[eyalyab]

hrm.. it feels awekward to post this, but what the heck..
a friend asked me to make him a banner ad for his new irc network.
i just need some quick crits. this is also the first time im doing an animated gif
(i know this might not be exactly the right forum to post this, but bare with me. i dont know many other forums :\ )

[Tzan]

Looks good to me. I really like the dot on the right that bounces around a bit.

I personnally dont like the flashing, but thats probably just me. At least its not blinding me with rainbow colors It does catch your eye and its not too bad.

[EviLToYLeT]

I like the bouncing dot as well... i personally don't like the color of the text. it could be so much more effective if it subtly blended into the background.
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[eyalyab]

thanks for the feedbacks, guys.

i just noticed something. in the 88*31 smaller banner (a resize of the bigger banner), the text jiggles up and down a bit.
why is this? it's not a new banner. its the same banner sized down..
im guessing its image ready's way to compensate for lost resolution.
what can i do to make it not jiggle when i resize it?

[Libby Rust]

Hey, looks good to me. The text may be a personal matter though...I do know if you used a color closer to the rest of the image (blue/aqua), it would compress easier (less color variations in GIF = smaller file/easier to convert)

However, then the text might blend in too much with the background...Then again, if it lacked the shinies, and were a slightly darker shade of blue/aqua than the rest of the image (ie, fade the background a bit and use slightly more stark text), it might work better. I dunno, I guess you'd just have to mess around and see what works

As for the text bouncing around, I do have a suggestion that might work:

Try flattening all of the layers in each frame BEFORE you resize, then resizing. I've found the way photoshop resizes things with layers tends to be a bit wonky, and flattening things before you resize is your best bet. This information is also helpful in stuff where you have to break the image apart (like say, for a pseudo imagemap) - do the breaking apart AFTER you resize the image, or else you'll get weird, white-ish edges.

I tend to do all animation outside of imageready, mainly because I find imageready to do things I don't want it to, just like say, a WYSIWYG HTML editor.

<--anal retentive, insisting on doing things manually

This can be a good thing sometimes though

Hope this helps!
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[Kitamard]

Thats A "silly banner ad".

I do like this banner ad though. Want to make mine?
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[SpiralEye]

Along the lines of what Libby rust was saying--Is that outer glow a layer effect? If so, rasterize the layer before you export that as an animation frame. Small text can sometimes seem to move around if there is a change in value along the edges, like that background glow you have there.
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[merlyns]

looks great for me, I personaly like the black text because its stands out.

-david
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[eyalyab]

spiraleye: hey, thanks for that tip. it helped a little. it still bounces, but less.
libbyrust: flattening all layers on the same frame will be bad for me, because i use the same layers fom several frames. thanks though.

[eyalyab]

del

[-HoodZ-]

you did the animated banner in imageready? damn that mustve taken plenty of layers

[eyalyab]

48 layers, 33 frames ;]
not so bad..