Teaching the ways of Pixel Art [Lesson 3: Tips and tricks]

arti · Post by **arti** » Tue 17 May, 2005 10:44 pm

I personally use ImageReady for small animations, but you have to 'buy' it along with Photoshop.

DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Tue 17 May, 2005 11:36 pm

I use UnFREEz

Technoman · Post by **Technoman** » Wed 18 May, 2005 12:02 am

http://www.webattack.com/freeware/gmm/fwani.html
*EDIT* It's the one listed at the bottom of the page. unFREEz (catchy

)

Tested it, it works, so easy it makes me cry!

Take your .BMP file and cut each "slide" into a new file. Save them as .gif. I don't know if paint can do this directly, if it can't use Windows Picture/Fax viewer on XP and resave them as .gif. Drag and drop them into the unFREEz, set the options, click go!

Transparency Color Code (This worked in another picture, might not work everywhere):

Hue: 217
Sat: 240
Lum: 105

Red: 224
Green: 0
Blue: 128

Technoman · Post by **Technoman** » Wed 18 May, 2005 12:26 am

Behold!

DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Wed 18 May, 2005 1:03 am

nice, would be cool as a MC smiley (or Omnimaga)

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Wed 18 May, 2005 1:15 am

Ehm, transparency?

Post by **benryves** » Wed 18 May, 2005 1:55 am

Not sure how these were meant to go, so I did my best

(quick and dirty 2 minute job in ImageReady).

Jim e · Post by **Jim e** » Wed 18 May, 2005 2:47 am

Theres your transparency, I do like that one.

Post by **DarkAuron** » Wed 18 May, 2005 2:56 am

Wow, those are really nice

I'm not sure what the cyborg one is for though.

Madskillz · Post by **Madskillz** » Wed 18 May, 2005 3:17 am

very cool guys...that cyborg one is tight Ben, and I love that pow one Jim!

Great work on all of those Homestar!

Homestar · Post by **Homestar** » Wed 18 May, 2005 12:09 pm

YESSS!!!

Thanks guys.

benryves, The terminator/cyborg smiley actually is supposed to start off as a regular smiley, then get hit (by something) and his half damaged face is then covered (also a little slower). I'll work on them later today and make them perfect.

Thanks again!

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ok I'm just testing out the program and I have a few questions

1) is ther an instruction guide?

2) all I am able to do is drop frames in the 'unfreeze' window, Is there any way to edit them after that, because I'm doing my work on MS Paint.

3) How do you make transparency, I tried the color code from Technoman, but it just gave me like "tickle-me-pink" or some neon pink for that matter. (the color code for this fourm would work though)

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Wed 18 May, 2005 3:12 pm

You can't do transparency or animation in pbrush...

Post by **Patori** » Wed 18 May, 2005 3:13 pm

thank you, Andy!

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Wed 18 May, 2005 3:26 pm

i made some in the news section:
one smiley

two smiley

three smiley

four smiley

Homestar · Post by **Homestar** » Wed 18 May, 2005 11:11 pm

does anyone know the color code for this fourm?

Here's the semi-finished product.