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Make your own FREE flash siggy

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Okay well Keo just made a guide on a way to make siggies but you have to pay for the software... so I am going to show you guys a way to make free ones!

First you can download the free trial of the sofware that we will be using (I use the free trial too) here:

Animation Shop 3


Then make sure all your images you want are the same size:












STEP ONE

Open up Animation Shop 3 and click on Animation Wizard:




STEP TWO

Press the next button 3 times then change the time of each frame to how long you want it to be.

It's to the 100th so 100/100th would be 1 second, and 250/100th would be 2.5 seconds.




STEP THREE

Then add your images in the order you want them and then press Next then Finish.




STEP FOUR

Now you can test it by clicking View then Animation.






You finished product should come out something like this:






Good luck and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!



Dags

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  Lord Veson on 04/02/07 21:18

hey thanks for the guide dags im going to get to work on a sig as soon as possible.

  KingArrowQ on 04/02/07 21:40

Great Guide, Great Picture,Amazing Explanation,No Complaints

Good job Dags

  Dreagus on 04/02/07 21:42

Thanks lots for the software, one question tho :: what is the size of the pics you're using? i can't get that size for the life of me ><

  cswella on 04/02/07 21:42

Nice guide.

Though, keep in mind that this isn't Flash. It's .gif animation.

FLASH

.GIF

  cswella on 04/02/07 21:43

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Thanks lots for the software, one question tho :: what is the size of the pics you're using? i can't get that size for the life of me ><


It's 506 x 206 pixels. Right click on an image and scroll down to properties.

  Dreagus on 04/02/07 21:45

doh! thanks a lot cswella ^_^

  Thornblade on 04/02/07 21:45

Could you make like a short action sequence using this, or would that take too much bandwidth?

  Maqulvent on 04/02/07 22:50

Yes CSWella is right, its not flash, its a .gif, nothing wrong with it, might wanna ask an admin to change the name tho.

  Keo on 04/02/07 23:09

You could make a whole movie as an animated gif, all it is a sequence of still images which in essence is all a movie is anyway. The trick to them is getting the change between the frames seamless!

Good guide & nice find on the software!

^_^

  camy009 on 04/02/07 23:29

Im guessing u can do sprites with this but probly not as easy as flash. unfortunatly i only have flash at school :(

  camy009 on 04/02/07 23:32

1 question..... is it measured in pixels????

  Dags on 04/03/07 03:12

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Could you make like a short action sequence using this, or would that take too much bandwidth?


Yes you could. try setting the frame rate to 1/100th and you will see that it changes very fast.

  Dags on 04/03/07 03:17

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1 question..... is it measured in pixels????


That doesn't matter too much. Just make sure all your images are the same size then when I said click next 3 times, the first click is to make the total dimensions of the animation to be the same size as the firsts image (that is if you dont change anything and just click next).


Good luck and have fun making your sigs!

  Testbug272 on 04/03/07 10:00

can i do this with ImageReady ( animation programme of Adobe Photoshop CS2) to?:P
If i can plz make a build :D

HOLY SH...  thaskippy on 04/03/07 12:33

lady dagatha looks pretty anorexic to me :S

Very nice job.   Mimori on 04/03/07 19:35

I don't like Gif beacuse of the quality outcome... it's all pixels which I don't like really...



^ I used Image Ready which came with my Photoshop... It's basically a small Video File I imported and resized to have a portion play continuously. I don't mind it completely because of the lack of attention to the whole image... so I'm not really drawn to the pixels but the movement of the video... IMO. Dark colors as well ftw... simple yet it worked lovely...

  Matsu93 on 04/04/07 08:22

What is good program to make nice looking name ?

  Mysterious Guy on 04/04/07 14:56

this may be a "noob" comment but i recently joined AMP after just being a "stalker" and enjoying everyones posts.

Question: where do i add in my signature? i cannot find it

  bo fairfieild on 04/04/07 16:16

Yay, I made a sig and a avatar, I hope they work.

  bo fairfieild on 04/04/07 16:31

darned no editing.. heres the sig I made:


  Magical Samurai on 04/04/07 16:54

Bo, it's a bit quick :D
Nice tutorial, good find with the free program. Looks like it works well and easily for animation, I'll have to try it out. I've been using Imageready because for some reason when my trial of CS2 expired, I cannot run Photoshop, but Imageready worked fine O.o
Anyone else had this happen?

-Magical Samurai

  Isthrandir on 04/11/07 09:29

Yay i made one (uhh its a little small cause im gona see if i cna make it my avatar)!![SIZE=14][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=green]

  Isthrandir on 04/11/07 22:56

haha i like the name spiritual was dags lol....
it makes me chuckle
ill put my siggy in when i find the button to put it in with lol...

  Isthrandir on 04/11/07 23:03

lady dagatha Is [COLOR=yellow]anorexic

  Isthrandir on 04/11/07 23:04

I NEED AN EDIT BUTTON SOOOO BADLY!!!!

  Isthrandir on 04/11/07 23:14

ok i have added a siggy (i hope it shows up)
btw sorry for the multiple posting...
if i could i would delete em

  smokebam_07 on 04/14/07 21:37

i'm trying to get it but i don't no what button to hit to download free trial can yo help me plz



  Dags on 04/15/07 07:37

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i'm trying to get it but i don't no what button to hit to download free trial can yo help me plz


There's a big button with orange words saying Try it Free! on it to the right of the screen.

  lord_gkar on 04/17/07 16:22

works great I just made one woohoo am no longer illeterate in animation of sig :)

hmmm  suave bolla on 04/17/07 21:53
 
im trying this and when i preview it, it looks great. but then it optimizes it and the pictures look totally grainy and the slides get all slewed together when it goes fast on the internet preview. anything i can do to help minimize this?

  RoyMarrowind on 04/26/07 18:28

I must be blind. I cant find this "Try It Free!" button.
Please explain in more detail of where this button is. =)

...and what you click to get to it if need be

  RoyMarrowind on 04/26/07 19:03

I still didnt see a "Try It Free!" button but i just clicked download and it does it free automatically.

Anyway....TY!!!!!! I got it to work. =P

  Dags on 04/26/07 19:06

The red button that says download to the left is for the free trial. ^^

  Phantom Rhino on 05/19/07 17:16

Thx this was very help full and very easy to use.

  Phantom Rhino on 05/19/07 17:20

this is whats i made lol 1st try [img]C:\Documents and Settings\morten & guile\My Documents\My Pictures\GW Sig making pics\completed sigs[/img]

  Phantom Rhino on 05/19/07 17:21

how do u add images ?


  Phantom Rhino on 05/19/07 17:25

i think iv sorted it now

  Phantom Rhino on 05/19/07 17:27

lol soz bout all this im a noob at this web site but im getting better here we go

Pretty Cool  Ancient of Wolves on 01/10/08 21:43

This guide was pretty usefull thnx.P.S. whoever had the KH siggy rocks!

  cruisey on 04/13/08 07:44

QUOTE
This guide was pretty usefull thnx.P.S. whoever had the KH siggy rocks!

Agreed


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