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Description "Quick" Tutorial I did on
HOW TO MAKE AN ANIMATED ICON/AVATAR.

- Using Photoshop (CS3)

Hope the steps are clear enough
(and that it somehow helps..!),
Feel free to ask any questions - I'm here to help!
Enjoy.
Click here to see final results of my "I PS" Icon
Please show your support by if you use this or download it! Thank you! And any donation amount of points is appreciate it! I can be as little as 3
It'll encourage me to make more tutorials!

This tutorial is very simple, for beginners, but if you want to try out some cooler stuff check out this video tutorial: [link] !
by `b0r3d13
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Ps: Should I mention? now that I think about it, I only discovered I could animate things through photoshop thanks to my friend ~daniedesigns ! and SHE got me addicted... Thank you?
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Comments: 192

kibbleskid In reply to ??? [2010-07-28 01:39:47 +0000 UTC]

cool thanks!

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blackroselover [2010-07-23 17:43:06 +0000 UTC]

Cool thank you this help but i dont have the programme

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mxlove In reply to blackroselover [2010-07-28 00:42:22 +0000 UTC]

You can download Photoshop as a trial on Adobe's site.

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blackroselover In reply to mxlove [2010-07-31 16:11:01 +0000 UTC]

cool i have to find it

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HighHeavensStock [2010-06-27 20:59:35 +0000 UTC]

do you know if this works with PhotoShop elements 8?

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mxlove In reply to HighHeavensStock [2010-06-28 21:18:01 +0000 UTC]

It could. I've never tried.

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HighHeavensStock In reply to mxlove [2010-06-30 19:22:39 +0000 UTC]

oh okay thanks

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kremepuff In reply to ??? [2010-06-24 16:02:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!!! you've been a great help!

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mxlove In reply to kremepuff [2010-06-25 02:21:05 +0000 UTC]

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F1n4lH34rT5X In reply to ??? [2010-06-19 15:36:26 +0000 UTC]

wow this tutorial is really really helpful thanks a lot

oh btw I have a prob, I can't save my animation as a Gif (the programm just stops working) what should I do?

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mxlove In reply to F1n4lH34rT5X [2010-06-25 02:21:30 +0000 UTC]

it shouldn't be.
make sure you have enough ram and memory storage

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F1n4lH34rT5X In reply to mxlove [2010-06-25 15:18:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks ^^

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X2Oxenfree In reply to ??? [2010-06-14 23:59:35 +0000 UTC]

XDD you SAVED my picture! im so happy thank you so much! i kept saving it but when i uploaded ti it didnt move i didnt realize you had to save it for web and devices for it to work

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mxlove In reply to X2Oxenfree [2010-06-15 21:14:58 +0000 UTC]

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BananaWorld In reply to ??? [2010-06-09 22:08:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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yupon [2010-05-30 18:49:12 +0000 UTC]

hey! thanks so much! i made it but do u save it as a GIF image file? coz thats the one it goes to but it wont load XD!
chaz
xox

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mxlove In reply to yupon [2010-05-30 23:08:42 +0000 UTC]

if you just save it in gif, it'll be a static image,
you'll have to click on save for web and devices, and not save as

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yupon In reply to mxlove [2010-05-31 11:42:58 +0000 UTC]

thank u!

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MissMew4554 [2010-05-27 03:51:33 +0000 UTC]

deviantArt won't upload my animated avatars!

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mxlove In reply to MissMew4554 [2010-05-28 00:12:37 +0000 UTC]

are they in gip?
and also, check the category you upload them in, it has to be in animation..

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MissMew4554 In reply to mxlove [2010-05-28 00:47:17 +0000 UTC]

it's okay!someone animated it for me, and i saved it, and uploaded it!

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nilzenmate89 In reply to ??? [2010-05-02 23:39:30 +0000 UTC]

I love you for making this tutorial!! thank you so much!!!!

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mxlove In reply to nilzenmate89 [2010-05-03 00:33:41 +0000 UTC]

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nilzenmate89 In reply to mxlove [2010-05-03 16:30:15 +0000 UTC]

really helped me!! :3

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mxlove In reply to nilzenmate89 [2010-05-03 23:21:16 +0000 UTC]

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innocent-rebel In reply to ??? [2010-04-28 16:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! Thanks to you, I just made my first animated icon!

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mxlove In reply to innocent-rebel [2010-04-29 01:35:47 +0000 UTC]

congrats
and you're welcome!!

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Chisou In reply to ??? [2010-04-18 22:14:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!! This was extremely helpful.

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mxlove In reply to Chisou [2010-04-20 01:08:09 +0000 UTC]

no problem!

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ArcticFoxLuna [2010-04-18 11:24:17 +0000 UTC]

im still new to photoshop can you tell me how to put a new layer?

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mxlove In reply to ArcticFoxLuna [2010-04-18 13:43:08 +0000 UTC]

[link] Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Alt+N

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ArcticFoxLuna In reply to mxlove [2010-04-18 13:49:49 +0000 UTC]

ok thnx

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mxlove In reply to ArcticFoxLuna [2010-04-18 17:29:38 +0000 UTC]

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trex444 In reply to ??? [2010-04-17 23:37:04 +0000 UTC]

ty!!! I love YOU NOW!!! :d

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mxlove In reply to trex444 [2010-04-18 13:43:16 +0000 UTC]

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Serenere92 In reply to ??? [2010-04-17 22:19:21 +0000 UTC]

You are awesome!..thank you very very much!

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mxlove In reply to Serenere92 [2010-04-18 13:43:22 +0000 UTC]

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bellacutie2 In reply to ??? [2010-04-10 02:35:20 +0000 UTC]

Is it the same with Photo Filtre?

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bellacutie2 [2010-04-10 02:35:14 +0000 UTC]

Is it the same with Photo Filtre?

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Dark-Mare910 [2010-04-05 17:01:47 +0000 UTC]

how can I save the animation? it only shows one frame

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mxlove In reply to Dark-Mare910 [2010-04-05 22:27:49 +0000 UTC]

go to file > save to web (something like that) and it should work. It says at the end of the tut xD

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Dark-Mare910 In reply to mxlove [2010-04-06 11:12:12 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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mxlove In reply to Dark-Mare910 [2010-04-06 20:51:27 +0000 UTC]

np :]

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maromi-cm [2010-03-22 21:19:27 +0000 UTC]

Your tutorial showed me how to do this

[link]

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mxlove In reply to maromi-cm [2010-03-22 22:01:44 +0000 UTC]

Looks great! it's soo cute <3

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SamuraiSallyBWAC In reply to ??? [2010-03-13 09:30:57 +0000 UTC]

yeah... um, under windows > Animations, it doesn't have anything that says "animate" or anything... help? please?

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mxlove In reply to SamuraiSallyBWAC [2010-03-13 17:44:46 +0000 UTC]

it should be just:
Window> Animation and you click on animation.

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SamuraiSallyBWAC In reply to mxlove [2010-03-13 17:48:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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shadow4everandaday In reply to ??? [2010-03-05 03:54:43 +0000 UTC]

This should be helpful for me, i've always wanted to amke an animated icon. thx to you, now i can! ^^

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