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Animated Stamp Tutorial
Published: 2007-06-09 23:03:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 74748; Favourites: 2074; Downloads: 1353
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UPD2: Guys, I really am chuffed that so many people found this tutorial helpful. It came as a total surprise when DA gave me a Daily Deviation for it, and that it has accumulated 55K views. I am surprised and honoured.However, I think that this tut is now terribly outdated. Hardly anyone uses ImageReady anymore. In this day and age, you can make an animated GIF directly in CS5, online - even in Powerpoint, whatever rocks your boat. If I had time, I could make a CS5 stamp tutorial or something - however, there are some awesome tutorials for that already, so why reinvent the wheel?
I haven't got time to reply to all the comments I get for this deviation, or respond to all the faves - so comments are disabled for now, sorry!
Last but not the least: this tutorial is far from perfect. I don't make stamps anymore. I am a published manga artist, I draw manga and illustrations and do workshops (and have been doing so since 2004, would you believe!). I really am somewhat disappointed that this tutorial got noticed and recognised more than any work that I put my heart and soul into.
So thank you for your interest - and please check out other art in my DA gallery, or on my website www.irinarichards.com.
Thanks! Peace and love all around ^^
UPD: If you're having problems with Step 5, this screenshot might help you: [link]
Introducing my first ever tutorial - How to Make an Animated Stamp!
In just 10 simple steps, you'll be able to create wonderful stamps for everyone to see.
Please
if you found this tutorial helpful. Thank you!You can also send me links to your stamps, I’d love to see what you’ve created ^_^
Credits:
Stamp Template: [link] by #stamp-album
Font: Oh Snap [link] by ~ashzstock
Picture: Against My Will [link] by me
The actual stamp can be found here: [link]
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Comments: 597
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Yay! Thanks for this, and congratulations on the DD!
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Oh, wow! You got a DD!! I've been using this for, like, YEARS!! Congrats! You deserve it BIG TIME!
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I've never made a stamp before but I just might try it, you tutorial look easy enough
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Awesome! Now if I do get Photoshop I'll know how to make animated stamps!
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HELL YEAH!!! THANKS FOR THE TUTORIAL, IS VERY HELPER!!! n_n!!!
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I think in the CS versions (at least in CS2 and up; all I have is CS2, and I know you can do it in that at least) you can just open the animation window in Photoshop instead of Image Ready.
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I think so too ^^ It's just that I used PS7 at the time of making of this tut, so I made it for PS7 ^^'''
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Oh, that's fine! I wasn't trying to be critical, I just thought it might be a helpful note for anyone using CS so they don't have to go to the trouble of saving the images and opening them in ImageReady. ^^''
It's a very helpful tutorial! 
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Oh thank the gods! The answer to my prayers! Thank you so much for making this! I was looking for a tutorial like it!
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This look pretty interesting. Never created a stamp before, but it's something I'll in the back of my mind for when I have some time available. By any chance do you know if there's a tutorial for doing animated avatars?
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It's exactly the same principle, but instead of using a stamp template as your base, create a blank document the same size as the avatar, then go straight to step 2 ^^
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Thanks for this! I can't wait to try it!
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Great tutorial! This is more or less the process I use when I do animated stamps. I'm glad you're getting recognition for it, it's so much fun to do these and everyone should know how! 
One thing you may want to note either in the tutorial itself or in the artist comments- if you're using a later version of Photoshop (which many people are), "Save Optimized As" won't appear in the menu, but "Save for Web and Devices" will do the same thing.
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Totally! Stamps are one of the joys of DA, and the tut can be used to make icons, simple animations, emoticons, etc - quite versatile, isn't it?
Thanks for the suggestion! I think it's called "Save for Web" in PS Elements too, which I mostly use at work ^^
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Yes, that's definitely an awesome thing. I know learning how to use the Animation palette really helped me a lot.
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nice
I would suggest though making a clear background!
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Thanks - a clear bg is even easier... just don't add a background layer with colour!
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Good old PS7 ^^''' But you can dreate aminated stamps in later versions of PS too!
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ooooh, really? thanx ^^
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That's a great tutorial
And CONGRATULATIONS for the DD
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Thank you! You know, before I saw your message I thought: "why am I getting so many pageviews and messages today all of a sudden?..." *I'm slow*
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Indeed, thank you for the tutorial ^^ I'm not sure if I've thanked you before.
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thanks ^^ this is going to help alot
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Thank you for creating this! I just might try it out sometime.
-- Mitch
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No prob - show me the result when you're done!
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Thank you very much, and will do!
-- Mitch
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Thanks! So helpful!
I used it to make this - I had a little trouble figuring it out, but this definitely helped.
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Thanks for a Great Tutorial~!!! 
Thank you Again for all the Tips~!!! 
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Is there any way to do this with Photoshop Elements? I only have the version that came with my tablet
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Oh yes - with PS elements, you do a layered file, with each image on a separate layer. Then Save for Web (I think that's what it's called in Elements) and there should be an "animation" option that you tick, then set the speed and it should work.
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Yay! Thanks so much, I'll try that
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This was helpful! CS4 is a bit different, but essentially the same, except for the "save as optimized". I couldn't find it, but then I realized I had the "save for web & devices" option. Oops. XD Thank you for making this tutorial!
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Cool - you're welcome! *goes to see your stamp*
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Now, if only I could find a way to do it without Photoshop or other pay-to-use programs. At least there's a Photoshop free trial. Hooray for 30 days of free stamps!
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What I always recommend is gickr: [link] You can make an animation of up to 10 slides online for free. All you have to do is make sure your images are the size of the stamp template. Then upload images, set the speed and you're done! Hope it helps.
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I need more than 10 frames, but thanks for trying.
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Can you do this with photoshop cs4?
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I'd expect you could, yes ^^
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Can you do this in any version of photoshop? Or does it have to be this specific one?
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