View Full Version : Dragon's Animating and Thunder Tutorials for Photoshop


DragonNathalie
03-05-2007, 02:03 AM
Hey guys, do I have some tutorials for you!?

Okay first let's start with the thunder tutorial.

THUNDER TUTORIAL:

1. Open up a document, and it can be any size you want it to be. Such as an avatar size, a signature size, or whatever.....

2. Then go to filter>render>clouds

3. Then go to filter>render>difference and you end up with this

http://apdz.com/v6/images/tut/lightning/pic1.jpg

4. Then go to image>adjustments>invert

5. Then go to image>adjustments>equalize
http://img184.**************/img184/3932/picture1nb2.png (http://**************)

^^
And there you go.....

Now I will do the animation tutorial.

ANIMATED GIF TUTORIAL:
I will say how to take screenshots at the bottom if you don't know.


1. Make a folder that says animated gifs and another one that says done.

2. Find a video that has the specific scene that you want to make into an animated gif.
*** Search in google if you don't know where to find the video.

3. Take screenshots of the scene in the video that you want your animated gif to have.
*** You have to take at least 3 screenshots every second or else the gif will turn out weird.
*** Most likely the number of screenshots won't be 3 in total.
*at least 10-15 shots for a short gif
Such as this: http://img378.**************/img378/8775/royaif6.gif
*at least 23-27 shots for a long gif
Such as this: http://img168.**************/img168/5928/untitled1uf9gj7.gif

4. Drag all the screenshots in the animated gifs folder. ( mandatory )

5. Open Imageready.

6. Go to file>import>folder as frames
* Choose the folder with your screenshots. The animated gifs one.

7. Be sure that when your folder opens that your animating window is showing up.
http://img258.**************/img258/8375/picture2hf5.png (http://**************)
^^
It will be at the bottom of your screen.
*** If it's not showing upp go to window>animation
Then it will pop up.

8. Organize the screenshots, the way you want them to show up.
*** If you're not sure what your animation is looking like, press the > arrow in the middle of the animation window. It will play your animation.

9. When you're all done go to file>save optimized as
*** Save it in the done folder just to be organized and name it.

In the end it will turn out to be beautiful like this. ;D
http://img168.**************/img168/5928/untitled1uf9gj7.gif


HOW TO TAKE SCREENSHOTS:
Press the printscreen button on your keyboard if you have a windows computer.
Press shift+apple+4 at the same time on a mac and click and drag around the area.

Hope the tutorial helps guys!

Penguinz
03-05-2007, 02:22 AM
Nice. I don't understand though, how you can take more than one screenshot without erasing the one before it.
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Nor do I understand where you get the Animation Panel.

DragonNathalie
03-05-2007, 02:33 AM
Nice. I don't understand though, how you can take more than one screenshot without erasing the one before it.
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Nor do I understand where you get the Animation Panel.

Well my computer doesn't erase the screenshots. :( I have a mac.
But I'll try to find the button on windows. @_@ I'll update it later.

Go to windows( at the top of menu bar when in imageready )>animation

Tada you get the panal.

Penguinz
03-05-2007, 02:49 AM
Is Imageready free?

~Fantasy

DragonNathalie
03-06-2007, 02:54 AM
Is Imageready free?

~Fantasy

Yea it comes free with Photoshop. :D

BUMP
Even though most people will ignore this thread, but heh.

Penguinz
03-06-2007, 03:16 AM
Oh, I bought Photoshop..... I didn't get it... oh wait! Yes I did.

I just didn't download it..

~Fantasy