*attempts to translate* ;-)It reduces the filesize quite a bit. That said, that animation only has 8 colours, very little dithering and a lot of lossiness already - but the black lines trick knocked off a little bit more.
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benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:05,
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I do all these in ImageReadySo what I do is create an image that's the right size to cover the entire animation in MS Paint, and draw alternating black and white lines (it's quick if you draw a few, then copy-paste in blocks). Then I stick it as a new layer on top of all the others and set the layer blending mode to "Darken" if I want black bars or "Lighten" if I want white bars.
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:09,
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Easierto create a pattern in photoshop by creating a new canvas, transparent background, 1 pix wide, 2 high then make one pix black and that's its. Define the pattern in the menu then just fill that as a layer as you need it ;)
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Shuya Nanahara Sayonara,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:13,
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Photoshop patterns hate me.They never seem to work. :-(
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:15,
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YeahI have a problem in that photoshop forgets my patterns when I close it. It also seems to forget which hotkeys I specify when I create an action.
( Shuya Nanahara Sayonara,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:24,
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i glassco'd a step-by-step that i wrote a while backas seen here
anyway... while in imageready
open up a new document, width 1 px, height 2 px. make one pixel black, the other leave transparent.
click "edit" and then "define pattern."
click the last layer of the animation (not the frame, the layer) then add a new layer to the end. right click and find another drop down menu ("layer style") and click "pattern overlay." when the new small menu comes up for pattern overlay, click the small down arrow and click "user defined pattern." now go back to "edit" and click "fill" then press ok for the pop up window.
so basically you're copying a layer of scanlines on top of all the other layers; the scanlines themselves are nothing more than a tiled version of two pixels. it's a great method.
(anyway... while in imageready
open up a new document, width 1 px, height 2 px. make one pixel black, the other leave transparent.
click "edit" and then "define pattern."
click the last layer of the animation (not the frame, the layer) then add a new layer to the end. right click and find another drop down menu ("layer style") and click "pattern overlay." when the new small menu comes up for pattern overlay, click the small down arrow and click "user defined pattern." now go back to "edit" and click "fill" then press ok for the pop up window.
so basically you're copying a layer of scanlines on top of all the other layers; the scanlines themselves are nothing more than a tiled version of two pixels. it's a great method.
AgentMuu hentai coordination,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:15,
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In imagereadyIf you already have a scanline pattern all you need to do is put it to the top layer and keep it active all through the animation. nothing more needs to be done.
( Shuya Nanahara Sayonara,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:17,
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^very true
i just like the security of it :)
(i just like the security of it :)
AgentMuu hentai coordination,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:21,
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HeheSeems long winded but I'll take your word for it :)
( Shuya Nanahara Sayonara,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:22,
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i've always had a habit of sounding nonsensical when trying to explain thingsso i just did it step by step, as specific as humanly possible
( AgentMuu hentai coordination,
Sun 8 May 2005, 0:25,
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