jar92380 Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Hey guys~I'm trying to create a animated gif for my avatar and I'm trying to figure out how to rotate text. Like this, but instead of the @ sign, just "Psycho". any ideas? I have no photoshop skills so please bare with meJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 You mention you have no PhotoShop skills, but you do not indicate whether or not you are using PhotoShop. There are many programs out there. Clue us in a bit as to which one you are using and then we can tell you exactly ow to do it. Personally I prefer avatars that don't have things like that on them. It tends to be a distraction and I fiind myself turning off animation on my browser if looking at pages with much of them. Also keep in mind this from the rules: Avatar limitations10. Avatars should be no larger than 128-by-128-pixels in dimension, and no larger than 20K in file size (whether uploaded or linked). Although animated images are acceptable, please be aware that some people are turned off by extremely active or repetitive animations. Julia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2cm Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 You need a 3d program like Xara3D. With Xara3D you won't need special graphics/editing skills to create something like you linked to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar92380 Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 I can get a temp hold of photoshop (borrowing), but other than that all I have is paint. Instructions using photoshop or imageready would be greatJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2cm Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 James,You can use this trial version:http://www.xara.com/downloads/xara3d/Using Paint, Photoshop and Imageready would require more than average graphics manipulation skills to create the animation you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar92380 Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 I like the program thus far, but how do you get rid of the background? I want a black one and just the region around the text the black the rest says X3D DemoThanks for the advice on the programJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2cm Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Save in a gif file. Use Irfanview to extract all frames of the animated gif file. Use Photoshop to modify the background. Use ImageReady to rebuild the edited frames into an animated gif file.The easier way is to register your Xara3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar92380 Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 b2cm~Do you have a registered copy? Or could you just create a quick text avatar for me?James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRD Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 This ok?- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar92380 Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 its great, can I change the colors in photoshop? I like the demo type of color used in X3DJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRD Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 If you'd like, I can PM you my email address. You can send the gif created from the demo and I'll send one back or post to my site.As for the red one, you can do whatever you like with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2cm Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 NRD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paracelsus Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 NRD Â Â NRD is one of the BEST If he had a dollar for all the great stuff he's given away??He'd be worth more than BG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jar92380 Posted April 12, 2004 Author Share Posted April 12, 2004 Just wanted to say a public thank you to NRD for the helping me design the avatar. ThanksJames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRD Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 No thanks needed! It was my pleasure to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus K Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 What's with that distracting avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_P Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 It appears to be rotating the wrong way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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