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cyberbuu β€” moving pixel icon tutorial

Published: 2009-08-24 17:45:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 35236; Favourites: 893; Downloads: 732
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Description I am glad that this tutorial has helped everyone create some cute pixel works! As of April 2018 I will be disabling comments on this post as I am not able to give tutorials beyond what is provided. This tutorial is now out of date to the current software of GIMP but a lot of the same general rules still reply. Please check below for an updated tutorial.

FOR THE NEWEST VERSION OF GIMP:

I have created another tutorial to help with saving on the new GIMP 2.8 which can be found here: silly-peach.deviantart.com/art…


Saving as animation is different on the new version so please use it if you get stuck! YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PUT THE WORD (LAYER #)(REPLACE) IN YOUR LAYER NAME! JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY LAYERS ARE IN THE ORDER THAT YOU WANT THEM TO ANIMATE INT!!
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Comments: 543

cyberbuu In reply to ??? [2013-02-16 19:07:10 +0000 UTC]

no problem c:

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DarkAncientLight In reply to ??? [2012-10-05 00:54:17 +0000 UTC]

Is this for GIMP 2.6?

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cyberbuu In reply to DarkAncientLight [2012-10-12 14:19:12 +0000 UTC]

yup!

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DarkAncientLight In reply to cyberbuu [2012-10-12 22:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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skaterpunk2010 [2012-09-28 02:49:40 +0000 UTC]

this is a great tutorial and i made mine red for an apple if that's okay? I don't want you to think i'm stealing your design. I would love to post if that's okay and i'll put a link and give you credit and everything?

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cyberbuu In reply to skaterpunk2010 [2012-10-12 14:19:25 +0000 UTC]

sure, go ahead

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Pufferluq [2012-09-25 21:10:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! Very helpful!

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cyberbuu In reply to Pufferluq [2012-10-12 14:19:34 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome~

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Apfel-Tee [2012-09-16 15:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks to you I was able to make my very first animated icon for dA! ;w;
Thank you so much for making a tutorial even I can understand. ヽ(οΌ›β–½οΌ›)γƒŽ

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cyberbuu In reply to Apfel-Tee [2012-09-21 14:05:28 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I'm glad that it helped!

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Apfel-Tee In reply to cyberbuu [2012-09-21 17:59:03 +0000 UTC]

You helped a lot, jepp!
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seiishi-kun In reply to ??? [2012-09-15 20:50:21 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU! This helped me alot!! I could barely download gimp, let alone use it.

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cyberbuu In reply to seiishi-kun [2012-09-21 14:05:40 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad it helped

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Aveangeladarkangel In reply to ??? [2012-09-03 03:10:01 +0000 UTC]

This was really helpful, I hardly ever find GIMP tutorials on DA and was really happy to see this one. Thank you ^.^

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cyberbuu In reply to Aveangeladarkangel [2012-09-09 09:16:38 +0000 UTC]

thank you! :d

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Airborne-Penguins In reply to ??? [2012-08-29 22:05:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm confused! When I click 'Save As', no option for a gif comes up! >.< Do you know why this is?

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cyberbuu In reply to Airborne-Penguins [2012-09-09 09:17:38 +0000 UTC]

In the new version of gimp you need to go to 'export as' instead of save as for some reason. If that's not the answer then just put '.gif' at the end of the name so you may all is icon1.gif and then it will give you all the gif options

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Airborne-Penguins In reply to cyberbuu [2012-09-09 16:53:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank!

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Airborne-Penguins In reply to Airborne-Penguins [2012-08-29 22:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Wait, no nevermind. I figured it out. xD I made my icon following it, though!

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PeachBerryDivision In reply to ??? [2012-08-19 00:35:55 +0000 UTC]

Mine's not moving...even though I've double-checked the saving part...

