game screenshots.

Good luck

Denholm do you have the original pics?

I left all transition effects out of mine and it's WAY under 30K even without color reduction.

The transitions are size hogs.