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LazerBlueP5
12-31-2002, 01:50 AM
Hopefully it'll work....
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/LazerBlueP5/firstanimation.gif
Mazdaspeedgirl
12-31-2002, 01:58 AM
kool....I wanna know how to do *ani's....:(
PBH
12-31-2002, 02:02 AM
Not bad at all!!! :)
MP3skaterNC
12-31-2002, 03:11 AM
lookin good man, the only thing i can really think of that would make it any better is if the wheels rotated, and thats a pretty simple thing to go back and do.

good luck, and happy animating!

and Diane, the easiest way to learn is with trial and error, so go to www.downloads.com and get yourself a gif animator and just play, thats how i learned. :D
LazerBlueP5
12-31-2002, 08:25 AM
Gif animator?! cool I was doing the whole thing thru Photoshop Image Ready. The only downside to Image Ready is the lack of some of the filters that would have been cool like "motion blur". The most time-consuming part was doing the actual artwork for it. Trying to make the reflections look realistic.
I could do a round selection on the tires and rotate them manually that way. Thanks for the heads up- it was late! lol Next I wanna take actuall footage of it then output it from Premiere as a motion JPG then convert to animated Gif to see how it looks as a short low q. movie.
Here's a closer version of the P5 artwork I did for it.
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/LazerBlueP5/animated gif p5 large.jpg
KzA
12-31-2002, 11:14 AM
damn! I thought that was a real picture! Idid alittle double take..nice work
LazerBlueP5
12-31-2002, 04:29 PM
Thank you, thank you- I put like 3 hours into it and it wasn't mainly in animating it. It was constantly changing the coloring- still, I don't think I have it totaly right the highlights look airbrushed. But practice makes perfect. Let me tell ya drawing with a Wacom Tablet is nothing like pencil and paper- ugh!

Ya know the more I look at it the more annoying it is...MP3SkaterNC is right, it needs tire rotation. Hehe looks like it's floating.
Mazdaspeedgirl
12-31-2002, 07:32 PM
ahhh...downloads.com, eh? kool! thanx!
LazerBlueP5
12-31-2002, 07:43 PM
Oooor if you have any working knowledge of Photoshop you can do it thru Image Ready. Although it's not for the casual user.
Mazdaspeedgirl
12-31-2002, 07:49 PM
I am learning to use PS7, so I bet i can pull it off. It seems pretty simple, just a LOT of tools to use...I am a fast learner and can self-teach...