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cyberbuu In reply to PeachBerryDivision [2012-09-15 09:10:31 +0000 UTC]

If it's saved as gif and you're sure that you've followed each of these steps, try uploading it and see if it works. A lot of the viewing programs on computers/laptops do not show gifs moving.

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PeachBerryDivision In reply to cyberbuu [2012-09-15 21:51:46 +0000 UTC]

here it is: [link]
it's not moving...

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cyberbuu In reply to PeachBerryDivision [2012-09-21 14:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Both of your layers are the exact same so it won't move. You have to move one of the layers like it shows in the tutorial. The layers must be different for it to move.

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PeachBerryDivision In reply to cyberbuu [2012-09-21 22:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh~Thanks~

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Magnamious In reply to ??? [2012-08-10 20:01:45 +0000 UTC]

What did you program did you use for this?

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cyberbuu In reply to Magnamious [2012-08-14 08:25:27 +0000 UTC]

GIMP 2.6

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HiddenCookie In reply to Magnamious [2012-08-13 20:25:31 +0000 UTC]

It's GIMP.

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DestinedTwins [2012-08-09 20:47:05 +0000 UTC]

I did everything but mine won't move! DX

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cyberbuu In reply to DestinedTwins [2012-08-10 10:16:11 +0000 UTC]

are you sure you saved it right?

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DestinedTwins In reply to cyberbuu [2012-08-10 16:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Nevermind I got it. :3

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Oceanisuna In reply to ??? [2012-08-09 01:36:43 +0000 UTC]

I love your tution I had made a few: [link] [link] [link] [link] and [link]

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cyberbuu In reply to Oceanisuna [2012-09-15 09:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Great! I'm glad it helped

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PrincessHannahBee In reply to ??? [2012-08-07 09:24:22 +0000 UTC]

Sorry I figured it out...

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PrincessHannahBee [2012-08-07 09:22:32 +0000 UTC]

This might sounds stupid but I don't have the little "Layers" window... How do I get it?

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sharkyadopts In reply to ??? [2012-08-03 18:40:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for the tut!
I made an apple: [link]

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cyberbuu In reply to sharkyadopts [2012-09-15 09:09:21 +0000 UTC]

Glad it helped! <3

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NorwegianMoose In reply to ??? [2012-07-31 13:45:36 +0000 UTC]

A very good tutorial! Used for this: [link]

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cyberbuu In reply to NorwegianMoose [2012-09-15 09:09:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad it could help

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mahcupcakes [2012-07-30 22:38:00 +0000 UTC]

all i can say is THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

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cyberbuu In reply to mahcupcakes [2012-09-15 09:09:46 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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vicoriarulez888 [2012-07-29 01:42:54 +0000 UTC]

hey i tried heres the link hope you check it out [link]

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cyberbuu In reply to vicoriarulez888 [2012-07-30 09:37:19 +0000 UTC]

awh cute!

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vicoriarulez888 In reply to cyberbuu [2012-07-30 19:55:38 +0000 UTC]

thank u

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starry-patronus In reply to ??? [2012-07-27 23:58:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this very helpful tutorial! ;7;
Here's my peach icon: [link]

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cyberbuu In reply to starry-patronus [2012-07-30 09:37:32 +0000 UTC]

how adorable!

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starry-patronus In reply to cyberbuu [2012-07-30 17:54:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! <3

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RockerAlison In reply to ??? [2012-07-18 13:31:47 +0000 UTC]

Thx for the tutorial !!!

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cyberbuu In reply to RockerAlison [2012-07-30 09:37:40 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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nowbaddyxD In reply to ??? [2012-07-09 21:10:14 +0000 UTC]

this tutorial has been really helpful!
thank you for making this!!
but i have just one question about it, at 16). i don't have GIF, how could i make it appear?

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cyberbuu In reply to nowbaddyxD [2012-07-14 11:17:55 +0000 UTC]

If you don't have the option for making a gif then just add .gif to the end of your image name. So when you save it and you change the name, make sure you put somehting like 'movingicon1.gif' and then save it

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