If you have a question, CLICK HERE FIRST. Image Manipulation Q & A V.2.0.1

[sainthuey]

Is it possible to make myself a animated av in paint :D

[Rei]

MS Paint will not make animated gifs. Neither will MS Paints successor, MS Paint.NET. I think you will be able to make animated gifs with Paint.NET's successor, Acrylic. (http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/)

Gimp, Photoshop, and Gif Animator will all make animated gifs.

[BlodiaVulcan5]

Is there a faster way of broswing through fonts in Illstruator CS? My library is massive and i hate haveing to go to the drop down menu and scroll the long list. It's tedious.

[cham_13_]

Is there a faster way of broswing through fonts in Illstruator CS? My library is massive and i hate haveing to go to the drop down menu and scroll the long list. It's tedious.

you might want to try getting a font manager. It saves a hell of alot of time. You might try something like typograf - http://www.neuber.com/typograph/

Here's an example of what it looks like...

http://members.cox.net/cham13/typograf.jpg

[Hunter D]

How do I get the transparent space used in this layer:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/HunterD1983/TG.gif

I have also seen avatars that appear to be cut into pieces. I figure both effects are the same. How can they be done in Photo Shop?

[CHAM CHAM]

when you open a file to work in, make sure that you have the initial settings to a transparent background. When you complete your work, use the save for web feature and save the files as either .gif.

.png can also perserve a transparent background but i am unsure if you can upload that as an av.

[Hunter D]

when you open a file to work in, make sure that you have the initial settings to a transparent background. When you complete your work, use the save for web feature and save the files as either .gif.

.png can also perserve a transparent background but i am unsure if you can upload that as an av.
How did he edit the image to get that cut? I know how to set transparencies but how did he get the transparent area shaped like that.

[cham_13_]

could have been a couple of ways... for example, you can make an entire piece and then use the lasso tool to highlight the area you want to delete and delete each layer or another way is to use the erasor tool. These are 2 of the most common ways.

[BlodiaVulcan5]

Cham, even if i use a Font Library app, i would still have to scroll through Illustrator to get to it. :'(

[TigerGenocide]

Cham, even if i use a Font Library app, i would still have to scroll through Illustrator to get to it. :'(


What do you want? A fuckin warp button or something?

[BlodiaVulcan5]

but but... it should be like PS, since it's the CS version, it should be more advanced.... :'(

[cham_13_]

What do you want? A fuckin warp button or something?

advanced.... but cs is not that advanced. Sorry but that looks to be your best bet.

[Rei]

could have been a couple of ways... for example, you can make an entire piece and then use the lasso tool to highlight the area you want to delete and delete each layer or another way is to use the erasor tool. These are 2 of the most common ways.
Clipping groups!!!!

Always recommend the non-destructive option!

http://www.spoono.com/photoshop/tutorials/tutorial.php?url=masks

[Xenozip.]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I went through as much of the thread as I could.

) What's the easiest/best way to remove anti-aliasing from the border of an image?

Best way I've found so far is to use the magic wand tool in PSP and use the "anti-alias" option for it.

Seen here: wand (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/wand.png)

The effects it has it somewhat effective:
- before (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/select-no-alias.png)
- after (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/select-anti-alias.png)

After that, it seems that it also effects how you manipulate the image, so cutting (deleting) the selected portions will just fade the colors into the background. Basically, I'll just use the paintbrush tool and go over it multiple times with the background color untill it blends to a single flat color. Actually there's usually 1 color left around the border that's slightly off-color with the background, so I just paint dump that.

Trying to find a faster/easier way than that though, for PS or PSP.

) Second question: Is there a easy way to add anti-aliasing to an image without resizing it?

Like, I don't want to soften or blur it, I just want to add a bit of anti-aliasing to it in order to increase the gradients. But naturally, I don't want to have to add the gradients in manually for each color.

Umm.. I suppose it is exactly like a blur or soften, but I was hoping for an alternate method that just increased the ammount of gradient and didn't make the image "fuzzy", so to speak.

[SNAAAAKE]

Whats the easiest way to change color in photoshop again ?? I remember seeing something on that here but couldnt find it.Say I wanna swap a stock akuma pic..like his outfit is brown but I want it blue.Thanks in advance !

[Rei]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I went through as much of the thread as I could.

) What's the easiest/best way to remove anti-aliasing from the border of an image?

Best way I've found so far is to use the magic wand tool in PSP and use the "anti-alias" option for it.

Seen here: wand (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/wand.png)

The effects it has it somewhat effective:
- before (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/select-no-alias.png)
- after (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/select-anti-alias.png)

After that, it seems that it also effects how you manipulate the image, so cutting (deleting) the selected portions will just fade the colors into the background. Basically, I'll just use the paintbrush tool and go over it multiple times with the background color untill it blends to a single flat color. Actually there's usually 1 color left around the border that's slightly off-color with the background, so I just paint dump that.

Trying to find a faster/easier way than that though, for PS or PSP.

) Second question: Is there a easy way to add anti-aliasing to an image without resizing it?

Like, I don't want to soften or blur it, I just want to add a bit of anti-aliasing to it in order to increase the gradients. But naturally, I don't want to have to add the gradients in manually for each color.

Umm.. I suppose it is exactly like a blur or soften, but I was hoping for an alternate method that just increased the ammount of gradient and didn't make the image "fuzzy", so to speak.
Trace it with a vector program. Then you can do everything that you are wanting to do. TG knows more about this than I, but here is a tutorial to get you started.
http://www.tutorialoutpost.com/count/1621


Whats the easiest way to change color in photoshop again ?? I remember seeing something on that here but couldnt find it.Say I wanna swap a stock akuma pic..like his outfit is brown but I want it blue.Thanks in advance !
Image -> Adjustments -> Replace Color
Play with the little dialog box until you get what you want. Basically, the selection box is the color you want to replace, and the replacement box is what you are replacing it with.

[Xenozip.]

-snip- Thanks Rei. Always so helpful. <3

[Jughead Jones]

I found a site with some characters for mugen--I /dl a character but they are in "ACT" file format. Is there way to convert these to a gif format or image format?

[Rei]

I found a site with some characters for mugen--I /dl a character but they are in "ACT" file format. Is there way to convert these to a gif format or image format?
Get Actedit. (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/home/raiwa/Game/Mugen/)

I haven't done any mugen manipulation, but here is a thread that should help.
http://www.mugenguild.com/forumx/index.php?topic=9576.0

[Jughead Jones]

Thx-Rei. I was hoping to use Actedit to convert the files into gifs and then extract the frames from the animation. I got some ideas for a avator/ banner i want to create.

[ytwojay]

Sometimes instead of showing the brush shape that I'm using, the cursor looks like a little cross hair. Actually, it doesn't only do this when I'm brushing- instead of the other tool icons, like the lasso, smudge tool, etc., it shows a crosshair on my canvas. Does anyone know why this happens?

[Jughead Jones]

Does anyone know where I could get gifs of "Round 1...Start" ? Hopefully from more recent games like from the vs series- if not anything would be fine. thx

[CHAM CHAM]

Sometimes instead of showing the brush shape that I'm using, the cursor looks like a little cross hair. Actually, it doesn't only do this when I'm brushing- instead of the other tool icons, like the lasso, smudge tool, etc., it shows a crosshair on my canvas. Does anyone know why this happens?

i believe there is a hotkey for this in ps... bt i keep forgetting what it is. What you can do is go to edit>preferences to change this.

[Rei]

Sometimes instead of showing the brush shape that I'm using, the cursor looks like a little cross hair. Actually, it doesn't only do this when I'm brushing- instead of the other tool icons, like the lasso, smudge tool, etc., it shows a crosshair on my canvas. Does anyone know why this happens?
Turn off caps lock.

[ytwojay]

Turn off caps lock.
:heart:

[SiLLiEMutAfuKA]

I know this might have been answered a couple of times, but sorry I didn't feel like browsing through 78 pages.

I'm nub to animate GIF's. I had an AV that I want to put a groove bar on which is animate, I followed the suggestion of not moving the GIF to the image but to move the images to GIF. But the problem I had in Imageready was that when I want to move the groove bar, I have to move it in ALL the frames, which I know shouldn't be like that where as I can move one frame of the groove bar and all of the rest will follow. Help would be highly appreciated...thanks.

[Rei]

I know this might have been answered a couple of times, but sorry I didn't feel like browsing through 78 pages.

I'm nub to animate GIF's. I had an AV that I want to put a groove bar on which is animate, I followed the suggestion of not moving the GIF to the image but to move the images to GIF. But the problem I had in Imageready was that when I want to move the groove bar, I have to move it in ALL the frames, which I know shouldn't be like that where as I can move one frame of the groove bar and all of the rest will follow. Help would be highly appreciated...thanks.
Right next to the eyeball on the layers, there is another box. If you click on this box, it will bring up a chain-link icon. Select one of the layers, then click on the link icon for all the layers that you want to move along with the selected layer.

