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Description 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However, I think that this tut is now terribly outdated.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, Iโ€™d love to see what youโ€™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

LaMBz-Maxim In reply to ??? [2009-10-30 14:53:36 +0000 UTC]

Yeaaaaaaaa
Thanx a lot for the tutorial!
Now I can make my own stamp!!!!

Yeaaaaaaaaa

Thanx

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irinarichards In reply to LaMBz-Maxim [2009-10-30 17:35:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, and good luck!

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mothermultiverse [2009-10-04 22:20:38 +0000 UTC]

I needed it! Thank you!

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SierraTheCat In reply to ??? [2009-09-26 00:16:10 +0000 UTC]

[link]
Thank you SO MUCH! YOU ROCK!

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albreech In reply to ??? [2009-09-23 22:39:50 +0000 UTC]

Heya girl! Tanx, i used ur tutorial and it was so damn easy! I thought i wouldn't be able to make my own stamp, but u poped up to my rescue jeje

Here, this is the link to my stamp: [link]

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TwinkleCarnage In reply to ??? [2009-09-20 15:30:13 +0000 UTC]

I used your tutorial to make this: [link]

Thanks!

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howsyourtrousers In reply to ??? [2009-09-12 22:12:09 +0000 UTC]

What do you need to save it as to put it on d.a?
I have it as a gif... but it won't let me upload without a preview D:

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irinarichards In reply to howsyourtrousers [2009-09-12 22:19:12 +0000 UTC]

You did the right thing by saving it as animated gif. Just upload any .jpg file (it could be one of the slides from your stamp!) to act as preview, and you should be fine!

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ilfantasista27 In reply to ??? [2009-09-07 02:07:49 +0000 UTC]

problem, on step 6, when i paste the second slide into the second frame of the first, it pastes into the 1st frame too!!!!!!

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irinarichards In reply to ilfantasista27 [2009-09-07 15:11:37 +0000 UTC]

[link] - you need to have the "Create Layer for each new frame" option ticked. Hope that helps!

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ilfantasista27 In reply to irinarichards [2009-09-07 17:19:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much! ;]

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fragmentsofmydreams [2009-09-06 16:15:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for your help!
My Stamp: [link]
Simple, but I hope you love it

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Moonylla In reply to ??? [2009-09-03 09:09:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks it was VERY helpful!

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irinarichards In reply to Moonylla [2009-09-03 17:39:25 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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MarieanneMcKassion In reply to ??? [2009-09-02 21:00:32 +0000 UTC]

COOL 8D I didn't know I would get something right away when I had a random idea to look up an animated tutorial for stamps XD I got to try this!

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irinarichards In reply to MarieanneMcKassion [2009-09-02 21:19:36 +0000 UTC]

Good luck - when you do make a stamp please send me the link (I collect stamps made with the help of my tutorial... especially Naruto themed, mmmm )

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MarieanneMcKassion In reply to irinarichards [2009-09-03 22:03:33 +0000 UTC]

I probably wont make one anytime soon but I still plan on it, and when I do I will show it to you

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MangoMash In reply to ??? [2009-08-29 11:24:39 +0000 UTC]

I'm stuck on Step 5. It says "Select - Select Fill and Edit etc." I go to the select toolbar thingy and it doesn't say fill and edit. Please help hehe.

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irinarichards In reply to MangoMash [2009-08-29 21:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, that says "Select All", not "Select Fill", stupid font ^^''''
so the steps are:
go to Select => Select All
go to Edit => Copy

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MangoMash In reply to irinarichards [2009-08-30 02:05:09 +0000 UTC]

It works! Thank you very much!

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bleachhime In reply to ??? [2009-08-27 03:33:15 +0000 UTC]

If I only had ImageReady...

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irinarichards In reply to bleachhime [2009-08-27 09:49:23 +0000 UTC]

all versions of Photoshop (up to CS2 as far as I know) come with ImageReady included ^^
But if you haven't got PS, there are online services where you can make animated avatars for free. You can use them to make stamps, too. For example, [link]

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bleachhime In reply to irinarichards [2009-08-28 07:09:57 +0000 UTC]

cool thanks

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yon-daime In reply to ??? [2009-08-26 20:32:44 +0000 UTC]

what kind of Photoshop is that i have the 7.0 work that too 8D

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irinarichards In reply to yon-daime [2009-08-26 20:40:48 +0000 UTC]

It is 7.0 in the tutorial, but I think it would work on all versions up to CS2 (won't work on CS3 as far as I know!)

