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clairebearer — How to make+colour an Emoticon
Published: 2005-08-24 16:08:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 6737; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 1214
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Just some basic instructions to making an emote. It's realy best that you know how to use Fireworks MX or any of Macromedia's early Fireworks programs first before trying this. Although I have made the intructions as clear as I can you will need basic knowledge of the program first of all, like most tutorials suggest. Enjoy!>>;
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oh gosh should have read this first before all those comments.
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Very nice.
I've been searching for different way to shade.
I'll try this.
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i am having trouble, I have fireworks MX, not 2004, but i don't think that really effects me. I am new to fireworks, personally perfering flash as the all time best program ever, so i have NO IDEA how to do anything, so i followed your instructions step by step, but i got stumped by something. when i make the elipse (15x15
thankyou
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If you are using Fireworks you should be able to view the stroke options in the properties panel. If you cannot find the properties panel go to [i]window + properties[/i]. When you select the elipse you have created, the stroke option should apear in the properties panel where you can change the pixel-thickness and so on.. check out step 2 in the tutorial above when you are making the elipse
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is it possible to make animated emoticons in mx flash 2004 and turn it into a .gif animation?
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yes, I think it is.. I'll see if I can make a tutorial for animating aswell
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i do that (you should check out my gallery) because im in love with amcromedia flash MX, i think its the best program in the world
but it doesn't turn out right, because flash is a vector, and fireworks is a ...not vector. and when you export it as a .gif, you'll never know how many pixels it will be. and theres this perfect pixel amount thats meanto to be use in making the best looking emoticon that you can't do on macromedia flash
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Ahh just an observation... you stated something twice on the same side... the Hue/saturation part, you meantioned twice... did u mean to do that?
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wonderfully done...
a) i was wondering what fireworks was *ticked
b) i colour my emoticons pixel by pixel but thanks to you i now have the option to gradient fill *ticked
if i had a choice i think pixel by pixel is more satisfying
its great to get this kind of tute out there for others
thank you
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In Fireworks there's on the left hand bar called "Frames" onceinside you can create small animation sequences by doing what's called 'frame by frame' animation.
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hehe ya i just figured it out 
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very cool! although i use ImageReady 7, the coloring technique is still really useful! thank you for sharing!
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i don't see why not. Deffinately for creating the border and the pixel-by-pixel shading - you'd have to try it out
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Very informative and easy to follow if you have Fireworks. I like how you've highlighted the important things in yellow.
I can follow the basics of emoticon making and colouring but I don't have Fireworks so there are bits that just pass by me, I have never worked with a programme like it. So, for Fireworks users, it's a fantastic tutorial that has been carefully thought out and composed. I'm sure a lot of people will find it extremely useful!
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thanx! I'll see if I can make one for photoshop aswell, as it is used more widely than Fireworks. I just need to get used to it first lol
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I don't even have Photoshop
I'm surviving on AnimationShop Trials
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wow thanks! i've been looking for this for a long time!
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Looks much better that my dumb Ulead 
I wonder how long the Fireworks' trial is 
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[link] - there are plenty of official trials you can check out here. You'll need to sign in to download them however..
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WOW!! so usefull....cool tutorial... very good! ^ ^
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