Then, when you move the layer, all of the linked layers will follow.

[Mechanica]

Oh wow, that's really helpful. Haha, I love you Rei. :lovin:

EDIT: nevermind, if you saw the first edit.

[monkeyspank]

quick question how do you fade smoke into txt?

[Mechanica]

I don't think this'd fall under the "don't ask how to do finished pieces" rule, but:

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/3693/untitled1copy1kk.jpg

That effect around Sagat... I know it's brushes, but what kinds of settings would you use? Do you know how to do something like that? '_'

EDIT: It seems a simple outer glow works. :rofl:

[Xenozip.]

Sup Rei. I posted a little while ago about using the magic wand with anti-aliasing turned on. At the time, it wasn't very useful for what I was trying to do, but I think I found another use for it.

Basically, it's very useful for getting rid of anti-aliased boarders to images (resized sprites come to mind).

You probably already knew this, but I sure didn't (and I find it very interesting).

After selecting the background color, using the magic wand with anti-alias turned on, you can delete/cut the selection, which will make the anti-aliased pixels partially transparent. So, the parts of the image that were converted to partially-transparent pixels now blends with the new background color.

for example, here's an image with the background selected using the magic wand and anti-alias: selection (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/01.png). And here's what it looks like when you delete the selection: cleared (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/03.png). And if you modify the background color, it still blends nicely: switched (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/04.png).

This is a lot better than just paint-dumping the background color, as seen here: paint-dump (http://www.newwavemugen.com/~xenozip/tmp/02.png)

Anyway, I'm sure you already knew this, but I felt like sharing it with whoever else might be interested. Cleaning up images with blended boarders, and stuff.

[Nightraid]

Evertime I make an avatar, its always way over 20kb.
What are some techniques to keep the file size under 20kb?

[CHAM CHAM]

Evertime I make an avatar, its always way over 20kb.
What are some techniques to keep the file size under 20kb?

what program are you using? If you are using photoshop, there is an option... save as. You will then be given the option of how to save it and the quality of the pic. You can easily trim the file size this way. Also, try and keep the resolution about 72. this will aslo help to shrink the file size.

[Nightraid]

what program are you using? If you are using photoshop, there is an option... save as. You will then be given the option of how to save it and the quality of the pic. You can easily trim the file size this way. Also, try and keep the resolution about 72. this will aslo help to shrink the file size.
Yeah I'm using Photoshop.
Ok I get what you mean.
Thanks.

[SuicidalGrandpa]

How do I link all layers?

[Nightraid]

How do I link all layers?
On the layer window, you'll see an eyeball, to the right of that eyeball is a box you can click in to link layers. (A Chain like icon will appear when a layer is linked)

[SuicidalGrandpa]

thank you very much!

[SAMSON m.D]

witch photoshop is recomended because i have photosop elements3 or some thing like that but i always hear people opening a gif with imageready where can i find this program(s)

[Rei]

Imageready comes with Photoshop 5.5 and above.

My favorite version is 5.5, because I do print work, and know what to expect from 5.5's cmyk mode. However, CS and above have a 5.5 compatibility mode, so these days I'm using CS.

Basically, it comes down to how fast your computer is. As the version number increases, so do the features, and it takes a beefier computer to run those features.

If you have a 1ghz+ w/ 512 ram computer, use CS or CS2. If you have a slower computer, you may be better off with 5.5 or 6. However, if you have a newer digital camera, you may want to go with CS2, because it allows you to do batch edits of raw camera files from some of the nicer digital cameras.

Of course, it is still personal taste, as everyone has a photoshop that they are comfortable with, so you might get different answers from different people.

[SAMSON m.D]

so the only way to get my hands on it is to buy it i cant get it anywhere else...

[Rei]

What are you trying to do that requires Photoshop?

[SAMSON m.D]

well i'm new to the whole avatar thing i would really like to do animated avatars with custom text and effects and colors. i dont know if this requires photoshop, but that is my goal

[ytwojay]

If you have a 1ghz+ w/ 512 ram computer, use CS or CS2.
Hmm, really? I have a 2ghz+ comp with 512 ram, and CS2 runs pretty slow on my computer. Maybe there's something wrong with my box.

[Rei]

You can do animated gifs and flaming text with elements. Just arrange each layer into a frame, and go save-for-web. Checkmark the box that says animate, it should be underneath the transparency tab. From there, it will let you adjust how long each frame displays.

Y2, I guess it depends on what else you have going on with your computer. At home, I have a computer that is a 1.2ghz with 512 ram that runs CS/CS2 just fine. Of course, I only have Premiere, Cubase, Creative Suite and ATI MMC running on it, nothing else. I do all my web browsing, IM, torrents, etc on my linux box...

[ytwojay]

Y2, I guess it depends on what else you have going on with your computer. At home, I have a computer that is a 1.2ghz with 512 ram that runs CS/CS2 just fine. Of course, I only have Premiere, Cubase, Creative Suite and ATI MMC running on it, nothing else. I do all my web browsing, IM, torrents, etc on my linux box...
Ah, maybe that would explain it. I usually have a bunch of stuff running in the background.

Still, CS2 seems to take up WAY more resources than ps7, and even CS. Oh well.

Hey Rei, I don't suppose you're familiar with 3dsm at all?

[Rei]

Ah, maybe that would explain it. I usually have a bunch of stuff running in the background.

Still, CS2 seems to take up WAY more resources than ps7, and even CS. Oh well.

Hey Rei, I don't suppose you're familiar with 3dsm at all?
No, but I hear that BV5 dabbles.

[CHAM CHAM]

Rei,

Are you familiar with Swift 3d? I'm comming across and error that i don't completely understand what i am doing wrong.

"error is most commonly caused by attempting to import a file that does not contain outline or filled shapes"

this is what i get when trying to import an .ai file or a .eps file. Can't figure out where the issue is.

[CHAM CHAM]

i figured it out....you have to save it as an old low level eps in order to get it to work.

[BloodMoon_IoRi]

Ok I know this question has been asked before, but how do i add a Animated Gif. Into my Photoshop/Image Ready Work?, I saw a quick and easy way that doesn't involve dragging out every frame to the exact space but i can't find it anymore, can anybody help me?

[Rei]

Add your work to the animated gif, not the other way around.

[BloodMoon_IoRi]

Like how? Take the gif and add more to its Size? like the image size? then build the background and other images around it?

[BloodMoon_IoRi]

Another Newbish Question, How do i link layers in Image Ready?

[Rei]

If you already have a bunch of stuff, create a folder in the layers pallete, throw all the layers in your project into that folder, then grab that folder and drop that into the project that has the animated gif. Change the canvas size to match what you need.

1. Highlight one of the layers you want to link.
2. Then click the link box to the right of the Visibility (eye) icon for each of the layers you want to link.

[BloodMoon_IoRi]

Gracias Dude http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/AkiraX2/ShoSogetsu.gif
Thats my finished product if you wanna see, its for a thread im on

[OrangeCat]

I'm making an av like the intro to Cowboy Bebop. I'm just wondering if anyone knows where I could find the font or a similar font to the intro title. If not, how could I possibly make an existing font look similar too it (i.e. look a bit grainy).

Any help would be much appreciated.

OC

[Hail And Kill]

Sup Rei, had a question about Alpha Channels.

I was working with this CvS2 Hibiki sprite rip here: http://members.cox.net/ldu_808/088.png

And basically, I've been trying to add in transparency manually, as such: http://members.cox.net/ldu_808/Image1.png

Basically, I seperated each color onto a seperate layer, and adjusted the transparency levels one by one.

However, some one told me that PS (or maybe some program like it) could create an alpha channel using a grey scaled copy of the image, and the darkest points would become the most transparent, and the lightest points would be the most opaque (or visa versa if the colors were inverted). Basically using the image copy as a guideline for the alpha levels of the OG.

So far, I've been working with PSP and haven't had any luck, and I'm a total newb with PS. Wondered if you (or anyone) could shed some light on how alpha channels work and what program(s) can work with them.


I had a question on what Xenozip had done in this image, don't know if it has been asked or explained right there in the post. Was wondering how Xenozip made the original slash effect to blend with the picture. I think read a few pages back about the magic wand tool. Is that what was done? Or was the Alphas used in this? Can someone explain to me? Thanks.

[Rei]

I had a question on what Xenozip had done in this image, don't know if it has been asked or explained right there in the post. Was wondering how Xenozip made the original slash effect to blend with the picture. I think read a few pages back about the magic wand tool. Is that what was done? Or was the Alphas used in this? Can someone explain to me? Thanks.

Xenozip had selected the color (normally done by using the magic wand with zero tolerance, then Select -> Similar, and then cut and paste each color to its own layer, then adjust the opacity of each layer.

He didn't like doing this because it was a pain, and didn't look in-game accurate. My response showed him a better way to do it, and how to get it to look in-game accurate.


