Frank:
Question: What program did you use to make the composition? Answer: For my animation, I rendered a 3D scene in LightWave. FYI: LightWave is a 3D animation (cgi) program used for creating computer animation and special effects. NOTE: I was really replying to: "how do you turn an animation into an animated gif" I mistakenly assumed that you already had an animation file. How you create the original animation is really up to you. If you have AE, you could create the animation there. You could also use an existing animation (from the web, video capture, etc) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: What was the length of the animation before you imported it to the ulead program?.. Answers: If I'm rendering an animation in LightWave, to be used as an animated .gif, I render it between 10 to 15 fps. If I'm using an existing animation, I'll convert whatever it's frame rate is , to 10 or 15 fps. More fps will look better, but the file size gets too big to use as web graphics. I try to keep the animation to 1 or two seconds. If I'm using the 15 fps settings, the 2 second animation will only be 30 frames. I also try to create an animation so that the first and last frame is exactly the same. That way, when the .gif loops, you don't get a jerk or jump when the .gif starts again. If you do it right, you shouldn't even see when the loop starts again. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Re:Looping The HTML only loads the image using the "img src" tag. The looping and frame rate is set in the animated .gif settings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: "Export this as a GIF, upload to your server then use as a link as you would a banner for linking.. is that right?" Answer: Yes After saving the .gif file, and name it something like: banner.gif Log onto your server. NOTE: I created a folder in my root directory named "logos" (without the quotation marks) Upload the .gif into that folder. If you do these steps, the HTML would be something like: <a href="http://www.whateversite.com";><img src="logos/banner.gif"></a> HTH Knuck --- Frank Mixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thank you for the prompt answer. Questions: What program did you use to make the > composition? > (Seems like it might be easiest in aftereffects). What was the length of the > animation before > you imported it to the ulead program?.. and please help me to understand the flow > of this > process... correct me if i'm wrong: You use a program to create an animation that is > an .avi > (AE, Premiere, or something, lol, AE seems best suited). Import to ulead, make > transparency > settings and tell it to loop continously (I thought the looping was done with html, > that > explains that). Export this as a GIF, upload to your server then use as a link as > you would a > banner for linking.. is that right? You upload as a GIF?(forgive me if I ask stupid > questions, > I'm self taught in all this stuff, and sometimes I am not aware of the most basic > precepts). > > Thanks again > > Frank __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
