can i change pdn to gif file to be used for animation

[rooferman]

i was doing the exploding planets tutorial, and may have stumbled upon a great idea ,if its possible to change a pdn file to a gif file for use with the unfreez animation program.i am a noobie and really not familar with this area.any help would be appreciated.

[BuzzKill]

Open your .pdn file. Flatten it. Save as .gif

[Ben_R_R]

How you do that depends on how your image uses layers,

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If there is only one layer -

File - Save As - select gif from the drop-down menu.

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If there are multiple layers but they make up only one frame -

Flatten the image(Ctrl+Shift+F), Then, File - Save As - gif

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If there are multiple layers and each one makes up a frame -

Select the layer you want to be frame 1, Copy, Paste into new image(Ctrl+Alt+V) and save that image as a gif, Repeat for each frame.

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Hope That Helps!

[rooferman]

hats off to buzzkill and ben_r_r for your informatoin on changing pdn file to gif file,as my project is coming out quite well ,better then expected.it is entitled " death of a planet " and should be finished soon! being a noobie this would be a great boost to my ego as far as working with paint.net.is there a place were i can show my finished work and how would i go about it? could i use it for my avatar? thanks again rooferman

[Crazy Man Dan]

Yep, there's a place to show your work. It's The Pictorium at the top of this board.

And this tutorial explains how to upload and insert images into PHPBB forums, if that's what you meant.