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[challenge entry] We do enjoy our queues

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(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Hahaha
Queues, probably one of the most british things around
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:25, archived)
# Nice (threadjack)


First attempt at an animation on GIMP, is it possible to have a seethrough (alpha) background on gif's so that I can stick it on another gif of a moving background? These gifs confuuuuuuuuuuse me....
(I helped save b3ta! whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:27, archived)
# I don't understand your question, but on a football note, is anyone paying to watch England v Ukraine online this afternoon?
(I helped save b3ta! zeltergiset, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:28, archived)
# No
Im going to be very drunk on free booze :D
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:30, archived)
# The best kind of booze!
(I helped save b3ta! littlefish I like cheese, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 15:00, archived)
# As you can see my background is white
I'm wanting to stick this gif on another background to make it appear to be moving.

My first instinct was to somehow get an alpha/transparant background for this current gif. Then I could paste it into a new frame of another image - either a stationary picture or a moving gif picture to give the illusion that the cannonball is moving in a direction...
(I helped save b3ta! whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:31, archived)
# You can make the background colour transparent
but you cant do any kind of graded alpha levels where background meets image, so you will get jagged edges.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:29, archived)
# This makes sense...
(I helped save b3ta! whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:32, archived)
# Can't you just get rid of the background frame (the white one) and the it'll all be see-through?
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:29, archived)
# The thing is
I used to have every frame transparant. Therefore you could see the other frames in behind! So it turned into an amalgamated mess... I guess I'm shit at asking questions!
(I helped save b3ta! whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:32, archived)
# ASK BETTER QUESTIONS
WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?
WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?
IS IT BECAUSE I LIED WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN?
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:33, archived)
# Lies? I bet you're not in Brum at all
(I helped save b3ta! Prequal This is serious business. Very serious., Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:37, archived)
# he is
I can hear him from here.
(I helped save b3ta! mr horrible up yours, dickface, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:46, archived)
# You've managed to get this far so you've got some idea what's going on
the best advice I can give from here is just keep messing about with things, you'll soon find what does and doesn't work.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:34, archived)
# I think you're right
Cheers for the advice though
(I helped save b3ta! whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:36, archived)
# When you make it an animation click the option "replace" instead of "combine"
EDIT you may find these usefull

www.gimptalk.com/forum/gimp-tutorials-and-tips-f8.html
(I helped save b3ta! CanonCaliber A big bore, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 15:47, archived)
# Alpha transparency, no. Transparency, yes.
Unless of course you want to make an APNG.

Edit: Well, actually - technically it does have alpha, but only 1bit.
(I helped save b3ta! Ttssattsr, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 14:33, archived)
# animated background
Yes, it is possible. If I understand you correctly. But you don't "stick" the first anim onto another background, rather, you can count the number of frames in the first anim saved as a transparent GIF without the background and co-ordinate them with the number of frames in a separate animated GIF of the same dimensions with a solid background. So for example if the soccer player has 12 frames, say, as a clock, and your moving background can be reduced to 4 frames, then repeat the background anim 3 times in a stack to get 12 frames equal to the soccer anim, and layer the soccer transparencies over the background frame for frame. This takes a bit of mental gymnastics, but you've gone this far.

Another way is to use a table. Top anim saved as GIF transparency put in the cell of a 1-cell table, bottom solid anim put into the background of the table. Using this method, you can stack cells on top of each other transparency over transparency over transparency in a cell with in a table with a solid background (or a transparent background for that matter which would show whatever color or pattern of the page the table is displayed). The problem with tables is they don't align perfectly. You may find you must reduce the width of the anim in the cell by 10 or so pixels so that the table doesn't stretch and the background repeat. Sometimes it helps to cram all the html into one long continuous line instead of hitting return for each line of code, although that doesn't always work depending on the weather, or something.
(I helped save b3ta! kombu dashi, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 15:50, archived)
# i am enjoying the shadows
(I helped save b3ta! valoukh newsgash.wordpress.com, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 15:11, archived)
# heh heh
:)
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Sat 10 Oct 2009, 16:01, archived)