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Published: 2009-10-19 11:15:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 61461; Favourites: 1495; Downloads: 1388
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A gif animation tutorial using the GIMP program. So you just get an idea how I do the animations.You can see the animation here
Part two: here
Sorry if there are mistakes... If you have any questions I'll explain and add them here to make this tutorial more complete.
Edit: Changes in the new GIMP (2.8):
-You can use the "smooth stroke" option to draw nice lines even in lower zoom then 200%. (you find it at every drawing tool options dialog)
-You can add all the layers you need for one "frame" in a "group layer" By doing so, the "playback" will play the group layers and not every layer separately. (And you won't have to delete the sketchy layers every time or merge them often) In the end before exporting, merge the layer groups one by one by right-clicking on them and choosing "merge layer group". I have a script that does this automatically for all layers. I don't remember the link so just google it
-This is something that was in the old GIMP too, but I haven't mentioned it here: For every "frame" (layer or layer group) rename it with "(100ms)" at the end. If you want that frame to be slower add a bigger number then 100, if you want it to go faster add a smaller number. If you want ALL layers/frames to have the same speed, in the last window when exporting, choose the speed you want at "Delay between frames...100 milliseconds" and add a tick at "Use delay entered above for all frames"
-When you finish, you EXPORT it as ".gif" and not SAVE it.
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In photoshop you can play the animation too. The tool "time line" allows it. You only have to add a frame when you finish the draw. It is some difficult but it allows you to work the animation in real time. But if you use Gimp i' ll try it sometime ( I just start to animate ^^U your experience is obvious).
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That is what I was saying X3. "You add a frame when you finish to draw". In GIMP you don't do that, while you draw it shows up in the animation, every stroke you do 
Good luck with your animations ^^
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Joh sorry u.u my English is horrible. I hope you the best future in the animation ^^ thanks for the luck and the conversation, it's a pleasure to talk with an animator always
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This helped SO much! Thank you for so much for posting this! And the best part about it is getting gimp is SO much cheaper than photoshop XD Once again, thank you for sharing this!
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Thanks so much for posting this! I'm looking into making my own animations using this software or similar.
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Oh sweet Jesus lady, doing this in GIMP like this must take you forever 
I definitely admire the awesome dedication and great quality animation you've got out of GIMP
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Well, as they say is not the tool that matters ^^ I just feel comfortable with GIMP. You know how many people like SAI to draw, I tried it & couldn't "get" its logic lol - the thing that makes the strokes more smooth was confusing. Even in GIMP, even though there's this "smoothing" thing I rarely use it X'D
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Thanks so much for this! I've been researching and this is by far the most helpful thing I've found.
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I use Photoshop and save it as GIF. I tried posting it on deviantart (Kind of new here) and it requires a preview. I don't know where to continue on from there. Do you know how to post GIF's to deviantart? Please and thank you. :3
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Yes, you need a preview ^^ I personally scale down the original gif for the preview, but you can also use a still image. (So you basically upload 2 files) Also, the category you put it in, has to be one that accepts gifs. (most of deviantart's categories don't. I always use the "Digital Art/Animation" one)
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I didn't know you could animate with Gimp. That's so cool!
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This tutorial was invaluable to get me started, though a lot of minor steps such as how to get to the export dialogue would have been helpful (it's probably common knowledge I just suck at technology)
Anyway, this is what you helped me create!! bakalobo.deviantart.com/art/Ya…
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I'm glad my tutorial helped
(I have explained that in the description :'D ..I guess it still is a little confusing?)
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bakalobo.deviantart.com/art/El… And I tried a second idea tonight. I included a link to this tutorial in the description since it was such a tremendous help in getting me started!
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Nice ^^ and thanks <3
Keep it up~~
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I'm just a little technologically impaired.
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AHH! Thank you for this! This really helps a lot!
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Thank you so much this helps a whole lot!!!!
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you have no idea how much this helps ;w;
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OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH! *O*
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I love you forever for this tutorial <333 Tho I've got a question; If I'd like to make it go a little slower, what should I do? I hope you answer ASAP. <3
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It was in the description: For every "frame" (layer or layer group) rename it with "(100ms)" at the end. If you want that frame to be slower add a bigger number then 100, if you want it to go faster add a smaller number. If you want ALL layers/frames to have the same speed, in the last window when exporting, choose the speed you want at "Delay between frames...100 milliseconds" and add a tick at "Use delay entered above for all frames"
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