Bountifulpots said you could tell me how to make an icon that moves (changes text, image, etc.). I've got limited computer skills but would like to give it a try. Any tips?
I use ImageReady to make animated gifs. The program comes with PhotoShop- you basically make a new layer for each stage of the animation and ImageReady lets you set the timing for each transition, whether it loops or not, etc. Does that help you at all? I'm on CS2 but before that I had 7 and ImageReady was part of the package then too. (Neopets Icon= really simple animation, I'd done it with fading in-out transitions but that made the file larger than LJ allows for icons so I made it simpler)
Darn, I'm only using Photshop 5.0 (Limited Edition)
I have the whole professional suite- I got it at educational price at my university for around $500. Photoshop on it's own should be considerably less. You should check to see if your daughter, or maybe a niece or nephew, is eligible for the student discount, as you can see, it makes a HUGE difference. Regular price for PS CS2 is over $500 (the suite goes for over $1000). Regular price for the PS CS2 upgrade (it says it's ok for any previous version) is around $150.
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Does that help you at all?
I'm on CS2 but before that I had 7 and ImageReady was part of the package then too.
(Neopets Icon= really simple animation, I'd done it with fading in-out transitions but that made the file larger than LJ allows for icons so I made it simpler)
Darn, I'm only using Photshop 5.0 (Limited Edition)
Was CS2 expensive? My daughter is using a 30 day trial download, right now, and seems to like it.
Re: Darn, I'm only using Photshop 5.0 (Limited Edition)
Photoshop on it's own should be considerably less.
You should check to see if your daughter, or maybe a niece or nephew, is eligible for the student discount, as you can see, it makes a HUGE difference. Regular price for PS CS2 is over $500 (the suite goes for over $1000). Regular price for the PS CS2 upgrade (it says it's ok for any previous version) is around $150.