I want to learn how to make avatars

[judyeve]

I'd love to learn how to make avatars. I have Photoshop CS2, the 9.0.2 version. I can't get the pictures into layers. They just replace each other.
Does that make sense?

Anyway, is anyone willing to tell me how to do it, or does anyone have a really good tutorial I can go to? The ones I have found assume that I know much more than I do.

Thanks!

[RMKC]

Good luck, was playing around with CS3 which is a trial version and it was doing the same thing to me. I sort of know how to make one with elements but cant figure it out either. Hopefully someone can help you

[Luckyone]

do you have msn messenger? or anything like that? It'd be easier to try to walk you through it that way. I also run PS CS2.

[judyeve]

I'll PM you. I can sign up for MSN messenger.

Thanks a million!

[Maxi]

You have to use Adobe Image Ready it usually comes with Photoshop software. This is the one that makes animation. You make all the corrections of images in Photoshop and then import the images in one folder to Adobe Image Ready and create the animation.

[red98vett]

I also have a program that you can learn from - it makes animation SIMPLE - I use Photoshop for my avatars - but I can send you this little one to start with - just shoot me a pm

oh - and on ANY Label orders I get I'm more than happy to include a new avatar if someone just asks !!! I don't have the time to do the avatars like I used to but if someone needs one I can FIND the time !!!

[judyeve]

Originally Posted by Maxi

You have to use Adobe Image Ready it usually comes with Photoshop software. This is the one that makes animation. You make all the corrections of images in Photoshop and then import the images in one folder to Adobe Image Ready and create the animation.

How do you create a folder? I'm pulling in around 8 pictures, resizing them in Photoshop, and that's it. I just can't find how to create a folder.

Thanks!

[Maxi]

Originally Posted by judyeve

How do you create a folder? I'm pulling in around 8 pictures, resizing them in Photoshop, and that's it. I just can't find how to create a folder.

Thanks!

When you done with all your pics in Photoshop just create new folder on the desktop. For some reason in order to open all the photos at one time in Adobe Image Ready you have to import the folder that your pics are in. Right click on your desktop then go to new and then folder. This will create a folder for you. Name it and put all the photos you wanted in it. Then open Adobe Image Ready go to file and you ll see it says import. Click on that and it will show import folders. Click on that and find that new folder you created that you put your pics in. Once the folder is selected then all the photos will appear in the timeline and you can change the seconds between the pics. Once you are done with it select gif file on the right side of the screen because you file has to be created in a gif file. Then click save optimized as where you go on file. It will saved the whole file for you where you have selected it.

[RMKC]

The CS3 does not have the image ready anymore, it has animation, downloaded the trial version and maaaan i am scratching my head

[xtine]

CS2 & CS3 has the animation bar that imageready does, you just go to Window > Animation and ta-da!

[judyeve]

Originally Posted by Maxi

When you done with all your pics in Photoshop just create new folder on the desktop. For some reason in order to open all the photos at one time in Adobe Image Ready you have to import the folder that your pics are in. Right click on your desktop then go to new and then folder. This will create a folder for you. Name it and put all the photos you wanted in it. Then open Adobe Image Ready go to file and you ll see it says import. Click on that and it will show import folders. Click on that and find that new folder you created that you put your pics in. Once the folder is selected then all the photos will appear in the timeline and you can change the seconds between the pics. Once you are done with it select gif file on the right side of the screen because you file has to be created in a gif file. Then click save optimized as where you go on file. It will saved the whole file for you where you have selected it.

What a great explanation! Thank you so much! I got it all until this part:

"Once you are done with it select gif file on the right side of the screen because you file has to be created in a gif file."

There is no selection (or anything else) on the right side of the screen. ????

[judyeve]

Originally Posted by xtine

CS2 & CS3 has the animation bar that imageready does, you just go to Window > Animation and ta-da!

But you still have to create a folder and import it even though you're not going to Image Ready, right?

[Maxi]

Originally Posted by judyeve

What a great explanation! Thank you so much! I got it all until this part:

"Once you are done with it select gif file on the right side of the screen because you file has to be created in a gif file."

There is no selection (or anything else) on the right side of the screen. ????

No problem at all Oh sorry I have on my right side of the program all different windows as layers, rollovers, colors and optimize. So the window that says optimize select gif file then selective then diffusion then lossy 0 then colors 128 and differ 100%. if you dont see the window that says optimize click on Window and then optimize on the top of the program where you have file, edit, image etc. Once you done that then click file and save optimized as and select the location where you want to save teh file.

[judyeve]

I'm getting there! Slowly....thanks so much for your help. I have to stop after a while or I get brain drain.

[Maxi]

No problem at all He he yeah I hear you when I make them I take few days just so its not that draining.