animation sig tutorial request thingy please

Flea

does anyone know how to make them sigs that have a gif/movie in the background if so could they please point me in the direction of a tutorial or make a tutorial for me please

Murdernickle

phew....they can be tough....what i did was took each frame apart with a utility i have, then edited each of them into the correct position on differing layers. Then in imageready I just changed which layer was visible in each frame....word of caution IT'S A PAIN AND IT TAKES FOREVER....but it's cool when you get something like this

Flea

erm i dont have a clue on how to use image ready or a clue about anything you just said any good tutorials to help clear the mist a bit?

Murdernickle

never seen a tut about it... hrm...maybe if inspiration strikes I'll make one.

Jeff · Mod Joined: 23 Jan, 07:17 Posts: 765

Fantastic idea flea, this would make a great tutorial indeed. I've never done it myself, but from what murderNickle just said it doesn't sound like it would be too hard - just very very ... very very very time comsunimg... lol

MurderNickle, you mentioned that you have a program that extracts each frame of a video, mind if l ask what program that is; and where it can be found?

Also, what kind of videos can it break down? Do they have to be in a certain format, or can it handle a lot of different file formats?

-- to flea,
If l get the info that l need from murderNickle and play with it for a bit l will write a tutorial on this topic. Like l said, l think this is a great idea for a tutorial as l myself haven't seen any tutorials on creating this effect. But (there's always a but.. ) it will take me some time, as l'm literally swamped with projects and won't have time for this type of undertaking for awhile... But l will do it if no one else does, l swear!

Very Happy

X · PSForce a'holic Joined: 10 May, 03:52 Posts: 250

here is a tut I made for another site, it should give you the basic idea http://www.interfaceuniversity.com/forums/index.php?topic=178.0

Jeff · Mod Joined: 23 Jan, 07:17 Posts: 765

Murdernickle

Actually, just tooling around, I found that you can do this in Imageready.

It can open videos and import them as each individual frame...Though the movies basically HAVE to be mpegs...otherwise you get a blank screen...avi's don't really work.

Anyway, so you jsut go to File > Open and find the file. It will bring up another window that you can pick which parts you want and how many of the frames you want and so one.

Then it will import it all into separate frames.

Then once you have that you can go to File > Export > Animation Frames As Files

Then just play with the settings, you can have it export as gifs, jpeg, whatever you want and choose the files name and path and so on then it will save each as a separate file for you to edit Smile

EDIT:

Or actually, another thing you may notice...after being imported, all the frames are split up into layers on the alyers pallete....so really you could just highlight them all and drag them straight into your design.

X · PSForce a'holic Joined: 10 May, 03:52 Posts: 250

Flea

dont worry bout it dude its my fault i should have explained it properly at least your helping out
@jeff if you do get a chance i would be very gratefull

Jeff · Mod Joined: 23 Jan, 07:17 Posts: 765

Jeff · Mod Joined: 23 Jan, 07:17 Posts: 765

Jeff · Mod Joined: 23 Jan, 07:17 Posts: 765

Murdernickle

Ya, I found the older piece of software I had.

It was called "Gif Movie Gear"

It's not free, but it was a cool little program.

camilord · New User Joined: 01 Jun, 08:54 Posts: 1

nice tuty... will try...