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UPDATED WITH PICTURES!

-This works both Windows and Mac, Just download the right version of GIMP for your software-


This Tutorial is on how to make a moving image (.GIF) for free with the photoshop tool GIMP

1. Download GIMP -
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Run the installastion process and start up GIMP (May take a while the first time)

2.
Once Gimp is open, 3 windows should appear, click the manipulation guide window,
Click the File menu, then new
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3.
Create the dimensions of your picture 200 pixels by 200 pixels, click OK
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4.
In the Layers window, the background layer should appear now.
On the Manipulation window a white screen with a box marked out is shown,
This is one frame of the picture, select paint btush (ETC) and design a first frame.
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5.
Once done, Right click in the Layers tab and select new layer,
Make the dimensions 200 by 200 if they are not, select White background and click OK
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6.
Click on the Eye button next to the blank, new layer to make it appear,
Then design the next frame of the .GIF.
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!Repeat steps 5-6 until you have all your desired frames!

7.
Double click each layer and in brackets next to the name of the layer add a time a milliseconds (ms) for each frame E.g Layer name Background (200ms)
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8.
To check that it is working, go to the Filters menu, Animation, Select playback.
It shall play the .GIF made (If you have done the previous steps correctly)
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9.
Now we must save it as a .GIF file,
Go to File, save as, select a destination for the picture to be saved and name
the picture something, BUT PUT .GIF AT THE END WITHOUT A SPACE BETWEEN THE NAME
E.g Picture Name is animation, save it as animation.gif!
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10.
A window will appear,
Click save as animation, then export, then for the next window to pop up click save
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Then the Picture will be saved to the location you picked!

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Video TUT ( Not my video and i take no credit )




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YoshiFTW (01-29-2011), HippoHeaven (01-29-2011), TTG_Lowie (01-29-2011), -Cammy- (01-29-2011)
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nice tutorial dude
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TTG_SlushyFTW wrote nice tutorial dude


Thanks for the feedback
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Nice TuT

Thanked & +Repped
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Wow man.
A lot of good tuts right here.

Rep'd and thanked.
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This is cool,

could you show me how to add effects to posts?

thank you!
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HippoHeaven wrote This is cool,

could you show me how to add effects to posts?

thank you!


Sure, ill PM you,

and thanks for the feed back
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Nice TUT, must have taken a while o_O thanked but no rep yet
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Nice use print screen as some people may not be able to understand these instructions.

The pictures with highlighted pen tool would help simplify the instructions
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I made my very avatar with GIMP. Great program.
I know it doesn't match my username, but I use that everywhere else.
I'd add pics to your tutorial if I were you.
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