:u:That doesn’t work if the file has transparency in it. If you use that method on a sprite animation, it will give you a white background for each layer.
As said, you can use Dreamworks on CS3 to convert the gif to a psd or simply use Dreamworks in the first place. I tried Dreamworks but didn’t like it very much. It was just too new to me, so I just convert files to use in PS, since I’m already quite familiar with it.
How do I take an image and size it down and still have good resolution to fit it in a 160x64 non prem avatar?
The program is called Dreamworks? Where can I find it plz? Thanks!
And/or which Fireworks, adobe or macromedia? Hopefully macromedia cause it’s smaller in MB size.
Photoshop’s resizing works pretty well. Press CTRL+T, which is the TRANSFORM command. Grab one of the corner boxes, hold SHIFT [which keeps it uniform], then drag down to the size you want. After you find the size you like, either press ENTER or double click the image. 
Dreamworks is now part of the CS3 line. So if you got a CS3 bundle, you should have it, unless it was the standard version. So yeah, it would be Adobe Fireworks.
If you have Adobe ImageReady, which came with PS in earlier versions, you can use that too.
I guess Adobe thought it would be funny to let CS3 PS users to create and save animated gifs but not open them properly. :mad:
I pressed Ctrl + T then I grabed one of the corner boxes & held shift and dragged the image down, but I’m not sure if I did it correctly cause I cant seem to see the image resized. It’s just like outlined. Is there any other way to resize an image?
You should be able to find an option in the IMAGE tab, located next to FILE. I forgot what it’s called, but I think its under there…called IMAGE SIZE or something [once again, IMAGE:r:IMAGE SIZE…etc].
Not sure if I can ask it here, but this is moreso a question about gimpshop that photoshop. Wasn’t sure if I should have made a new thread, so let me know if I should just do so.
Basically wanted to ask how do you work with animation frames in gimpshop? I can’t seem to find the animation frames. I’d like to try making animated avs but I don’t know where to find the option.
GIMP has animations?
Maybe I should go download me GIMP. :hmm:
In any case, yeah you can ask GIMP questions here too. Open to all image editing programs [even MSPaint! :omg:]. I’ll look into GIMP animating right now.
Edit: Found this, which should help with your GIMP animating needs. I read through it [even though I don’t have it yet] and found it to be easy to follow [I know that sounds ‘wierd,’ but it was worded well].
:d: No prob.
Thanks Sas, sorry for the trouble. Used to have imageready like 4 years ago was really unfamiliar with programs. Thanks again.
Yeah, so I’m trying to make this animated avatar in Photoshop CS3 [currently at school right now], but when I SAVE AS :r: GIF, it wants to compress the layers into one.
What the shit!? How do you SAVE AS an animated GIF?
EDIT: Figured it out. You have to SAVE FOR WEB AND DEVICES.
can anyone link me to a really good rendering tutorial? because I do not no how to. :sad:
note:im using the pen tool
Rendering…such as?
The Iraq?
is there a way to somehow transfer the color scheme of this:
to this:
?
according to the old photoshop thread, i’d have to manually color the sprites over. is that the only way?
.[not so ninja edit].
:d: nuts. thanks anyway, sas.
From what I know, yeah, you’d have to color over the individual layers in that .gif animation.
If you are going to color it maually, be sure to turn anti-aliasing off for the magic wand.
noob question,say Im making a sig right now and I start out a new blank canvas/document. how do I add a render or picture to that canvas?
-help appreciated.
:u: take the render / picture. select, copy, and paste? 
should come up either on the current layer or as a new layer.
^ sorry for the trouble. but that didn’t work. I think I should open the render first and make a new canvas layer?
so, you have the sig and the image / render you want to use, right?
example: http://i29.tinypic.com/svrrfc.jpg
then, you select the image / render you want to use.
example: http://i28.tinypic.com/2m7b5l4.jpg
copy and paste the image / render.
example: http://i30.tinypic.com/2mer1uq.jpg
and you’re saying that this doesn’t work?
note:
i changed the dimensions of the document halfway through, so the image would fit better.
.[not so ninja edit].
:d: don’t worry about it. i had the same question when i first started using PS.
