Burgin

Welcome,Many people feel they want to learn animation and want to do those animated effects. Most people think animation is very hard, but the fact is it isn’t at all. I thought that if I created a tutorial it would help people ion this situation to understand these basics of animation and how easy it really is once you spend some time with the piece of software you use whether it’s Macromedia MX Flash or something else, I use ImageReady, part of Adobe Photoshop and is very useful for animating. I wrote this tutorial for beginners wanting to learn the basics of Animation. It will hopefully help you with the wide variety of key features when using ImageReady for animating. Below are 2 basic key things in which are essential for you to know for Animating. They should tell you what each term means and what can be achieved using them.Frames - Frames are the main things you need when animating, they represent each step of an animation and can be used to create various effects. One Animation contains many frames, allowing it to change from image to another. Each frame consists of a picture and can be combined with another frame to animate a switching between 2 pictures.Motion Tweening - Motion Tweening is a valuable technique also when it comes to animating. It allows to automatically move, transform or add another effect on an image. When 2 frames are motion tweened it uses the amount of frames you input to create a moving picture, this then creates the effect you want. The more frames you have in an animation determines how precise the animation it, whereas if you have less frames it will be pretty basic and simple. Finding the motion tween in ImageReady button is easy to find, it looks like 3 circles and appears next to the new frame in the animation toolbar. If for some reason the animation toolbar isn't there, then going to window>Animation should bring it back up.When creating animations, effects can be created by using the motion tween. Say if you wish to fade an image out, then it is a useful effect. This can be done by creating a new frame then selecting the new frame. Then setting the layer with your image you want to fade out to 0 opacity. Then by clicking the motion tween button you can set the amount of frames you want (remember the more frames the more precise it will be). Once you have done this you can click ok, and then press play to view your animation. Other effects like moving an image and transformation can be done as well with just abit of experimenting and using the motion tween.The best way to learn animation is to experiment with your own methods and eventually with abit of practice, you can get better. I hope this tutorial helped you in all ways possible to allow for you to understand some of the basics when animating. Have Fun and thank you for reading,Jake (aka Burgin).

Thank you mate, I designed it to help in all ways possible. If you learn these it will help to create other images, such as buttons for websites and logos. I hope it does help you, even if you have alot of knowledge about designing. Thanks you,Jake (aka Burgin).

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Well i had a go at your request m8, not sure if you like it or what, but i did it in about 10 mins hope you like it and im gonna try the other request made by Todas

Basically what you need to do to make it better is your lighting. As you can see the light of the guy on the right is completely different to the one on the left. If your using Photoshop 7.0 or higher then try using the dodge tool to lighten area, meanwhile using the burn tool to darken areas. Its a good technique to master as it will help you in future signatures or graphic design. Another thing you could do is to make sure your background is full of depth and detail, if not it will take the viewers eyes off it. If your looking for a simple signature then it would be ideal to use no background and several basic techniques such as shapes and lines, as this creates a great effect when making simple sigs.Hope this helps,Burgin!*PS* Remeber to experiment and take your time while designing, a good sig takes imagination alon with various own styles.

Ive been using photoshop for a while now and i would probably be able to recreate that. Looks to me that SunBlind knows how its created and exaclty what i think its made of. Basically all you need is alot of gradient usage and probably the Dodge tool and Burn tool was used to create this image for better effects of the image. Once you master these techniques its pretty easy to re-create. Nice one SunBlind and good luck Houdini with the recreation of it

Its ok for what you were aiming for, but could be better in my opinion. Think about what you will be making it for and include images to link to that idea. perhaps imagine what would look good and do just that. Also how did you do the banner, did you use some digital software or something else?

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Well i got this game this morning, im having alot of fun with it and wondered what others think. If anyone were to think about getting it, i'd recommend it to any RTS lovers Heres some screenshots if you have not seen them yet. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ or look here for videos and screenshots http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Have fun, Burgin

Well im new here and like to help people interested in digital work. Ive been using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for quite some time now, probably for about 1-2 years and have really learnt alot. Heres a tutorial i made not long ago and hope it helps you in anyway. Please feel free to comment on it Hope you enjoyed it, Burgin!