BradyPWNZ Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I'm fairly new to graphics and such, and I lurk around this website for plugins and tuts, and I can't found out how to make flashing text like the one in my friends signature. Like this: Link me to a tut or tell me here please? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 It's actually an animated GIF image. Unfortunately Paint.NET doesn't support the creation of animated GIFs, but this tutorial might be a good start: Make an Animated .GIF with Paint.NET http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2492 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyPWNZ Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 Meh, I was hoping for some type of fading effect, oh well. Hopefully someone will make a plugin for what I'm looking for soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Just make multiple frames with the transparency of the text at different levels. Then bring the frames into UnFreez following the linked tutorial... Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 When you work on the frames, Adjust (lower) the Opacity in Layer properties for each frame and you will get the fading effect. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wither Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I've found that lowering the opacity in intervals of 20 makes a pretty smooth fade. Quote YouTube | Myspace | deviantART Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Good to know as I've never tried to make anime-gif. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyPWNZ Posted July 4, 2007 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 I know how to do that, but I mean like a "flashing fading effect. Like in my friends sig(Which I posted up there^), I wanna know how to do that. I know how to adjust Opacity since when I first wanted to do what I'm trying to do I messed around with colors for half an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HITMAN-X- Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 They told you how to do it. You need to make frames. AKA images to put together to make a effect. So 1 image would have the words and the next image would have the words faded a bit and so on. There is no plugin that I know of for any image editing program that will make flashing text for a still image type with out using frames (A mass of images put together). Quote DEXTUT.COM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 They told you how to do it. Indeed I think we have covered all the requirements so far, but perhaps this concept still requires some elaboration. As I mentioned, your friend’s image is an animated GIF. An animated GIF file is a special type of GIF file which essentially contains a series of regular GIF images (still images). When it is viewed, the images are played one after the other to give an animation effect. Each of those still images are called “frames†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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