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yon-daime In reply to irinarichards [2009-08-26 20:44:49 +0000 UTC]

ohh really iยดm happy to know it now

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Reagan700 In reply to ??? [2009-08-26 18:00:37 +0000 UTC]

why i cant save the template as a JPG??...

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irinarichards In reply to Reagan700 [2009-08-26 18:33:54 +0000 UTC]

[link] - download it, then open it in Photoshop. Go to Image => Mode => change from Indexed Colour to RGB. Then Save As (or Save for Web) => choose JPG. Should work!

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KuramaPhoenix In reply to ??? [2009-08-19 12:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!!! works fine

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KuramaPhoenix In reply to ??? [2009-08-19 12:33:38 +0000 UTC]

Thnx so much for this tutorial!
but i'm having a lot of trouble with step 9.
I can't save my stamp i cant find the Optimize Options. I have PS CS3.
Can you help me with this problem please?

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irinarichards In reply to KuramaPhoenix [2009-08-19 12:41:35 +0000 UTC]

I don't know PS CS3 that well, however, I know there's no ImageReady included in it. I have CS2 and to save animations there, I go to Save for Web => choose .gif in options. Is it similar to CS3?

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AmayaHplz In reply to ??? [2009-08-02 13:28:28 +0000 UTC]

will this work in anyother program besides PS? :C (preferably SAI .w.;;; )

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irinarichards In reply to AmayaHplz [2009-08-03 12:45:36 +0000 UTC]

Sadly I don't think so - tho I've only used SAI a few times, I don't remember it having a similar feature.

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AmayaHplz In reply to irinarichards [2009-08-03 12:51:53 +0000 UTC]

dang D; oh well ill just wait till my birthday to get PS

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xxAREESHAxx In reply to ??? [2009-06-30 07:46:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!!! This is the ONLY tutorial that I understood, the others on dA were so complicated D:

Thank you so much for making this tut it really came in handy!!!!!

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irinarichards In reply to xxAREESHAxx [2009-06-30 18:35:43 +0000 UTC]

Glad you found it useful! I was trying to make it as simple and visual as possible.

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xxAREESHAxx In reply to irinarichards [2009-07-01 06:17:37 +0000 UTC]

It worked! Lookie I made [link]

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CearaFinn In reply to ??? [2009-06-26 09:30:35 +0000 UTC]

Hi great tutorial! Thanks for sharing I've made a stamp [link] you might be interested in having a look at

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irinarichards In reply to CearaFinn [2009-06-26 15:18:35 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

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Littlecupoframen In reply to ??? [2009-06-22 20:30:37 +0000 UTC]

Ooo I want to try it now! thankyou SOOO MUCH!

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irinarichards In reply to Littlecupoframen [2009-06-23 15:10:10 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome ^^

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akira-kawaii-kire [2009-06-18 02:44:22 +0000 UTC]

you are the best!!!! <333
is magic!! jejeje

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irinarichards In reply to akira-kawaii-kire [2009-06-18 17:30:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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akira-kawaii-kire In reply to irinarichards [2009-06-19 15:50:47 +0000 UTC]

thank you too!! really thanks, is amazing your job

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ZpanSven In reply to ??? [2009-06-13 06:49:06 +0000 UTC]

I have used it and I likes it! My very first stanp, woot! [link]

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Gothfan1 In reply to ??? [2009-06-13 05:12:23 +0000 UTC]

Can you make an animated stamp without Photoshop or the other?

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irinarichards In reply to Gothfan1 [2009-06-13 09:41:46 +0000 UTC]

Yes you certainly can! There are lots of websites where you can make animated GIFs online by uploading your slides and putting them together. One I know works well is [link] - it was set up mostly for making avatars but you can make stamps there too. Hope it helps ^^

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looking-for-hope In reply to ??? [2009-06-05 03:37:29 +0000 UTC]

Just so you know, CS3 nor CS4 have imageready
Thank goodness I found CS2 on my computer somehow

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irinarichards In reply to looking-for-hope [2009-06-05 18:06:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for telling me! Glad you can still make the stamp ^^

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looking-for-hope In reply to irinarichards [2009-06-05 18:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^ And you're welcome

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