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Diane

Diane - How to make a blinking avatar
Do you have adobe image ready?
if so :

1 - open the image you want to use as an avatar in photoshop. Save it for the web. Name it 1

2 - create a new layer, draw eyelids (not totally closed) then save it for the web. Name it 2

3 - draw totally closed eyelids, save it for the web. Name it 3.

You should now have 3 different avatars : one with open eyes, another with not totally closed eyes and another with totally closed eyes.

4 - Open them in image ready, create a new file (same size as you want your avatar to be)
Drag and drop all the avatars on it (they'll appear on different layers).

There is a time control bar (with frames, etc) where you can choose to add a new frame.

5 - On this time control bar : create 3 new frames (you now should have 4)
In the first one, hide all the layers except the one where the eyes are wide open. In the second one, hide all except for the one with closed eyes. In the 3rd one, hide all the layers except the ones with nearly closed eyes and in the last one hide all except the one with open ones.

6 - Now you can set the time you want to assign to each frame : choose 5 seconds for the 1st one, 0 for the 2nd one, 0 for the 3rd one and 1 for the last one.

7 - Now you can save an optimised animated gif file :) IT'S DONE!!!

The image displayed shows how yours should look like if you've followed the steps.

Jul 26th, 2007 - 1,754 views - - Comment

  • 7Shadows imageready always come with photoshop. :)
    hehe you're making a design/animation tutorial! nice one! :)

    Jul 26th, 2007

  • Diane You're right :) I had not thought about that ^^ Thank you!

    Jul 26th, 2007
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Diane - Hair painting tutorial
This is a tutorial which explains my technique to paint hair.

I've made some mistakes writing it : it's the "dodge tool" instead of the "burn tool".
You can also use a round soft edged brush with opacity and shape set to pen pressure to place the first strands or hair, then start detailing them :)
The image on the tutorial is the first stage of my "Dreamcatcher" painting, so you can see how it can look after having worked enough on it :)
I hope it can be helpful!

Jul 21st, 2007 - 2,940 views - - Comment
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  • Renyn Ok.. i kinda used that to "paint" hairs in Blue.Glow but... opacity was kinda killing me ~ Soo i wanted to know.. do you actually change opacity/flow during the time you paint or at 100% both all the time ? Cause its kinda hard to control opacity with only pen pressure.. even more when you only need a little fading ~

    i know silly question hehe... thats why i don't paint.. im bad haha ~ peace

    Jul 26th, 2007

  • Diane I paint at 100 % all the time, but I'm very soft when I use the pen... You can change the pen settings to make it harder :)
    It's really a matter of practise, I used to do awful hair at the beginning ^^

    Jul 26th, 2007
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