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[Froot]

Okay, so I recycled my old thread because the problem was resolved rather quickly and easily and because I didn't want to make a whole other thread for one question...

So, I figured out how to make animations on GIMP, but here I am with another question; Is it possible to specify the amount of delay between frames? I know how to do it for the whole .gif, but can I make one frame individually shorter than another? If so, how?

Sorry for all the questions again, but your help is always appreciated.

Edited by Froot, 07 March 2010 - 10:03 PM.

[peanutbutter126]

Well, I have SAI as well and I can't seem to make it transparent even when I save it as a PNG. I think you should try it on GIMP, because I did and it works. Best of all it's free and can be downloaded here. I find the interface a bit messy and don't really use GIMP a lot - but hey, it gets the job done.

I'll put down the steps here if you do decide to use GIMP. I'm gonna use the FROOT animation you have in your sig as an example:

1) Create a new image. A window should pop up. Under Advanced Options, choose 'Fill with - transparency'.
2) Draw your first frame (eg. F) on the first layer. (there's a text option, btw)
3) Make another layer, making sure that it's still set on transparent, and draw the R.
4) Keep going until you've got all the frames you want, each on different layers.
5) Go to 'Save' and 'Select File Type (By extension)'. Scroll down and choose .gif.
6) If you want an animation straight off without having to do anything else, choose 'Save as Animation'. Then Export.
7) Another window should pop up. You can choose how long you want each frame to be delayed - experiment a bit.
8) And voila! You have your animated GIF!

GIMP is very basic. It's not suitable for advanced animations. If you're using an outside animation program/website, you might get more flexibility saving each frame/letter as a separate transparent GIF and combining them together later on.

Either way, GIMP should do what you want it to. This guide probably isn't the most accurate since I only worked out how to do it ten minutes ago - please don't kill me! Anyway, hope this helped. Good luck with your animation, Froot.

[Froot]

Oh, Peanut... Thanks so much!

TwilightLink20xx suggested GIMP, too, and I was just about to download it when I saw this. But the problem is, I'm not quite sure how... I clicked your link, but from there, I'm completely lost. I'm not so good with technologic terminologies or methods, so I'm not sure what to do with all those links and whatnot. I'm sorry, but... If someone else could help me learn how to download GIMP now...?

But thanks again, Peanut, and when I finally do get GIMP downloaded, I'll be sure to use your guide!

[peanutbutter126]

Don't worry, I usually miss things too. XD The download button is on the banner at the top, just under 'GIMP 2.6'. Or you can just click this link - I copied that straight from what you would get here.

[True]

I assume you are making text gifs. Video gifs tend to be quite hard to make transparent, taking around a couple hours for a thirteen second animation. I can't help you with Paint.net or GIMP as I use Photoshop CS3, but PB has already laid out directions and what to use.

Here's your signature in transparent form if that's what you are trying to do (though not with the same settings).

[Froot]

Thanks, Peanut! It worked. That's a lot better.

Thanks to you too, True!

That much work, huh... I'm probably too lazy for that.

But thanks again to both of you! My questions are answered.

[True]

Sure thing. If you ever want a text/video gif made as ava/sig, let me know and I'll gladly make one for you.

[Froot]

How kind of you But I'd feel terrible to ask again.

[True]

It's not a problem, roughly takes just 10-15 minutes. If you change your mind, you can just request through a pm whenever you want.

[Froot]

I've got it! I finally figured it out, thanks to both of you.

Transparent, Animated GIF --Click here to view--