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1-2-3-4 I declare a GIF war

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:50 am
by Ghastly
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David Hasselhoff declares an ANIMATED GIF WAR!

Keep images small though to cut down on load time.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:03 am
by Error of Logic
AUGH! >_<; You just violated my eyes! Where do you find stuff like this?

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:19 pm
by HentaiCat
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It may not have David Hasselhoff, but for some reason I think it will do

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:51 pm
by ManaUser
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Does this count as an animated gif? It is a GIF and it sure looks animated.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:55 pm
by Goddessmisca
oooo neato

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:08 pm
by Kenryoku
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.... yes indeed, I have hit the little red button marked "Dont push."

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:29 pm
by Lowky
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:32 pm
by Indigo Violent
Was gonna post a Useless Blob, but apparently Spacefem's already out of bandwidth for this month.

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:45 pm
by Honor
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Holy crap, G... That's well done.

When I first saw this thread, my impression of it was that we were supposed to create original animated gifs... So that's what I'm doing.

I'll ba back soon. (soon-ish. ok, marginally soon.)

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:14 pm
by RavenxDrake
I have no skills... so no original .gifs.

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Lol, spoilerz, if one was to quote the local vernacular:
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:32 pm
by HentaiCat
Raven

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:03 pm
by SpasticSage
Lowky,

Now I've got that tune from "Duck Hunt" stuck in my head that plays each time you shoot a bird (and the dog retrieves it).

Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:07 pm
by Kenryoku
Im headed to bed so I will look at the answer in the morn, but is this war limited to one round or not ? Animated GIFs are an ongoing passion of mine for almost 6 years now and I have a fairly good collection and of all the places I wouldnt mind sharing the goods it is Ghastly's. (I was mortified when my last hard drive died on me ... lost many many many good GIFs I havent been able to replace).

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:44 am
by Swordsman3003
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I may come up with something better later.

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:35 am
by Jackalope
Latest one I've done:
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One I did a long time ago for someone on a different board:
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Not mine, just cleaned it up and shrunk it down to managable size:
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:38 am
by Ghastly
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:56 am
by Myself
Hehe I like Ghastlys latest one. How on Earth do you make GIFs?

Is it with Photoshop and Flash?

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:45 am
by Jackalope
Photoshop and ImageReady, in my case. Dunno what Ghastly is using.

And just because:
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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 10:55 am
by ManaUser
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Animated gifs are WAY older than flash. I make them with Animation Shop. That comes with Paint Shop Pro, or used to at least.

Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:34 pm
by Honor
myself wrote:How on Earth do you make GIFs?

Is it with Photoshop and Flash?
As you've seen already, everybody has their own favorite tools.

Yes, you absolutely can create an animated GIF with Flash. No you can't make one with Photoshop without other tools added on... I think ImageReady makes it possible now, but don't quote me on that... I'm not posetive. You can also make them with Fireworks and (I think)

There's also shareware and cheapware solutions that obviously predate flash. Aside form the ones mentioned above, I like the old GIF Construction Kit from Alchemy Mindworks, but I liked it a lot better when it was free.

My hands down favorite tool for creating animated GIFs is Corel PhotoPaint. There are actually a lot of things about this less expensive application that are way better than PhotoSlop... It's ability to create full AVI, MPG, and GIF89a images is just one of them.

Here's one I didn't make, but I love it...

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Here are a few I made as LJ icons...

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And finally, one I did as part of a study for another image for a client. This one used an initial animation from Poser.

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