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)
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.
I'm pretty sure there are cheap, as well as free, animation programs out there. I can ask around in some of the forums and communities I'm in and get back to you with whatever they recommend.
The price is pretty reasonable too- probably why it's popular on the forums and communities I'm in. Most of the people on them are teens that tend to look high and low for stuff that's cheap or free so they don't have to ask their parents for it. They usually don't want to spend any money on software. (They'll download trials over and over for the same program rather than paying for it)
Check out that link I posted as "quads-only" -- the only reason the entry was locked was because I didn't think *everyone* on my friends list would think it was as interesting as we did :) Nothing secretive about it, and quite frankly, it's entertaining. Just might help you laugh off that remaining Jury Butt.
Re: the SOP reference in the post -- you might not know this, but Chromie and Atabei are scientists. Real-live, honest-to-goodness geek girls! Once, when discussing the dying of my roots (might have been when I posted an "old" post with this icon and freaked out atabei -- she was very concerned about my avatar!), someone mentioned following the SOP. Surprisingly, the artsy-fartsy sister (me) knew what that stood for! We all fell over (collectively), and have referenced it from time to time :)
This kid uses MS Paint to make her stuff and she uses the animation shop in PSP for her animated gifs. http://www.autumnpixels.com/
She's on some of the forums I'm on. She's, ummm, how do I say this nicely? She's a bitch but she's a great pixel artist. I just thought you might want to take a look. 8-)
PSP isn't free but it's not too expensive and there are free trials available.
These seem to be the most popular animation programs
atabei, you rock. All this time and you still remembered I was looking for a cheap/free animation program. I'm not only touched, I'm awed (so said by the woman who forgets to
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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)
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/atabei/67296.html
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.
You got some cool stuff!
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.
Re: You got some cool stuff!
I'm pretty sure there are cheap, as well as free, animation programs out there. I can ask around in some of the forums and communities I'm in and get back to you with whatever they recommend.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
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(very cute BC Ant icon by
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Re: Thanks, I appreciate that.
http://www.ulead.com/ga/runme.htm
The price is pretty reasonable too- probably why it's popular on the forums and communities I'm in. Most of the people on them are teens that tend to look high and low for stuff that's cheap or free so they don't have to ask their parents for it. They usually don't want to spend any money on software. (They'll download trials over and over for the same program rather than paying for it)
I'll keep an eye out for other programs.
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/antof9/50657.html
Sped -- the Quads are
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Check out that link I posted as "quads-only" -- the only reason the entry was locked was because I didn't think *everyone* on my friends list would think it was as interesting as we did :) Nothing secretive about it, and quite frankly, it's entertaining. Just might help you laugh off that remaining Jury Butt.
Re: the SOP reference in the post -- you might not know this, but Chromie and Atabei are scientists. Real-live, honest-to-goodness geek girls! Once, when discussing the dying of my roots (might have been when I posted an "old" post with this icon and freaked out atabei -- she was very concerned about my avatar!), someone mentioned following the SOP. Surprisingly, the artsy-fartsy sister (me) knew what that stood for! We all fell over (collectively), and have referenced it from time to time :)
Re: Thanks, I appreciate that.
http://www.autumnpixels.com/
She's on some of the forums I'm on. She's, ummm, how do I say this nicely? She's a bitch but she's a great pixel artist.
I just thought you might want to take a look. 8-)
PSP isn't free but it's not too expensive and there are free trials available.
These seem to be the most popular animation programs
Free 30 day trial:
Animation Shop
Freeware:
GIMP
Unfreeze
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