Smooth edit

[TBG]

Originally Posted by BaconExpert

... and you say you have no experience at all... ?

*mind blown*

[TBG]

Best...gifs...evar!!!!

[fidadoudafi]

Originally Posted by regalia12

Here's another edit and the source pic. Hopefully it's up to standard.

find the xp sexier as the zipper part is awesome

[Gobosan1]

*blank*

[Bareon]

Hunh? What? You say you did these all manually? Uh.. what do you mean by manual in this case? If you had the different parts on different layers, and had a set of key frames, which a computer would then "tween" for you it would make a lot more sense, that this was done in such a short time as 9 hours... uhm... O.O?

[Gaffenheimer]

These are all unspeakably great.

[Muhznit]

Let me get this straight. You're creating these smooth, detailed animations from static images in which you use photoshop's pen tool to isolate key parts and simulate a background to use in place of the empty space created by your pen use. Then you take these into Aftereffects, then tween the hell out of it until it looks sexy?

I do think you're uunderestimating yourself if you think you're unskilled.

[Muhznit]

From the screens, I can't say much about photoshop... you don't seem to make use of groups and haven't configured your workspace to work more fluidly with what you need. Or maybe I just overkill with my game design. (see attachment) I don't know.

Also, you say aftereffects is simple, but it looks like something that would take at least a few months of determined, in-depth use to learn.

[apollo78]

honestly the hardest part to get right is the pre-production work in photoshop. personally I keep the work area in both photoshop and aftereffects as clean as possible. I have it as bare bones as I can get it. From the screen caps regalia showed it can look a little daunting. All you gotta do is start off small get the basics down then work up from there. You could prob learn the program in about a month maybe 2. Will you be as good as regalia prob not but you could come close.

[wvb]

i seriously can't believe how good these are. this is without a doubt some of the best BE process i've ever seen, and, as you (and likely most of us), i've seen a lot of it :]

on a related note, i can't get the first 2 (the 2 of the same pic of that girl in a bikini) to download properly.... i do the exact same thing on all 4, but the last 2 run all the way through and the first 2 both stop about 2 seconds in and just freeze.... anyone have any pointers?

p.s.- obviously the process is the most important part, but the way you made the sleeping girl yawn and sit up-- i nearly came from pure craftsmanship.

p.p.s.- te amo

[Bareon]

Bah.. I want to fool around with Photoshop and Aftereffects too.. but they're so freakin expensive... I wonder if I can get a decent student discount.... >.<?

----reads up--- yes a student discount is available but I cannot upgrade a discounted purchase.. that sucks.. Oh well... back to Gimp. I wonder if there is some kind of freeware that can be used like Aftereffects, like Gimp is to Photoshop?...

[regalia12]

Originally Posted by Muhznit

From the screens, I can't say much about photoshop... you don't seem to make use of groups and haven't configured your workspace to work more fluidly with what you need. Or maybe I just overkill with my game design. (see attachment) I don't know.

Also, you say aftereffects is simple, but it looks like something that would take at least a few months of determined, in-depth use to learn.

Right, honestly I only know enough about after efftects to make it do anything at all; the most complex action I've ever done in it was apply a mask with, maybe 16 vertexes~ Everythig is else has been either a "move postion" "rotate" or "liqufy". I agree that it would take along time to learn. The best way I can describe After Effects is: It's like what you get when you mix Photoshop with Sonic Foundry; it all layers and tracks...and instead of music you somehow get a movie.

Originally Posted by wvb

i seriously can't believe how good these are. this is without a doubt some of the best BE process i've ever seen, and, as you (and likely most of us), i've seen a lot of it :]

on a related note, i can't get the first 2 (the 2 of the same pic of that girl in a bikini) to download properly.... i do the exact same thing on all 4, but the last 2 run all the way through and the first 2 both stop about 2 seconds in and just freeze.... anyone have any pointers?

p.s.- obviously the process is the most important part, but the way you made the sleeping girl yawn and sit up-- i nearly came from pure craftsmanship.

p.p.s.- te amo

I'm glad you like them, however it is much to my displeasure to hear that you're having a complication playing the gifs. Try opening the gifs with firefox or internet explorer if the operating system has trouble playing it; sometimes the "preview" can be currupt during a save or transfer, at least that's How I believe it happens becuase I've had the same problem with some gifs before.

Heh, Getting her head to turn around was a bit tricky..but it seems getting her little "wtf" moment in there paid off.

Originally Posted by Bareon

Bah.. I want to fool around with Photoshop and Aftereffects too.. but they're so freakin expensive... I wonder if I can get a decent student discount.... >.<?

----reads up--- yes a student discount is available but I cannot upgrade a discounted purchase.. that sucks.. Oh well... back to Gimp. I wonder if there is some kind of freeware that can be used like Aftereffects, like Gimp is to Photoshop?...

I had to take advantage of a student discount for these programs, and they aren't up to date anymore. I'm afraid that I'm uncertain if there is a "gimp" of after effects. At least I haven't searched for one, sorry about that.