[TUTORIAL] How to make Animation MSN Icons/Picture/ETC

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[TUTORIAL] How to make Animation MSN Icons/Picture/ETC

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How to make MSN Icon:
For this I take this as an Example:
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Requirement:
- BannedStory (Offline/Online)
- Adobe Photoshop Portable
- WinRAR or WinZIP

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Adobe PhotoShop
1. Open Adobe Photoshop
2. Set it into 95 x 95 Pixels (MSN Icon Size) or 100 x 100 Pixels (Xemectrum Size) or Bigger.
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3. Please Set Up Your Settings into the list below, Require Layers First.
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Gardient Tool, Background (You Could use other Pictures too)
4. Set two colours, below
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Light Blue - #57d3f7
Darker Blue - #5f95ef
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5. Pull the Direction You Want The Primer to Secondary Colours to be.
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Layers for Character
6. Open Up a New Layer
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7. Copy and Paste all the images, in a set since it is (action)_(numbers)
Example: fly_0 to fly_1 , Heal_0 to Heal_2
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8. Copy all actions into separate layers.
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Animations
9. Now for animations, Click on Windows > Animations.
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10. Remove the second action first, for the first Frame.
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11. Press New Layer in Animation.
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12. After you done the first frame, change back to opaque. And repeat it on the other layers,
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13. Set the delay into 0.2 to 0.5 as for the delay. Suggested 0.3 seconds.
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14. Save as GIF.
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15. ONCE DONE:
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to make Animation MSN Icons

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BannedStory 4
- Link : http://www.maplesimulator.com/programs/bannedstory
1. After you finish making your Character. Save as Sprite Sheet with Face Expressions
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2. Wait until (Step 1 to 2), is fully finish.
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3. Press Save.
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4. Save as ___________.zip
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5. Extract it.
6. Dig through every folders inside to find the actions and face expressions you need.
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to make Animation MSN Icons

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Post the steps on here as fast as possible thanks.
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iMike wrote:Post the steps on here as fast as possible thanks.
Hello Mike >=3 :lol:
It's 70% Written =D

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im struggling with custom poses -.-
i will put at my siggy once im done :D
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Thanks for the tutorial Sean ;D
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to make Animation MSN Icons/Picture/ETC

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I can't put the Maple Character into the Layer , When I clicked the ' Open' . The Maple Character goes into another Window. Help me please?
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Re: [TUTORIAL] How to make Animation MSN Icons/Picture/ETC

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Which layer are u meaning?and no double posting thx
add me on MSN if u need help
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xiangloong wrote:Which layer are u meaning?and no double posting thx
Nevermind I thought him already but kind of blur. His my Real Life Friend =3
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Oh...LOLS!
add me on MSN if u need help
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