The Dink Network

when you guys make new ones,
do you individually create each frame
isn't there a shorter way to do it

Basically you have to create each frame, but you don't need to do each from scratch:

Make your graphic, save it. Adjust it a bit, "save as" with a different name. Adjust it, save it, and so on.

You're doomed to frame by frame, as far as I know... unless you go all-out and do it in 3D - I suppose you could just capture the poses as BMPs by tweaking the 3D model into positions.

I personally prefer to heavily edit existing images, cast a rare magic spell, or digitally draw up a few bases and work up from those (ie: featureless dolls)

man
are you guys trying to kill me?
i use gipm
and i already do what sarrow said

No, you can automate it pretty simply. Most graphics programs are scriptable to make frame sequences.

http://www.codedojo.com/?p=18

Shows how to do it in 3DS Max. Or if you're drawing it yourself you could make a Photoshop action that saves it for you.

in case you did not see
I USE GIMP

In case you did not see
HE USES GIMP

HELL7FIRE1 UZIGN GIMP?! NO WAI!11
I NEVR UZ GIPM!1!

Quiz, yo, my brotha'. Dude, man, you went way ova' da top.

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Oh it's not.

And it got surprised I could read that

*takes two minutes to translate the craptacular grammatical failiure of Quiztis' post*

Quiztis: "I've never used GIMP, but I've heard its kinda complicated so I got surprised."

Ey! l33tspeak isn't failiure! <

Heh, 2 minutes!? How... how.. HOW could you have gotten so much time used to that!?

It actually took me 20 seconds, but 2 minutes seemed appropriate to post

Heh, 20 seconds!? How... how.. HOW could you have gotten so much time used to that!?

And you're the grammatical failure for spelling failure as 'failiure' as pointed out! (if it wasn't intended as I assume it isn't) *plays the smart guy*

Doesn't matter if you do it in The GIMP, Photoshop, Paint or 3DS Max, you'll still have to draw each individual frame. That IS how animation works, you know. With effort and all that.

Well... You can largely automate that process if you use 3D modeling software... Not really experienced in image manipulation software, but that sounds more difficult there...

The process is just different. You will still need to put effort into making the model, rigging it, and then setting the start/end positions of the bones. And fine-tuning it.

no guys i think i'll just take the easy way out
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somebody get me a rope....and some thing to hang on