Generally, you only use alpha channels if you want to save transparency information in one program, and export it to another. A common example is if you are making something in Photoshop that has some transparent overlays that will be used in Premiere. If you are compositing images within photoshop, there are better ways to do it, but I will answer the question so that you can do what you are saying you want to do.

Basically, you want to only have the layer that you have the alpha channel apply to visible. Click on your channels tab. Hold down the ctrl key and left click on the channel labeled RGB. On the bottom of the channels pallete, there is a black box with a white circle in it. If you hover your mouse over it, it will say "Save selection as channel." Click on that.

You have now made an alpha channel. From here on out you can use this channel to do a few different things, including exporting it to other programs that understand alpha channels, but for now we can stay in photoshop.

Go back to your layers pallete, and make sure the layer that you want to apply the transparency to is the highlighted layer. Go to the bottom of the pallete to the same black box with a white circle in it. Now, when you hover the mouse over it, it will say, "Add layer mask." Click on that.

Now, on that layer, the darkest points are the most transparent, and the lightest points are the most opaque.

If you want the lightest points to be most transparent, and the darkest points to be the most opaque, do the same thing, except, after you ctrl + click on the RGB layer, hit ctrl + shift + I, or from the menu, hit Select -> Inverse.

That should get you started. See if you can do what you were trying to do, and hit me up with any more questions.

[Hail And Kill]

Oh alright i get it now. Thanks much Rei!

[Mechanica]

Okay, so the way I color edit sprites is great, except when I encounter white. The way I do it:

- I duplicate the layer, the whole thing, or whatever I want colored, whatever.
- I colorize it to the color I want whatever specific part.
- then I do a layer mask > hide all
- and use the default white brush, which... colors the parts I want, to the color previously colorized.

...It doesn't work with white. And if I wanted to make something white, I couldn't do that either. Is there a better way?

[DarkDragon]

Okay, so the way I color edit sprites is great, except when I encounter white. The way I do it:

- I duplicate the layer, the whole thing, or whatever I want colored, whatever.
- I colorize it to the color I want whatever specific part.
- then I do a layer mask > hide all
- and use the default white brush, which... colors the parts I want, to the color previously colorized.

...It doesn't work with white. And if I wanted to make something white, I couldn't do that either. Is there a better way?

ahhh Ive had this problem for a long time too and just a little while back, someone showed me their way of taking care of it.

-with the file opened up and selected go to select > colour range
-with the menu open, choose "sampled clours" and scroll the fuzziness to 0
-with the menu still open, choose the eyedropper tool and click on the spots of the sprite u want to colour (in your case, the white). the tool will select all the instances of that hue in the sprite. hit ok
-choose what colour u want and use the paintbucket to apply.
-repeat if the white has shadows.

[JonnyQuest]

does neone know where i can find street fighter animation packs, frame by frame stuff..

[CHAM CHAM]

does neone know where i can find street fighter animation packs, frame by frame stuff..

please double check the stickies, the link below should help.

http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61082

[Hunter D]

If any of you can find a good CS book buy it. It's always good to have some sort of manual near by. I don't know if anyone has posted something like this yet so hey what the hell right.

[CHAM CHAM]

and for those of you that can not afford the book... there are alternatives...

http://studio.adobe.com/us/search/sort?sort=topic&product=15&topic=0&type=all&level=all&x=15&y=9

http://good-tutorials.com/

http://www.shiver7.com/

http://phong.com/tutorials/

http://www.pixel2life.com/

http://www.google.com/

[tru3tn01]

On the subject of books, if you're interested in learning Illustrator, try The Adobe Illustrator CS Wow! Book by Sharon Steuer. I just started working through it and I've been really impressed so far.

[Mechanica]

If you take a sprite from here:

http://excaliburgames.digibase.ca/zweifuss/index.htm

and say you just want one frame of it, for a still avatar. I go to the frame, yadda yadda, select all and copy or cut. It shows a transparent background, but there's a small blue box around the character itself, I think it's some kind of slice (I'm completely unfamiliar with slices, I have no clue what they're even for), and when I paste it in photoshop, it has a white box around it, the size of the blue slice box. Been messing with it but I can't get it to go away, besides cropping the white out myself, but sometimes that interferes with the sprite, and basically -- is there an easy way to fix this?

Maybe I'll learn a little about slices from this.

[JonnyQuest]

i like to use the wand +shift key to choose what i want from the gif or jpg then move it to another canvas.

http://myspace-165.vo.llnwd.net/00269/56/17/269927165_m.gifthanks for the help guys..
here's what i've got so far, what do you think?

[TigerGenocide]

Do you have a question?

[JonnyQuest]

hmm well i was answering a question

Been messing with it but I can't get it to go away, besides cropping the white out myself, but sometimes that interferes with the sprite, and basically -- is there an easy way to fix this?

Maybe I'll learn a little about slices from this.

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and


thanks for the help guys..
here's what i've got so far, what do you think?
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"Hey, did you grab my ass?"
-JonnyQuest-


so yeah.. i did..

another question.. is it possible to get free premium membership? if not don't answer that.. =P

[Mechanica]

i like to use the wand +shift key to choose what i want from the gif or jpg then move it to another canvas.
Hmm, that's one way to do it, thanks, that's a helpful little tip. The only way to get a free premium is if someone else pays for it, or if you win a contest like the avatar battle going on right now.


ahhh Ive had this problem for a long time too and just a little while back, someone showed me their way of taking care of it.

-with the file opened up and selected go to select > colour range
-with the menu open, choose "sampled clours" and scroll the fuzziness to 0
-with the menu still open, choose the eyedropper tool and click on the spots of the sprite u want to colour (in your case, the white). the tool will select all the instances of that hue in the sprite. hit ok
-choose what colour u want and use the paintbucket to apply.
-repeat if the white has shadows.
Kind of delayed response, as I forgot that I made this, but thank you, I think I can work with that. Your avatar is hilarious, too. :lol:

[tru3tn01]

Something strange happened to my color picker in photoshop -- it now always shows three colors at once. Does anyone know how I can get it back to normal?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/tru3tn01/colorproblem.jpg

[ToyRobotTerror]

i´m looking for books or/and tutorials about corel draw, does anyone got any tips?

[cham_13_]

Something strange happened to my color picker in photoshop -- it now always shows three colors at once. Does anyone know how I can get it back to normal?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/tru3tn01/colorproblem.jpg

see the radial buttons... next to the numbers on the right... click one of the others... there are many options on how to display your colors. you just accidentally clicked a differnt one.

[Rei]

i´m looking for books or/and tutorials about corel draw, does anyone got any tips?
I get a newsletter every month from Epilog Laser on how to do this or that with corel draw. I think they have some tutorials on their site, but you may have to poke around. They have some Corel project available to download here:
http://www.epiloglaser.com/sample_club.htm

Otherwise, just type in "corel draw tutorials" into google.

Corel Draw and Illustrator are more the same than they are different, so most things you learn in Illustrator can be carried over to Corel Draw.

[Murt!]

What can I use PhotoImpression for, and how do I do it? It's the only thing I have. Any help would be appreciated. :pleased:

[JonnyQuest]

cham... where's pedro?! lol

[sky_walker]

im having trouble making an avatar with an animated gif, any help would be awesome, thanx guys, peace -Lalo-

[CHAM CHAM]

cham... where's pedro?! lol
naw cause that would be empire pedro.... whats funny is i have been waring this for like a yr or so just after the movie and no one ever commented on it...lol


-Lalo-

what progs are you using? most will not support animated gifs, ie photoshop. you would have to use something like image ready or gif animator. explain a lil more on what you are doing so we can help.

[sky_walker]

sorry bout that dude, i got imageready, photoshop cs2, and i want to put an animated gif on an avatar basically, thanx for all the help, peace

[DeathDanceAnji]

can someone Alternate this Anji Gif so i can have the Anji you get when you hold L trigger and push Kick on GGX#R i need it as a guide because im going as Anji for KatsuCon so i need the right colors and its also going to be posted on my myspace

here is what i need alternated
http://www.geocities.com/syangoten/Anji-Mito.gif

and here is what i need the colors to be alternated to
http://www.geocities.com/syangoten/anji-Lk.gif

[ToyRobotTerror]

-Lalo-


Here is my original tutorial that was on this thread:
http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=10584
(Slightly edited)

Here is the quick and dirty recipe.

-Find animated gif.

-Save.

-Open in imageready

-Save as... *.psd and close

-Open *.psd in photoshop

-Link all the layers

-Resize canvas to 160x64 (Image... Canvas Size...)

-Move image within canvas to where you want it. (All linked layers should move with it).

-Save and close

-Open *.psd in imageready (It should still have all the frames animated like the original).

-Save optimized as... *.gif

-Done

You may add other flavors into the recipe depending on what you want the final product to taste like.

