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Entry tags:	program: imageready, program: photoshop, tutorial: animation

full adobe ps and ir tutorial
needed: photoshop and imageready
aim tutorial

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ok making these icons isn't hard, but it takes time to arange all the layers...
here goes:
take this base i just made (i've never been so annoyed in my life)

now take the type tool and write first letter of the word you want to "say" to someone (font: BM mini, 8pt)

copy that text layer as many times as there are letter in what you want to "say to that someone"
i want to say "hey there" so i copy it 8 times...
now resterize that first text layer taht has only one letter
on teh next text layer add another letter, DO NOT MOVE IT, then resterize that too...
and so on till the end of the word/what you want to say
---> ---> ---> ---> ---> --->

now after doing that, create another text layer and write "me:'whatever you said'"


after that create yet another text layer and write "you:'whatever'"


ok, so now you're all set to animate it....make sure evrything is on a separate layer DON'T YOU DAAAARE TO MERGE ANYTHING!!!!!
save your pile as a psd, JUST IN CASE
click teh little thingie on the bottom of your tool palette to transfer you image to imageready
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done?
ok...
so now we're in image ready...
you should have your layer palette and animation opened...
now untick everythign in layer palette cept the first letter and the base
you get this again

now in teh animation window click the New Frame thingie


now add the second letter, click new frame again...
do that untill you finish all the word layers....and then click new frame again
untick all the word layers, and tick the first line layer the one that says "me:..."
then make another frame and tick the oen that says "you..."
now play it and see if it's ok...
now mine goes a LITTLE too fast
so i change the frame delay, on writing the words 0.2 seconds, on the last letter of the writing 0.5 seconds, and on the me,you frames 0,7 seconds...
of course you can change this as you desire...
here's what i got...



i REALLY REALLY hoep this was clear enough...
this is the first tut i made taht has to do with imageready cause i don't like doing tuts in there cause everything seems hard to explain...
if you menaged to get anything from it though lemme see what you got...
ok?
stay creative ppl!