Love all the avatars. Beautiful work.

Jumping in to say I'm in Modesto since you're talking about Walnut Creek, Oakland, and Vallejo.

GreenyJess said:

AAAAAAAAAAH! Finally, I did it! My first-in-a-really-long-time animation.

Might have to go try this one on right away actually…

Wooooahh! Really awesomeee!!!

Oh, Modesto? That's not super far from here, Jamz. Yay! it's a Nor Cal party :)

Thanks muchly, Ashley!! I am so excited that I finally got it to work!

lilmac, I don't mind given tutorials (now that I remembered how ), but it kinda matters if you have the right programs to do it. I've been using Adobe Image Ready but I'm sure there are other ways to make animations.

I have a PC. The only "good" program I have on here is Windows Movie Maker

lilmac11313 said:I have a PC. The only "good" program I have on here is Windows Movie Maker

Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any free programs that make animated icons… at least none that turn out very well.

But hey, I'd be more than willing to take requests if you've got something specific in mind!

Luna, as far as I know, there's no way to make an animated .gif in Photoshop without ImageReady. Now if yours is intergrated like Ashley was talking about, then that's different. If you just want to save an image as a .gif, that's easy. What is it specifically that you're wanting to do? I'd love to help, if I can.

Luna, it's ridiculously hot here. It's why I escape to San Francisco as much as possible. Berkley and Santa Cruz too. I love Six Flags as well but it's been a while since I've been there.

I have no gift at making icons so I have to depend on all you makers out there. We appreciate them. 

Greeny, I have PS CS3, and it does have the ability to make animated .gifs. I think CS2 did, too, since that's what my friend had used. 

Jamz–Oh man, I get lost in San Francisco EVERY TIME I visit. First my friend (tho Photoshop one, actually) and I were trying to come from San Rafael, and then ended up going through the Golden Gate bridge (so so SO the wrong way) and had to drive all the way through SF to get to the Bay Bridge. Took 2 hours, we got lost so much.Then another time friends and I were trying to leave SF, and ended up at the GG bridge again. Happened again a third time months later, and I'm pretty sure I hate the Golden Gate now, lol. But I love Berkely. Next time you Bay Area people are there, you've got to go to this little sea shack if you like crab. It's off College Ave., and has the best cooked crab that's been marinated in garlic butter. Of course, it's $20 a pop, but so worth it ;) . 

Ashley–thank you! I'm so excited to try it out. Hopefully I'll have something within the week :D . As for GIMP, I had it before PS so I didn't notice any of its shortcomings. As a matter of fact, I'd just graduated from Photofiltre, which is pretty much a glorified Paint program with a few minor special effects. So GIMP was fantastic for me. Then my friend let me borrow her Photoshop CD and I've been in love ever since. You know what they say! Once you go Photoshop, you never go…to anything else, anyway. ;)

Got a few more avs for you all:

Oh, Luna those are great! You're so good at catching those great faces!

LOVE this one!  

Yeah, thanks Greeny! Anything I could do to help :)

Hmm… you raise a good point about the background. I dunno why I do that! It's just the way I've always done it :P

Either way, you make total sense, since it is the background, lol.

GreenyJess said:

Nuts. My version of ImageReady doesn't seem to have that adjustment layer feature… can't change the contrast on the whole .gif. Bother, bother, bother…

Do you have Photoshop as well?

In CS2 there was a button at the bottom of the toolbar (on the side) that says "Send to Photoshop" (from ImageReady), then you should be able to do it.

Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Brightness/Contrast

GreenyJess said:

Ah… I'll give that a try. Thanks!

No problem :)

There should be another button in Photoshop that says "Send to ImageReady", so you can then optimize it for the internet.

Good luck! Can't wait to see what you're making

Thanks, ashley and ACF! Glad you like them :D. And I know what you mean. That's pretty much my exact reaction every time I'm around my roommates, lol