[DeathDanceAnji]

-Lalo-


i dont know if that was towards me but i dont have any avatar altering programs i just wants someone to make the animated gif tye same color as the standstill so i can post it on my myspace and my friend will know exactly which anji im going to be so we can start our costumes for KatsuCon

[Rei]

i dont know if that was towards me but i dont have any avatar altering programs i just wants someone to make the animated gif tye same color as the standstill so i can post it on my myspace and my friend will know exactly which anji im going to be so we can start our costumes for KatsuCon
This thread is specifically for people to learn how to do things. This thread is not for requests.

If you want to request something, make a new thread. If you are posting in this thread, it is assumed you are asking how to do it yourself.

[ToyRobotTerror]

i dont know if that was towards me but i dont have any avatar altering programs i just wants someone to make the animated gif tye same color as the standstill so i can post it on my myspace and my friend will know exactly which anji im going to be so we can start our costumes for KatsuCon

is your sn -Lalo-?

[sky_walker]

oh thanx for that info "TRT" i got the hang of it, peace -Lalo-

[sky_walker]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d112/Laloh_Boy/uto.gif I ws wondering if someone can help me with some reflection animation like i tried with the headband, any help would be great guys thanx, peace -Lalo-

[Nightraid]

Whats the best way to save an animated gif?
I remember seeing it here, but I forgot what it was.

Wasn't it something like 256 colors, no dither and ???

[Murt!]

What can I use PhotoImpression for, and how do I do it? It's the only thing I have. Any help would be appreciated. :pleased:

Nothing? What about PhotoStudio? I have that as well, but I know nothing about it.

[GyBaNO]

Can someone please tell me why this forum won't accept my new avatar image at all? I keep alternating between a 160px by 64px jpeg image and a 159px by 63pm GIF image and the forum won't let me upload either one. They're just straight up images I made myself and are simple as hell in both, size and design.

Its really irritating.

[TigerGenocide]

I asked Wiz about it and he said:

alot of people are having that problem but some arent, i dont know whats going on but its a global problem.



So we just sit and wait till he fixes it.

[GyBaNO]

Gotcha! Thanks for informing of that.

[MrWizard]

problem is, i dont know where to start on it. because its not a specific usergroup that has the problem. it even denied me when i tried to upload a pic and change avatar.

[JonnyQuest]

how can you take a sprite that's already saved as .gif and strip it appart or is this even possible?

[ToyRobotTerror]

how can you take a sprite that's already saved as .gif and strip it appart or is this even possible?

i´m guessing it is animated if so, open it in imaageready or animation shop

[JonnyQuest]

thanks.. that's what i was looking for.. :)

[True Karate]

it even denied me when i tried to upload a pic and change avatar.
where is your god now?

[JonnyQuest]

neone know where i can find some animations on storm?

[cham_13_]

neone know where i can find some animations on storm?

Here is a couple.

http://whf.monobasin.net/marveldc/marvelstorm.html

[JonnyQuest]

thank you.. ^_^

[Rhio2k]

I have an Imageready question. I would like to know how to combine 2 gifs so I end up with one gif that plays the first, then the second sequentially, like in my current av.

[JonnyQuest]

move one gif over to the other one.. expand the film strip on your animation tool bar by clicking the duplicate button.. and on each frame from your animation tool bar look over at your layer tool bar and select with the "visible eye" what you want to be seen in each individual frame animation. some one correct me if there's a better way..

EDITED:

you must open this in imageready, don't open the gif's in photoshop, jump to imageready first..

[JonnyQuest]

okay i'm wanting to printout sprites so i can trace over and alter the sprites on tracing paper.. i'm going to scan the altered sprites then save.. what is the best way to save this w/ having good quality and a low KiB size?

[JonnyQuest]

Can someone please tell me why this forum won't accept my new avatar image at all? I keep alternating between a 160px by 64px jpeg image and a 159px by 63pm GIF image and the forum won't let me upload either one. They're just straight up images I made myself and are simple as hell in both, size and design.

Its really irritating.

make sure you are saving the animation as a "gif or jpeg" in "save file type" on the "save as" window.. don't just put .jpeg or .gif on the end of your file name..
if that's not the problem.. idk what it is..

[OmNiExiZt]

I have recently taken some pictures with my digital camera. All of the images are over 1MB in size because I took them all at 7MP. Is there some kind of way or something that I can use to shrink them down to a file size smaller than 1MB?

*ONEZ*

[CHAM CHAM]

I have recently taken some pictures with my digital camera. All of the images are over 1MB in size because I took them all at 7MP. Is there some kind of way or something that I can use to shrink them down to a file size smaller than 1MB?

*ONEZ*

Well the reason that they are 1mb is because it sounds like you are taking them at high quality. you would have to reduce that. try placing your camera on its lowest settings and see how much of a difference it makes. Then adjust it till it looks good and gives you a nice picture. Also make sure that you are not shooting in Raw format. that will store eveything and will make for a huge file size.

[OmNiExiZt]

Well the reason that they are 1mb is because it sounds like you are taking them at high quality. you would have to reduce that. try placing your camera on its lowest settings and see how much of a difference it makes. Then adjust it till it looks good and gives you a nice picture. Also make sure that you are not shooting in Raw format. that will store eveything and will make for a huge file size.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing. I figured since I payed all of that money for a 7MP camera, then I'm going to take 7MP pictures all the time. They do make for some nice prints though.:bgrin: I guess I'll go out and do some test shooting when I get some free time to see how low I can go and how good the quality will be. You mentioned something about "shooting in Raw format". Are you saying that I can still take 7MP pictures, but change the format to something more refined to cut down on file size?

*ONEZ*

[CHAM CHAM]

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've been doing. I figured since I payed all of that money for a 7MP camera, then I'm going to take 7MP pictures all the time. They do make for some nice prints though.:bgrin: I guess I'll go out and do some test shooting when I get some free time to see how low I can go and how good the quality will be. You mentioned something about "shooting in Raw format". Are you saying that I can still take 7MP pictures, but change the format to something more refined to cut down on file size?

*ONEZ*

depends on the camera.... but some of the higher end cameras will allow you to shoot in "raw" format. This format allows the camera to take the picture and stores it as well as informaiton about the colors. In most cameras, you are not given this option and the camera takes it's best guess at the colors.

this should help to explain it.
http://photography.about.com/library/weekly/aa061603a.htm

If you have the option to shoot in raw, it will produce a better picture but you will pay for it in the file size. ;)

[SiLLiEMutAfuKA]

Does anyone know if anyone else is hosting those zip files of all the character's frames in 3S? That site went down [one with 3S char selection screen as index].

[JonnyQuest]

Does anyone know if anyone else is hosting those zip files of all the character's frames in 3S? That site went down [one with 3S char selection screen as index].

i have all the sprite packs for 3s just hit me up on aim or yahoo messenger..
i'll be on later around midnight.. if you want to get them then if not whenever..

[SiLLiEMutAfuKA]

i have all the sprite packs for 3s just hit me up on aim or yahoo messenger..
i'll be on later around midnight.. if you want to get them then if not whenever..

Ah my friend gave me a mirrored site, thanks alot though!

[JonnyQuest]

here's what i have so far..
http://myspace-873.vo.llnwd.net/00337/37/88/337208873_m.gif

can someone give me a few pointer to spruce this up and make it look better..

[cham_13_]

you might want to speed up the animation a lil... 12 seems to hang a lil on the transformation... you might also try matching the colors a lil on the xcopy cable... looks too dark imo. he goes from a yelloish to b/w

you might also want to give some movement to cable... he looks all lonly there... frozen in time as it were...

[Murt!]

Nothing? What about PhotoStudio? I have that as well, but I know nothing about it.

No one can help? :sad:

[JonnyQuest]

Nah Murt, i don't know anything about photostudio. Google for it i suppose. Sorry that I can't help.

Does anyone know where i can find some brushes or something useful for "talking bubbles"?

[TigerGenocide]

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/photoshop/ss/textballoons.htm

[JonnyQuest]

thanks..

[DarkDragon]

here's what i have so far..
http://myspace-873.vo.llnwd.net/00337/37/88/337208873_m.gif

can someone give me a few pointer to spruce this up and make it look better..
Don't resize the sprites, they look really choppy.

The pause 12 takes in the air would make more sense if u added an emotional change to cable, like make him look confused, then surprised when 12 finally morphs.

Find cable's sprite pack so u can add his hit frames so it actually looks like hes getting smacked out by the viper beam instead of pulling the low-budget walk out of the av.

A background may help out more..something basic so when u reduce the quality, it doesn't turn to shit.

If u decide on making a bkg, change the font. If not, just scale it down a little. Hell, u can take out the text alltogether.

You have 15k of free space so u can play around with the beam animation to make it a bit more smooth.

murt:
I took a quick look at the program and it looks like the average photo manipulation software you would get when you buy a camera or a printer..

