I've seen some..er.."smiley" animations around the forums, and I was really wanting to do them, but I have no $500 or so to spend on Adobe flash (or however much it costs to get it). So, I was wondering if anyone can suggest some good animation programs that I could use. Anything would be helpful here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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kuroi

I found this a couple of while ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its a emoticon 'FAQ book' of sorts. :-k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://darkmoon3636.deviantart.com/journal/7605046/#A2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But if you just want a quick answer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What programs are the best for making emoticons?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any program that can make a gif animation will work fine. Programs like MX fireworks, jasc animation shop, and other ones of that type are crowd favourites. Personally, I'd stick to a program designed specifically for .gifs, (ruling out ones like Fireworks) MY favorite is Ulead Gif Animator 5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can even try GIMP since its free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit confusing though, what with all the layer piles you have to deal with for animations... #-o

I have loads of smileys, but I don't make them. If you are using Firefox, just get the Smiley Xtra 4 extension.

 

 

 

Else, I don't know any free animation programs, I always use ImageReady. :')

microsoft gif animator is the best.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its free, and I made this using it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use fireworks, and It's quite simple to animate in it, it's what I would reccomend :thumbsup:

now that theres talk going bout recommended softwares, anyone got a suggestion for a pix0l art soft for linux and an animation one as well

 

 

 

and DONT name Gimp... Its a lil 2 powerful for pix0lling and the animtaion stuff in it is pretty complicated to work on ( never tried ).

I use fireworks, and It's quite simple to animate in it, it's what I would reccomend :thumbsup:

You must pay for fireworks right?

 

I use fireworks, and It's quite simple to animate in it, it's what I would reccomend :thumbsup:

You must pay for fireworks right?

 

 

 

yep: US $299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

maybe not the right solution if u dont want to pay -.-

oh sry i didn't realize it was so expensive, my dad got it free from work :-$ but it's still an excellent program :thumbsup:

Now that theres talk going about recommended softwares, anyone got a suggestion for a pixel art software for Linux and an animation one as well.

 

 

 

And DON'T name Gimp... It's a little too powerful for pixelling and the animtaion stuff in it is pretty complicated to work on ( never tried ).

 

 

 

For pixelling, try Grahpics Gale (http://www.google.com -> search graphics gale). Animation...there's some trial software from Adobe you might like :? I'm not sure if it will be compatable with Linux, though. I have windows \ .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm going to try out the trial for Fireworks 8 from adobe. I'll also try MSGif Animator since, of course, it's free (btw, thanks megadedhead for adding me to your signature credit list). I actually got ImageReady from a trial of PSCS2 for free once..Don't know if it was a mistake, though (let's hope it wasn't so I can get it back : ). Also, if Ulead Gif Animator 5 is free, then I'll also try that (or if I can even get a trial of it).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thing I was mainly wanting to do (to clear up some stuff) was create some "smiley animations" that I've seen around Tip.It lately. Maybe even my own smileys, too :thumbsup: . Thanks for all the help and keep suggesting stuff if you feel you need to :D .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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kuroi

if you gonna use fireworks for animation be sure to export as an animated gif (also save as a layered .png) so that you can upload it and it stays animated otherwise you will be uploading only one frame if you dont export as animated gif