Animation in GIMP?

[Jay]

Hello members of FP,

I am once again on the search to improve my graphic skills, and this time I need to learn some animation. Does anyone know anything about animation in GIMP? Any tutorials that might help me?
I've downloaded a program for GIMP called "GAP". Supposedly it helped the animation run more smoothly because it put it into frames, but I dont know how I work it. 😛


Examples of animation I want to learn:

- Image Animation
- Text Animation

List of examples are below. 😀

-Made by Dirtek

- Made by Dirtek

- Made by Dirtek

- Made by Dirtek

- Made by Kik

- Owner of Image- LEADTECH

 

[Taz]

I also want to learn that.

 

[Cam]

So do I.

I have been trying to figure that out for awhile with GIMP.

I started to think it wasn't possible... :shake:

 

[Lee Lawson]

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/
If that doesn't help then you guys need to try harder to find it, I still struggle with animation with PhotoShop but getting the ropes of it.

 

[Justin]

I've done this for plenty of people, it is pretty simple.

 

[Jay]

Mind making a tutorial?

Posted with TouchBB on my iPod touch

 

[Taz]

yeah please.

 

[Cam]

Any help?

 

[Ashish92]

i have done good amount of animation in gimp without any extra script just the usual layering method.

 

[Rok]

You use layers to make animations with GIMP.

 

[David]

You use layers to make animations with GIMP.

Graphics editors use frames to create animation.

 

[Ashish92]

yes just like frames work in videos layers work in animations.

Only problem that i face in GIMP is i can't find any way to enter custom time interval between frames.

For example if i need 100 millisecond time interval between frame 1 & 2 & 200 millisecond time between frame 2 & 3 then i will have to repeat frame 2 twice because the time interval is constant for every frame (there is only one value that we can select.)

 

[Dark Takua]

Why does the text in animation come out weird? Does it always do that?

 

[Ashish92]

it's because .gif images use indexed colors so glows etc. come out very weird in it.

options of styling are much limited to suit indexed colors.

 

[Shahrier]

Oh wow.. lots of people need to know how to do the animation..

I guess I'll bring out my tutorial wand.

 

[iGimp]

yes just like frames work in videos layers work in animations.

Only problem that i face in GIMP is i can't find any way to enter custom time interval between frames.

For example if i need 100 millisecond time interval between frame 1 & 2 & 200 millisecond time between frame 2 & 3 then i will have to repeat frame 2 twice because the time interval is constant for every frame (there is only one value that we can select.)

yes you can - rename the layer to whatever but at the end put (150ms) or whatever so i could have

Layer 1 (150ms)
Layer 2 (4535ms)
etc.

 

[Ashish92]

hmm never thought of doing that 😛
thanks +repped 🙂

 

[Shahrier]

Ashish: all you have to do is duplicate however much.


For example.

duplicate layers 1 and 2 three times and duplicate 4 and 5 ten times

 

[Rok]

You use layers to make animations with GIMP.

Graphics editors use frames to create animation.

Indeed. Layers are the same thing as frames when making a gif.

 

[iGimp]

Ashish: all you have to do is duplicate however much.


For example.

duplicate layers 1 and 2 three times and duplicate 4 and 5 ten times

Or you could do this

yes just like frames work in videos layers work in animations.

Only problem that i face in GIMP is i can't find any way to enter custom time interval between frames.

For example if i need 100 millisecond time interval between frame 1 & 2 & 200 millisecond time between frame 2 & 3 then i will have to repeat frame 2 twice because the time interval is constant for every frame (there is only one value that we can select.)

yes you can - rename the layer to whatever but at the end put (150ms) or whatever so i could have

Layer 1 (150ms)
Layer 2 (4535ms)
etc.

hmm never thought of doing that 😛
thanks +repped 🙂

Thanks!