[dereklearnslow]

I have a question but I don't know if it goes here or not. Sorry if it's in the wrong section.

Images look pixelated on my Dell 9300 Inspiron labtop. How can I change that? I've messed with desktop resolutions and my video card configs but it doesn't change the quality of the pictures. Avatars, site logos, all that ish looks pixelated, what's the deal?

[TigerGenocide]

Someone here can probably help you, but to be safe, I'd post it in the computer help thread in GD also.

[**Skimitar**]

I would like to know if there is a web site with these kinds of tutorials. Well, to make the backgounds like that.....


http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b81/EvilSkimitar/MariahCarey.jpg

[TigerGenocide]

Its a random 3D Studio Max render finished off with some brushing and color overlay in PS.

[**Skimitar**]

do you know where to get tutorials on those kind?

[Rei]

do you know where to get tutorials on those kind?
http://www.pixel2life.com/

[Mr_Punkus]

Whas cracka-lackin niccas? I'm fed up waiting for other members to make av's, so i got Photoshop and Imageready CS, and i've almost made my first av!:wow: BUT there's a snag- When I make animated av's and save optimized as .gif's I lose a HELL of a lot of quality. If i make a non-animated version in PS and flatten the image, it comes out perfect. But when I save optimized in IR it the .gif comes out grainy as heck. There must be a way to keep the quality of the image, and still have it animate. (And be under the 20kb limit, obviously :wink: )

[cham_13_]

Whas cracka-lackin niccas? I'm fed up waiting for other members to make av's, so i got Photoshop and Imageready CS, and i've almost made my first av!:wow: BUT there's a snag- When I make animated av's and save optimized as .gif's I lose a HELL of a lot of quality. If i make a non-animated version in PS and flatten the image, it comes out perfect. But when I save optimized in IR it the .gif comes out grainy as heck. There must be a way to keep the quality of the image, and still have it animate. (And be under the 20kb limit, obviously :wink: )

and this is the reason it is not as easy to be an av maker than one may think...

gif is only able to support 256 colors... jpg and other formats can handle more so when you optomise a pic into a gif, the format picks 256 colors that it thinks are the most used.

this will cause loss of hue in your colors and give the grainy look. the way to correct this, is to either lower the quality of your pic to allow for it to blend in more, or lower the colors you use... no reasy way out of it.

thats the price you pay for animation....

[Mr_Punkus]

and this is the reason it is not as easy to be an av maker than one may think...

gif is only able to support 256 colors... jpg and other formats can handle more so when you optomise a pic into a gif, the format picks 256 colors that it thinks are the most used.

this will cause loss of hue in your colors and give the grainy look. the way to correct this, is to either lower the quality of your pic to allow for it to blend in more, or lower the colors you use... no reasy way out of it.

thats the price you pay for animation....
Hmm, so if I find a background with 256 colours (obviously from the standard web palette) then I should suffer no hue/colour/quality loss? I figured out something- if I optimize a gif directly there's no loss (duh it's already a gif), but if I save it as an .psd THEN optimize it the quality goes down the drain. Actaully I tried to get around this and work in IR with ONLY gif's but at the end, when you combine your background and animation, the result is still shitty. Guess what i'm asking is where can I find/ how do I make backgrounds that won't lose quality when optimized?

[Rei]

Hmm, so if I find a background with 256 colours (obviously from the standard web palette) then I should suffer no hue/colour/quality loss? I figured out something- if I optimize a gif directly there's no loss (duh it's already a gif), but if I save it as an .psd THEN optimize it the quality goes down the drain. Actaully I tried to get around this and work in IR with ONLY gif's but at the end, when you combine your background and animation, the result is still shitty. Guess what i'm asking is where can I find/ how do I make backgrounds that won't lose quality when optimized?
Are you resizing the images?

[Mr_Punkus]

Are you resizing the images?
Yeah, i'm resizing both the gif and the background image to fit the av requirements.

[Rei]

Yeah, i'm resizing both the gif and the background image to fit the av requirements.
As soon as you resize a gif image, PS/IR apply anti-aliasing and this increase the color pallete by a large margin. If possible, do not resize sprites. Resized sprites are the number one cause of file size increases.

[Mr_Punkus]

So if I crop the sprites will the colour palette increase also? Basically any type of alteration will cause "dither" in the gif? I ask because the sprites are fine, it's the background that becomes grainy. I'm guessing it's the filters and effects i use in PS, (eg blending of colours which do not exist the the 256 colour palette) but you guys would know. I'm kinda disheartened to find out I can't make spectacular backgrounds for my animations.

[JonnyQuest]

would neone kindly throw me a link for some fonts for PS7.0 or lend me some from their own personal collection?

[cham_13_]

would neone kindly throw me a link for some fonts for PS7.0 or lend me some from their own personal collection?

www.dafont.com

[Phoenix Down]

How can I make a color balance layer affect everything but one or two layers underneath?

[Rei]

How can I make a color balance layer affect everything but one or two layers underneath?Any of the adjustment layers also create a layer mask by default. As long as the layer mask is selected (there is a box around it) then anything you paint black will be excluded from the adjustment layer.

So, to have the layer mask not affect a layer beneath it, control+click the layer you want to exclude. This will create a selection that is the same as the layer you control-clicked on. Then, make sure the layer mask is highlighted, and use the bucket to fill the selection with black.

[MaybeMemories]

in image ready is it possible to see previous frame so you can place the props in the 2nd one accordingly.

[MaybeMemories]

Get Actedit. (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/home/raiwa/Game/Mugen/)

I haven't done any mugen manipulation, but here is a thread that should help.
http://www.mugenguild.com/forumx/index.php?topic=9576.0

actually act is just a plaette not the sprites, Mugen sprites have the *.sff extension so you need an sff decoder, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/home/raiwa/Game/Mugen/zip/SffDec011b.zip

i use mcm, it saves them to pcx, not gif, so you gotta do some work yourself.

[Nightraid]

Anyone know how to make a picture into a cartoonish look?

[Rei]

Anyone know how to make a picture into a cartoonish look?
http://www.photoshop101.com/goto/1659/

[Nightraid]

Thanks Rei.

[Mr_Punkus]

Is it even possible to place multiple gif's/animations into a image using imageready? i read somewhere that you can only have one active animation.

[cham_13_]

Is it even possible to place multiple gif's/animations into a image using imageready? i read somewhere that you can only have one active animation.

http://members.cox.net/cham13/evo/m1x4h.gif

2 different sprites working at the same time...

you just have to set up each frame as you go

[JonnyQuest]

okay i know this may seem like a dumb question but here it goes..
what's the best way to make borders in PS?
i always finish my avatar then go to PaintBrush then do it there..

[Nightraid]

okay i know this may seem like a dumb question but here it goes..
what's the best way to make borders in PS?
i always finish my avatar then go to PaintBrush then do it there..
Stroke a 1 pixel border. For multiple borders I think you create a new layer for it.

[JonnyQuest]

Stroke a 1 pixel border. For multiple borders I think you create a new layer for it.

Nightraid, try the marquee tool w/ the gradiant tool, or is that what you meant? I couldn't figure out any other easier ways.

[Deonysios]

Im having problem getting the image to 19.5k. I open a new doc in PS and change the size to 160x64 and even before I put an image in the space it already says Im at 30.0k. How do I get around this?

[JonnyQuest]

in image ready.. above your picture should be folder tabs w/ one that says "optimized".. switch to it then click on the yellow exlimation sign thingy then go over to your navigator and click on the arrow for your advanced options then optimize file to size

[Deonysios]

thanks

[Nightraid]

Nightraid, try the marquee tool w/ the gradiant tool, or is that what you meant? I couldn't figure out any other easier ways.
When you're finished with your av, go to edit > stroke.

[JonnyQuest]

ah okay thanks :)

[Rei]

okay i know this may seem like a dumb question but here it goes..
what's the best way to make borders in PS?
i always finish my avatar then go to PaintBrush then do it there..
From the first page of the thread:

Originally posted by Jawbreaker
but if u wanna know how to make MULTI-BORDERS like mine...here we go

1. EVERYBORDER has its own layer, so if you want 2 borders, make 2 new layers and so on.

2. just make sure ur new layers are above your AV, preferably the FIRST LAYERS

3. take the square MARQUEE t00l and outline the new layer (bottom), so now the new layer is OUTLINED as a WHOLE

4. now with the square MARQUEE t00l

do this: right-click--->STROKE--->2 pt and whatever color you want the BORDER to be. now DESELECT the frame and you should see the border around the AV.

5. select the other new LAYER (TOP), and repeat STEPS 3 and 4 (but in step 4 change the pt SIZE to 1) DESELECT the frame and you should see the 2 multi-layers.

*note this could be done with as manylayers as DESIRED, but i would stick to 3 or less!

[JonnyQuest]

thanks rei :)

[JackTenrac!]

