Help with an animation!

[ColbertWatcher]

Can someone help clean up an animation I am trying to make for a fellow DUer.

Here is the link,

I can't seem to get the candle to flicker smoothly.

(I made it using GIMP)

Thank you in advance for any help anyone can provide!

[DarkTirade]

1. Looks like you've only got two frames, one left and one right.

You're gonna want one or two more inbetween.

*edit* I just reinstalled Windows recently, so I gotta reinstall GIMP before I can try and take a look at it. :P I didn't even realize you could do animated .gifs in GIMP, I had it but didn't use it all that much.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Actually ...

... I tried to make up for the "freezing" of the "right" layer by adding several duplicates of the "left" layer.

And yet, it still doesn't look right.

Blech. Damn computers!

[DarkTirade]

3. Did you rotate the image or flip it?

I'll see if I can have it slowly wobble back and forth by rotating it. Can't guarantee I'll be able to pull it off though, I'm no graphic artist. :)

[DarkTirade]

4. ... and the minute I tried to save it, gimp just totally froze.

Hmm.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. What I mean by "freeze" is the flicker isn't smooth, not the program itself. n/t

[DarkTirade]

6. Yeah, I know. That's what I was talking about with it looking like there are only two frames

even though there are actually eight. :P After I rebooted and GIMP decided to cooperate and not freeze up on me though, I tried to correct it, but the results are rather hilarious.



:P

Lemme give it another shot.

[ColbertWatcher]

7. And yet, your version is still smoother than mine! n/t

[DarkTirade]

8. Yeah, I just highlighted a little too much. :P

The problem, from what I could see, was that yours just seemed to be flipped back and forth.

GAAH! GIMP froze again. And I think I had it right that time. D'oh. I'm gonna have to reboot. Again. (*&%.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. LOL! Thank you for trying! n/t

[DarkTirade]

10. I'll keep at it.

I'm bound to get it right eventually.

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Okay, just let me know when you're done! Thank you! n/t

[DarkTirade]

12. Okay, it ain't great, but it wavers instead of jumping back and forth now. :)

[ColbertWatcher]

13. Looks great, very subtle and peaceful looking! I will give you credit, thank you! n/t

[DarkTirade]

14. Glad I could help!

:hug:

[ColbertWatcher]

15. Thank you! n/t