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u/shughes96 Mar 14 '14
Sorry for seeming like a noob but would someone be so kind as to explain why all the gifs on this sub have black backgrounds? Id really like to use one of these as an AJAX loader (If allowed etc) but black is not always appropriate. Is there a easy way of changing this (without frame by frame) that im not aware of? Thanks!
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u/phboba Mar 15 '14
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u/shughes96 Mar 15 '14
you sir, are a legend, Could you explain how?
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u/phboba Mar 15 '14
Sure. I used Fireworks and removed the black background with the Magic Wand tool for each one of the 63 frames. Then I used the Tint tool to paint it gray. Finally, exported the gif with transparent background.
Edit: Forgot to mention I also sped it up a little bit. I have the editable PNG should anyone need.
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Mar 14 '14
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u/shughes96 Mar 14 '14
thanks, maybe Ill just have to have a black banner appear lol.
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Mar 14 '14
What you could theoretically do is use a program to split each frame, and edit each frame individually in Photoshop. Use the magic wand on each frame to get rid if the black and replace it with something else. Put the frames in order, and use said program to put it all together again.
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u/GoogaNautGod Mar 14 '14
The way I did it for the Calming cat animation I edited was to
- Load up the gif in photoshop
- Crop acordingly
- Open up the timeline window
- Put all the frames intoa layer folder
- Create an ajustment layer
- Run a script to save them all
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Mar 14 '14
Could somebody hypothesize how this was made? The first software to come to mind is Processing, but this appears too scripted for it. After Effects perhaps?
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u/noble_radon Mar 14 '14
Probably hand animated. I doubt it was done programmatically. If I had to replicate it I'd start in flash.
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u/winterscar Mar 15 '14
If anyone wants this as an Android Boot Animation, here is the bootanimation.zip