I created a animated gif and when someone uses it as an av or when it is downloaded. The gif is divided into two layers. Because of this, there is no animation in the gif itself. I am using Fireworks 8 to do this. What could be the problem?

[JonnyQuest]

neone having trouble w/ uploading avatars? i can't get nething to pull up..

[TigerGenocide]

Check the Images fixed sticky for updates.

[TigerGenocide]

How do I get my gifs to run the same in both IE and Mozilla? Some play fine in IE but are super speed in Mozilla.

[CHAM CHAM]

How do I get my gifs to run the same in both IE and Mozilla? Some play fine in IE but are super speed in Mozilla.

i think there is an option in some programs that allow for the web browser to set the speed or to have it user defined... i think gif animator had that option... ill have to look for you.

[Hunter D]

Some of my filters are greyed out. How do I fix this?
Forget it, I figured out the problem

[Rei]

Some of my filters are greyed out. How do I fix this?
Forget it, I figured out the problemFor those of you that this happens to, hit Image -> Mode and make sure RGB is selected.

[TigerGenocide]

How do I get my gifs to run the same in both IE and Mozilla? Some play fine in IE but are super speed in Mozilla.


Any update on this?

[Ravener]

Here's the problem. I want text to "grow" into place, so I've got eight layers, all saying the same thing, eight different font sizes. I put each text layer into position, frame by frame, and while in IR, it animates correctly. But when I save opt as to a .gif, each sequential frame just builds on top of the last, instead of replacing it. I thought it might have just been a FireFox problem, but it's like that in Windows as well.


Here's what I end up with:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a146/RVNR/Slayer.gif

Any help?

[Murt!]

How exactly do you make text have an outline glow (not a flashing glow, just a non moving one), or is that just a matter of selected font?

[TigerGenocide]

Ravener, make sure you are using your layers pallete to hide the other layers in each frame of animation using the eyeball. Click on each frame and look at your layers pallete, only one eye should be showing. If you still have problems let us know.

Murt, that is done by double clicking a layer which brings up an Effects dialogue box, what you're looking for is in the Outer Glow section.

[Ravener]

Ravener, make sure you are using your layers pallete to hide the other layers in each frame of animation using the eyeball. Click on each frame and look at your layers pallete, only one eye should be showing. If you still have problems let us know.
Layers are hidden as they should be and in ImageReady it animates fine, it's only after outputting to a .gif that you wind up with what I showed.

I've tried to upload the .psd (so you could see what I'm trying to accomplish) but I keep getting a invalid file error on geocities.

[TigerGenocide]

Use megaupload or sendfile.

[Murt!]

How do you add borders to a piece of work?

[Ravener]

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RIBZKLJE

Thanks for the suggestion, and any help you can give.

[TigerGenocide]

How do you add borders to a piece of work?


Pretty easy for avatars, just make a new layer, drag it on top of the others, hit ctrl+a, go to Edit>Stroke. Set your width and color of the border, set it to Center.

If you want to add one with a fade effet for a larger piece of work in CS2 (not sure about other versions), you would do ctrl+a, go to Select> Modify> Border. Pick how big you want your border to be then set your foreground color to whatever you want it to be and hit alt+backspace.

Ravener: I haven't quite figured out the problem just yet, everything seems to be in working order, however, when I save it with a white background, the other text layers do not show up. I'll be messin with it for a bit to figure out how to have it transparent.

Update: I deleted all but the first frame of the animation, and did some test frames and we have this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/severgen/Slayer5.gif

So it was something that happened in the actual animation frames, I'd suggest doing what I did and deleting all except the first frame, then re animating it. Also set your mode on your optimization pallette to Selective. It should work fine then.

[Ravener]

Thanks TG, I just cheated and used a background the same color as the page it'll be on to give it the same effect. I did try to get a transparent version out of it by saving a white bg version, opening it up seperately and magic eraser-ing the bg back out, but it still came out the same, so I'm not convinced it's even in the layers/frames.

At any rate, I got what I needed out of it, I'll just have to change the background color and re-up it in the event that the page color changes. Thank you for your help.

[Arcas V]

I'm doing a request for shatterstar, and I want to do color edits on the sprites. But its also animated, so I need to change the color for each frame.... Is their an easier way to do this rather than doing each frame individually with the paint bucket?

[Rei]

I'm doing a request for shatterstar, and I want to do color edits on the sprites. But its also animated, so I need to change the color for each frame.... Is their an easier way to do this rather than doing each frame individually with the paint bucket?Highlight the first layer you want to change in your layer pallete. Then do the Image - Adjustments - Replace Color combo.

I forget at the moment the exact thing for sprites, but I believe that you want to do fuzziness at zero, select the color you are replacing, then select the color you want it changed to.

Before you hit "OK" hit "Save." Save your settings as "whatever.axt"

Highlight the next layer that you want to change, Then do Image - Adjustments - Replace Color. From here, you are going to hit "Load." Load "whatever.axt" and then hit okay. Repeat until done.

[Arcas V]

Highlight the first layer you want to change in your layer pallete. Then do the Image - Adjustments - Replace Color combo.

I forget at the moment the exact thing for sprites, but I believe that you want to do fuzziness at zero, select the color you are replacing, then select the color you want it changed to.

Before you hit "OK" hit "Save." Save your settings as "whatever.axt"

Highlight the next layer that you want to change, Then do Image - Adjustments - Replace Color. From here, you are going to hit "Load." Load "whatever.axt" and then hit okay. Repeat until done.
Thanks!

[Tizoc]

Hey a friend of mine's looking for a font called 'Lucida Calligraphy' for his Photoshop/PaintShop software, does anyone know where I can find it?
Or can he use MS Word's Lucida Calligraphy font & paste it in the image he's manipulating?

[J-Nav]

^ http://www.dafont.com/buy-font.php?f=Lucida+Calligraphy&v=myfonts

[KaKaRoTtE]

I read through this whole thread and I must say I'm learning alot!

Anyways, I'm having trouble making the backround for my AV transparent. I already tried to save as, save for web, etc. But when I try to upload it, it still shows up with a greyish backround. Can someone help me with this prob? Thnx in advance.

<---Like so...

[cham_13_]

i dont seen greenish... i see like a pale grey :S

[KaKaRoTtE]

i dont seen greenish... i see like a pale grey :S

When did I say green? :confused:

Either way, it's not transparent like I would like.

[Rei]

I read through this whole thread and I must say I'm learning alot!

Anyways, I'm having trouble making the backround for my AV transparent. I already tried to save as, save for web, etc. But when I try to upload it, it still shows up with a greyish backround. Can someone help me with this prob? Thnx in advance.

<---Like so...You saved it as a jpg. Jpgs don't support transparency. If you want to have transparency, you have to save as a gif.

[KaKaRoTtE]

You saved it as a jpg. Jpgs don't support transparency. If you want to have transparency, you have to save as a gif.

Yea I tried that too. I just started the av so all it has is an extracted image with a stroke. I tried save for web, saved as a gif and still shows with that grey backround. Same with regular save as. I'm confused.

<--- I turned the letters black but it's still the same. =[

[Rei]

Yea I tried that too. I just started the av so all it has is an extracted image with a stroke. I tried save for web, saved as a gif and still shows with that grey backround. Same with regular save as. I'm confused.

<--- I turned the letters black but it's still the same. =[ I saw that you saved as jpg and renamed it gif, which is not the same as saving as gif. Maybe you should post the psd.

Also realize that there is no semi-transparent. It is either clear or not clear. If you have a semi-transparent pixel, it will make it opaque when you save out to gif.

[KaKaRoTtE]

I saw that you saved as jpg and renamed it gif, which is not the same as saving as gif. Maybe you should post the psd.

Also realize that there is no semi-transparent. It is either clear or not clear. If you have a semi-transparent pixel, it will make it opaque when you save out to gif.

Hmm yea, but I also made a new av without the picture and tried to save it as it is just to see if it would work and blah. Yea I must be doing something wrong. How would I post the psd?

[ToyRobotTerror]

snipwww.sendspace.com also you could save it as png-24 which has support for alpha channels in transparent pics however IE doesn't have support for that without being hacked.

[KaKaRoTtE]

www.sendspace.com also you could save it as png-24 which has support for alpha channels in transparent pics however IE doesn't have support for that without being hacked.

Thnx for the site. I'm having trouble understanding what ya'll mean when ya'll say "a semi-transparent pixel."

Anyways, here's the psd: http://www.sendspace.com/file/z6my7x

[ToyRobotTerror]

snip open a new transparent document, fill it with any color and reduce the opacity, you see through but not quite.

[KaKaRoTtE]

open a new transparent document, fill it with any color and reduce the opacity, you see through but not quite.

Ok are you talkin about on the psd I uploaded? Or on a new one? I did it on a new one and got this. I even saved as gif.

<---

What am I doing wrong? =[

[ToyRobotTerror]

Ok are you talkin about on the psd I uploaded? Or on a new one? I did it on a new one and got this. I even saved as gif.

