Thread: How do you animate avatars?

There are loads of cool, animated avatars in DV. How do I go about it? Are there any shareware programs for this? Can it be done in Flash?

Please advise.

Originally Posted by little nemo

There are loads of cool, animated avatars in DV. How do I go about it? Are there any shareware programs for this? Can it be done in Flash?

Please advise.

You have to use an animated gif to create an animated avatar. You can do it using your favorite choice of image animating software (ImageReady for me). If you have a flash animation, there should be an option to export it as an animated gif. Just make sure that it isn't too big, file size grows fast in animated gifs.

Thanx polilty,

I have ImageReady but have never used it. Should be fun learning and playing with it.

nemo

Go on File-New- There should be an option to create gifs there. The important thing to remember is not to change the picture too much or your motion will appear very jagged and inconsistent.

Just right click the image and select 'animate'.

ImageReady is quite difficult to use, if you go right at it. I suggest reading a short tutorial, just to get the hang of it.

Here is some of the short stuff I've made with ImageReady: