Need some help with an animated sig please.

[NickC50310]

Hey guys, Im pretty new to PS. I made this sig:



I want to put this animated gif in it, in the bottom right sector. I have tried everything I can think and am stuck. Any ideas?



How do you guys think my sig looks?

[Bearfanmike20]

Hey guys, Im pretty new to PS. I made this sig:



I want to put this animated gif in it, in the bottom right sector. I have tried everything I can think and am stuck. Any ideas?



How do you guys think my sig looks?

What program are you using??

[NickC50310]

Photoshop CS2

[Bearfanmike20]

Photoshop CS2

ok.. what you need to do is make layers (frames) each layer has to have not only the bg.. but the gif in it.. then transfer it over to image ready.. save for web as an animated gif.. and your set...

make sense??..

[NickC50310]

That makes sense. I am so close I can taste it damnit! LOL!!

My problem is that the stuff just doesnt line up right. I get the background aligned but then it appears out of position in all the other frames. Then, if I move the animation to where I want it, it is out of position on all the frames except the one. I tried selecting all the layers and moving them but alas, it didnt work.

Heres what Im doing:

open animation in ImageReady
export to ps
resize canvas to match sig size
put main sig (background) in at the bottom layer
send it back to image ready
try to position everything.


Thoughts? Thanks for all your help!

[Bearfanmike20]

That makes sense. I am so close I can taste it damnit! LOL!!

My problem is that the stuff just doesnt line up right. I get the background aligned but then it appears out of position in all the other frames. Then, if I move the animation to where I want it, it is out of position on all the frames except the one. I tried selecting all the layers and moving them but alas, it didnt work.

Heres what Im doing:

open animation in ImageReady
export to ps
resize canvas to match sig size
put main sig (background) in at the bottom layer
send it back to image ready
try to position everything.


Thoughts? Thanks for all your help!

You have to put the back ground on every frame of the gif not just the bottom one

[NickC50310]

You have to put the back ground on every frame of the gif not just the bottom one

Soooooo, I need to merge the background with the animation in every frame yes? Is there a way that I can do that without doing it manually for all 170 frames? LOL!

[Bearfanmike20]

Soooooo, I need to merge the background with the animation in every frame yes? Is there a way that I can do that without doing it manually for all 170 frames? LOL!

First of all.. NEVER make a gif bigger then 90 frames... it will be soooo huge that it will bog down every computer that looks at it. In fact.. as big as your bg is... you may not want to go over 50 frames

next... yes... there is a way to do that on image ready.. no.. I dont know how..

I'm using ps elements so I have to merge it to every frame.

[NickC50310]

Victory is mine! Thanks Mike!! Youre awesome brother!

Is there a way to save it so it doesnt look so grainy? I saved it optimized from ImageReady as a GIF.

[Bearfanmike20]

Victory is mine! Thanks Mike!! Youre awesome brother!

Is there a way to save it so it doesnt look so grainy? I saved it optimized from ImageReady as a GIF.

you need to save it in 256 color format. that will take care of most of it.... makes the file size alot bigger though.

[NickC50310]

Woot! Got it!! Thanks Mike! What do you think on it?

[Bearfanmike20]

Woot! Got it!! Thanks Mike! What do you think on it?

incredable for your first one.

[NickC50310]

incredable for your first one.

Thank you sir and thanks again for the help!! Go Panthers!!! HAHHAAHA


PS- I played agianst Kyle Orton in HS football and I know his parents.

[Bearfanmike20]

Thank you sir and thanks again for the help!! Go Panthers!!! HAHHAAHA


PS- I played agianst Kyle Orton in HS football and I know his parents.

Did you party with him, from what I understand he's a party animal

[NickC50310]

Did you party with him, from what I understand he's a party animal

HAHA nah, I never met him. Just played aginst him and I work with his parents. His dad retired though. Ive actually heard hes an ***. LOL!! His parents are really nice though.