<---

What am I doing wrong? =[
i was addressing your question about semi-transparent pixels lol

[KaKaRoTtE]

i was addressing your question about semi-transparent pixels lol

Oh heheh... I guess I'll just wait for Rei :sweat:

[Rei]

I couldn't tell you what you are doing wrong. I resized it to fit SRK dimensions then did save-for-web and this is what I got.
http://rei.bustkaratedojo.net/post/newav.gif

Are you resizing it after you go to save for web? That could be the problem. Also, the stoke doesn't look good when you use it against a transparent background using a aliased font. Better to use a bitmapped font like this:
http://rei.bustkaratedojo.net/post/newavtweak.gif

[KaKaRoTtE]

I couldn't tell you what you are doing wrong. I resized it to fit SRK dimensions then did save-for-web and this is what I got.
http://rei.bustkaratedojo.net/post/newav.gif

Are you resizing it after you go to save for web? That could be the problem. Also, the stoke doesn't look good when you use it against a transparent background using a aliased font. Better to use a bitmapped font like this:
http://rei.bustkaratedojo.net/post/newavtweak.gif

Looks great. That's what I've been doing. I've even started on a transparent pallet. If that matters? Yea I wouldn't know what it looks like against the backround cuz I've still been messing with it to see how it looks.

I couldn't tell you what I'm doing wrong either. Every time I try to save, I don't resize and use save for web. Same shiz. ::sigh:: What demensions did you resize it to? I'm not purposely resizing it when I save it unless it does it itself? Btw I have it on 125 colors because I plan on putting a shine animation on it and that should save some space. Hmmm guess I'll just have to start over and see how it goes.

Thnx.

[Rei]

Looks great. That's what I've been doing. I've even started on a transparent pallet. If that matters? Yea I wouldn't know what it looks like against the backround cuz I've still been messing with it to see how it looks.

I couldn't tell you what I'm doing wrong either. Every time I try to save, I don't resize and use save for web. Same shiz. ::sigh:: What demensions did you resize it to? I'm not purposely resizing it when I save it unless it does it itself? Btw I have it on 125 colors because I plan on putting a shine animation on it and that should save some space. Hmmm guess I'll just have to start over and see how it goes.

Thnx.
I think your problem is in the resizing after you save. You have to use some sort of program to do it. What are you using to resize?

Better to start with the correct image size and not do anything after you save for web.

[KaKaRoTtE]

I think your problem is in the resizing after you save. You have to use some sort of program to do it. What are you using to resize?

Better to start with the correct image size and not do anything after you save for web.

I have PhotoShop8 Cs. That's all I've used. I don't use any outside program besides Imageready. Maybe I'm doing something wrong while saving for web. I dunno but I'll try what you say. I'm not knowingly doing anything to change the size while saving. :sad:

Thnx.

[ToyRobotTerror]

I have PhotoShop8 Cs. That's all I've used. I don't use any outside program besides Imageready. Maybe I'm doing something wrong while saving for web. I dunno but I'll try what you say. I'm not knowingly doing anything to change the size while saving. :sad:

Thnx.

take screen of your settings in the optimize window

[KaKaRoTtE]

take screen of your settings in the optimize window


Here you go: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/supremeskillz/photoscreen.jpg

[b1gazn]

Can anybody tell me why my AV does not work on the site but it works in the Windows Image Viewer? It worked fine when I made it in ImageReady and it is the correct file extension.

[cham_13_]

Can anybody tell me why my AV does not work on the site but it works in the Windows Image Viewer? It worked fine when I made it in ImageReady and it is the correct file extension.

i see the pic... is it supose to be animated?

[ToyRobotTerror]

Here you go: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/supremeskillz/photoscreen.jpg (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/supremeskillz/photoscreen.jpg)

let me rephrase that, the box where you fiddle with settings
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2089/untitled38za.gif (http://imageshack.us)

what settings do you have?

[KaKaRoTtE]

let me rephrase that, the box where you fiddle with settings
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2089/untitled38za.gif (http://imageshack.us)

what settings do you have?

Oh... ok here, I think this is what you mean:

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/5669/settings4vo.th.jpg (http://img304.imageshack.us/my.php?image=settings4vo.jpg)

[ToyRobotTerror]

Click the arrow near matte and change to no matte

[Rave]

Heya, I've got a quick question. And I apologize if this is easily attainable info, since I was running out the door :/
I was hoping to make this (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/PIGNRave/battle.jpg) all blend nicely together and not look like I stole 3 pictures and spliced them together.:lol:
I tried darkening Alucard and that helped a little, but it still doesn't look believable. What would I do about this? Any ideas?

[CHAM CHAM]

my personal opinion.. the bg is grainey... and with the 2 art styles, its hard to make it believable... not to mention that he looks a lil too happy to fight the monster...lol

i'd say try to match the hue's and see if that helps

[Demon Dash]

Does anyone have an faq for photoshop on how to resize images and keep/increase quality?[/Noob]

[Rei]

Does anyone have an faq for photoshop on how to resize images and keep/increase quality?[/Noob]
No way to increase quality, and no one makes a faq because it is mainly trial and error.

Kodak makes a filter called GEM that plugs into photoshop that helps improve image quality.

[Demon Dash]

What about just resizing images?

[RagnarokMage]

I hope people still check this thread from time to time.

Anyway , what I wanna know is how do I get the whole frame set for all these characters (SF , Alpha, MVC2) ? I want every single animation frame from the jumps, punch, to supers. Is there any site that has such a large library?

If not , what application are these people using the rip these sprites? I'll do it myself if I knew how to go about getting the frame data. Im sure it depends on what game I want and all that stuff. So lets talk new age like 3strike and CapcomVsSnk sprites. What application do I used to get those?

I hope I asked this question correctly. Any help would be apprciated.

[ToyRobotTerror]

Look into animget and artmoney

[Sasmasta]

Noobish question I'm sure but I was wondering how you go about making rounded edges on avatars, such as my current one? (Instead of having a 90 degree corner, it's curved...I don't know how else to explain it besides saying 'The corners of my avatar. How do you do that?") I've tried ways that I 'thought' up but they don't come out right. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[ToyRobotTerror]

select shape the go to select->modify->smooth

[Jappo]

How do I alter an image to where it's all in black and white or shades of grey, and leave certain things in color? Like hair, shoes, or something like that?

[JackTenrac!]

I'd use a magic wand to select, then turn it into Greyscale.

Hey, my avs won't animate here. Can somebody please tell me what is going on?

[Jappo]

Um...I'm really PS ignorant so......where's greyscale at?


Will greyscale make my image look something like the picture I attached? I want something to that effect.

[JackTenrac!]

Sorry, I was thinkin Fireworks

[DarkDragon]

I hope people still check this thread from time to time.

Anyway , what I wanna know is how do I get the whole frame set for all these characters (SF , Alpha, MVC2) ? I want every single animation frame from the jumps, punch, to supers. Is there any site that has such a large library?

If not , what application are these people using the rip these sprites? I'll do it myself if I knew how to go about getting the frame data. Im sure it depends on what game I want and all that stuff. So lets talk new age like 3strike and CapcomVsSnk sprites. What application do I used to get those?

I hope I asked this question correctly. Any help would be apprciated.
Orangecat posted this before but you can get full sprite packs from mugen sites. All u need is a mugen creator program to be able to open the files and convert to .gif.
If you want to know how to do the ripping yourself, go here:
http://www.excaliburgames.digibase.ca/zweifuss/tutorial.htm

[ToyRobotTerror]

Um...I'm really PS ignorant so......where's greyscale at?


Will greyscale make my image look something like the picture I attached? I want something to that effect.

something similar to the pic you attached can be done by:
image->mode->grayscale then convert it back to rgb.
set the layer to multiply
then create a new layer underneath the multiply layer and brush the hair with the colours you want, starting with flat color and working yourself up into the highlights, but that depends on how much definition you want.

the same goes for coloring lineart although you need to create the definitions yourself.
I hope that makes it clear enough.

[Rei]

something similar to the pic you attached can be done by:
image->mode->grayscale then convert it back to rgb.
set the layer to multiply
then create a new layer underneath the multiply layer and brush the hair with the colours you want, starting with flat color and working yourself up into the highlights, but that depends on how much definition you want.

the same goes for coloring lineart although you need to create the definitions yourself.
I hope that makes it clear enough.
Quite the long way to go about it. Instead add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. (Click on the yin/yang circle in the layer palette and select hue/saturation. Set the saturation to -100. Then, with the adjustment layer selected, use the black paintbrush and paint any section that you want to be in color.

[Jappo]

Quite the long way to go about it. Instead add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. (Click on the yin/yang circle in the layer palette and select hue/saturation. Set the saturation to -100. Then, with the adjustment layer selected, use the black paintbrush and paint any section that you want to be in color.


Alright, cool. Thanks for your help Rei and TRT.

[JackTenrac!]

I'd use a magic wand to select, then turn it into Greyscale.

Hey, my avs won't animate here. Can somebody please tell me what is going on?
Please tell me?

...that went well.

[Valaris]

Im sorry if I don't look through the first 38 pages. If ever this question has already been answered just tell me I'll start to search through.

Which program would be best to crop animated gifs. I have the animated sprite but it's kinda too big (Ky's sacred edge) so do I have to crop every frame?

Also which program is best to create animated gifs? I can't seem to figure it out in photoshop.

[cham_13_]

Im sorry if I don't look through the first 38 pages. If ever this question has already been answered just tell me I'll start to search through.

Which program would be best to crop animated gifs. I have the animated sprite but it's kinda too big (Ky's sacred edge) so do I have to crop every frame?

Also which program is best to create animated gifs? I can't seem to figure it out in photoshop.

you cant animate in ps... but image ready comes with ps and is able to do that for you. open the image and you should be able to cross that with all its layers into ps to edit.

[Valaris]

ok thanks Cham

[merdoc]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7199158973758073420

[mrpanda666]

just a quick question...how do i remove text thats on a picture...without taking a chunk out of the picture...example:

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8932/webttle2jd.jpg

id like to remove the japanese text...without removing anything from the caracters...is this possible?

[cham_13_]

just a quick question...how do i remove text thats on a picture...without taking a chunk out of the picture...example:

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/8932/webttle2jd.jpg

id like to remove the japanese text...without removing anything from the caracters...is this possible?

in this case, probably not an easy task. Since the file is a single image, you would have to remove each piece and redraw the picture in the missing gaps.

if this was a photoshop file, you would be able to hide certain layers.

[VPT]

I already checked out the links on the first page of this thread but I was unable to find what I needed. Can anybody help me find a CvS2 sprite of Ryo's HK/RH (the white one) costume? Thanks in advance.

[ToyRobotTerror]

I already checked out the links on the first page of this thread but I was unable to find what I needed. Can anybody help me find a CvS2 sprite of Ryo's HK/RH (the white one) costume? Thanks in advance.
its probabl been mugenized already, check out the resource thread this post[/URL] [URL="http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2710190&postcount=3"]click (http://www.shoryuken.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2710190&postcount=3)

[SuicidalGrandpa]

So is there a request thread or do I just use this?

[J-Nav]

So is there a request thread or do I just use this?
You make your own request thread if you want a new av.
This thread is for image manip questions.

[Murt!]

You make your own request thread if you want a new av.
This thread is for image manip questions.

Your new av is absolutely BEASTLY.

[SuicidalGrandpa]

You make your own request thread if you want a new av.
This thread is for image manip questions.
I need some animation done to a sig...dunno if that'd fit in a request thread or not.

[J-Nav]

I need some animation done to a sig...dunno if that'd fit in a request thread or not.
Yup, sure fits in a request thread.


Your new av is absolutely BEASTLY.
Thanks. :bgrin:

[Hokuto no Jeffro]

I've got the basic Photoshop, and when I reduce pictures to 160x64, the image gets cropped. Is there any way to make the image smaller without it being cropped? You can notice it in this av I made for myself, but I actually like it showing just the mouth.:sweat:

[TrueSephiroth]

Hey, somebody want to help this damn noob on how to use Adobe After Affects? I've tried reading the "help" thread in the program, but I have no freaken idea what the hell they are talking about...I just want to experiement on adobe after affects, because I heard it can edit video programs and what not, so any help would be greatly appreciated...or else pointing me into the right direction so I can understand whats on the screen...much thanks to you peeps.

Yes, I'm a noob, try to deal with my stupidity in this:sweat:

[maxx]

ok i'm trying to recreate this picture:
http://www.motoxschool.com/images/fmxpowa19.jpg

but using my martial arts instructor:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4820/cimg14570nc.jpg

now i understand its using a masking technique. but it seems to just get darker and darker i can't seem to get it overlay nicely.

ok i'm trying to recreate this picture:
http://www.motoxschool.com/images/fmxpowa19.jpg

but using my martial arts instructor:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4820/cimg14570nc.jpg

now i understand its using a masking technique. but it seems to just get darker and darker i can't seem to get it overlay nicely.

i've already layered it as one image so i can see it as like an animation esque cell but its dark and u can't make out all the images.


any suggestions? this is for an art show im trying to get in on wensday.

[maxx]

i put it in here like u said but no reply.

[Rei]

ok i'm trying to recreate this picture:
http://www.motoxschool.com/images/fmxpowa19.jpg

but using my martial arts instructor:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4820/cimg14570nc.jpg

now i understand its using a masking technique. but it seems to just get darker and darker i can't seem to get it overlay nicely.

ok i'm trying to recreate this picture:
http://www.motoxschool.com/images/fmxpowa19.jpg

but using my martial arts instructor:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/4820/cimg14570nc.jpg

now i understand its using a masking technique. but it seems to just get darker and darker i can't seem to get it overlay nicely.

i've already layered it as one image so i can see it as like an animation esque cell but its dark and u can't make out all the images.


any suggestions? this is for an art show im trying to get in on wensday.Of course it is going to get darker, because you are going to have to overlay the sections on themselves. In other words, there are sections of his motion that occupy the same space during the motion. If you don't want it to get darker, you will have to make the overlapping sections semi-transparent or cheat and move him around in the picture so that nothing overlaps, but it doesn't look like the second option will work because you don't have enough background.

[subzero44]

how and what program do you use to make gif files?

[xjester]

Animated Gifs?

[subzero44]

Animated Gifs?
yeah, sorry for not specifying.

[xjester]

Its ok.
I use Adobe ImageReady.

[subzero44]

Its ok.
I use Adobe ImageReady.
thanks dude.

[Arch Nemisis]

Ok..I save my avatar(made in Image Ready) and when i saved the optimized as a gif...and play it..it stops in the middle of it..why?:confused:

[JonnyQuest]

make sure you have the rollover on forever..
you may have it on once..

if you're wondering where that's at:
window/ animation.. bottom button farthest to the left..

[Ukyo Tachibana]

I am seeing some high res images of Metal Gear Solid 4 and Super Smash Bros. Mayhem in a lot of people's sigs.

Can someone provide me those images? I am planning to make my own desktop wallpapers. Thanks.

[Rei]

I am seeing some high res images of Metal Gear Solid 4 and Super Smash Bros. Mayhem in a lot of people's sigs.

Can someone provide me those images? I am planning to make my own desktop wallpapers. Thanks.Maybe you should make a thread requesting those images.

This thread is not for image requests, it is for image manipulation questions.

[Arch Nemisis]

make sure you have the rollover on forever..
you may have it on once..

if you're wondering where that's at:
window/ animation.. bottom button farthest to the left..
it was on forever already...

[cham_13_]

Rei,

I'm looking for an old tutorial that was on sho ages back. It showed how to take a sprite and make it into a chibi sprite. I believe the sprite used in the tutorial was Magneto. Any clue on how i can go about finding it?

[Rei]

I don't remember a tutorial like that, but if you find it, point it out to me because it sounds interesting.

[cham_13_]

I don't remember a tutorial like that, but if you find it, point it out to me because it sounds interesting.

there was one... i think psychosquall did it... i'll have to ask...

i did find a wall paper that someone did ages back... if you look at it you should remember..

click me (http://members.cox.net/cham13/Prewall2.gif)

[Jappo]

Would it be possible to remove hide in the middle of this wallpaper so it can be just the hearts? Can someone be kind enough to do it for me? I don't have photoshop anymore. =[

[Arch Nemisis]

there was one... i think psychosquall did it... i'll have to ask...

i did find a wall paper that someone did ages back... if you look at it you should remember..

click me (http://members.cox.net/cham13/Prewall2.gif)

That looks sick...if you manage to find the Tut for that..please post it here:wonder:

[SirSmooth]

how are you guys going about making these avatars....for the one i have now, i made it on a bigger canvas (cant remember the size) and then i just hoped it looked decent as i scrunched it onto a 160x64 canvas....after that i changed it to index color and saved it as a png while crossing my fingers and hoping its small enough....i'm just thinking theres gotta be a more systematic way of doing this...

also, i'd like to know how i can get the type of lighting effect thats in kidzero's av...

[J-Nav]

how are you guys going about making these avatars....for the one i have now, i made it on a bigger canvas (cant remember the size) and then i just hoped it looked decent as i scrunched it onto a 160x64 canvas....after that i changed it to index color and saved it as a png while crossing my fingers and hoping its small enough....i'm just thinking theres gotta be a more systematic way of doing this...

also, i'd like to know how i can get the type of lighting effect thats in kidzero's av...
We use Photoshop.

I usually use lens flares, then I randomly wave it & set the blending mode to Lighten, Screen or Soft Light. Depends what I think looks good. I also use Brightness/Contrast and Curves to get my lighting effects.