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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 6:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
For those of you who know how to create .gifs, how did you get started? What program do you use? Bigdog is trying to take a .gif of two cartoon people on a motorcycle and paste our heads on it to make a business card. He is having all sorts of problems. Neither of us have any experience with it.

Thanks if anybody can point us in the right direction.

Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Jooj, try these 2 sites... best of luck to ya!

http://www.gifworks.com/image_editor.html

and/or

http://www.online-image-editor.com/index.cfm

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Thanks, MB. He is trying to do it with Photoshop Elements 6 without really knowing how to use that program either.

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 9:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
A gif can't really be edited, at least not in Photoshop as is.

Open the gif in Photoshop, go to Mode, then pick RGB. This will make the layer change from "Index" into a Background layer, which you then can turn into an editable layer. After you are done making the changes, flatten the image and save it as a gif. Really all a gif does is reduce the color to something manageable (and cheaper) to print.


Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Juju, if you are not in a hurry and send me the "pieces," I could see what I can do...

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Nyheat! We did already learn about the Mode and RGB thing. We can't seem to cut the motorcycle out of the box it is in. The box keeps reappearing, if that makes any sense.

Julieboo, that is a very generous offer. I will see if Bigdog is ready to give up his HOURS a day he spends on it. LOL.

He is getting close. Here is where it stands at the moment.

motorcycle

We call this one Bigdog fuzzy-head.

Nyheat
Member

08-09-2006

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
juju

This is not a super great copy, but in the Indexing window, click Web Palette, then click on Transparency, and it should take away the background. (Make sure the background is empty to begin with with magic wand or cutting out the white).You can probably get a better selection of colors than this, but I'm at work and they'll kick my butt if I mess around!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Jooj (& NYH) That is sooooooo coool! Can't wait to see the finished product. :-)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 9:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Nyheat! Now, don't go getting yourself into trouble.

Julieboo, Bigdog sent me the bits and pieces, and I will send them to you in the morning. No hurry whatsoever. We had some friends give us a very cool business card down here in South Padre this winter, and we asked them how they did it, and they replied they have not one but TWO daughters who are graphic artists. And then I found a place where you can submit your own graphics and have business cards made pretty cheap. And then Bigdog decided to try it. And here we are.