Animated GIFs

[corvusHaunt]

How do I make them? I have Photshop, but I just can't use ImageReady, for some reason it confuses me.
I have read a bunch of tutorials, but they are either outdated or badly written.
I'm not requesting a tutorial, I just need to know how to make an image move back and forth. (If you have seen all my past avatars and my current one too, you should have an idea where I am going with this )

 

[Jindo]

You should get Flash 8/MX, it's the best (and only) program dedicated to cartoons and games (well, it's meant for site purposes but eh), you can download it here (or even buy it if you're the richest in the world ).

Good luck, hope this helps .

~Jindo

 

[Chile]

Image Ready can produce animated gif's. However, as Jindo said, Flash is really the best way to produce any lengthly animation sequence for websites.

You could also utilize javascripts to produce animations from still images, and even set timed transitions. However, the scripting looks a lot like advanced programming, heh.

If you're working frome existing stills or videos, I believe you can also use Windows Movie Maker to produce movies complete with basic transitions

 

[w/e]

Flash is a lot easier. (And by easier I mean, shorter.)
And very expensive.
(ImageReady is for really small simple animations.)

 

[Zero R.]

But can you tell me how to do a really simple one, like showing an image, then showing en extra layer on top, or another image. Like two frames lol

I call this tutorial "How I made my Avatar - Imageready, or some magical Artifact"

Anyway, create a 100x100 image, transparent BG.

Fill it with Red.

Now, on the bottom part, with the wierd elongated box [Which is very noticable], find the Duplicate button.

Click it.

Now, creat a new layer, and fill it with Yellow. Go to the second frame, and play with the visibility things.

If you didn't understand a single intruction, save for the first two... then feel free to open my avatar in Imageready. Or something.