SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Join Conda (SodScrap) for some mischievous fun while we update our signatures to make our posts more playful and fun. I know your fingers are busy on the message board this week, so let's get together and jazz up our signatures! Join Conda at 9pm ET for a Siggy Challenge Crop and Chat. We'll show you how to use your digital scrapbooking supplies to create a signature, answer questions about the "rules" of using a custom signature image on the message board, and how to set it up so it shows up under your posts. We might even get a little mischievous and get....OH my!!....I've said to much. You'll just have to wait for the chat!! Details on how to create a custom signature can be found here: How To Create A Custom Signature We will upload our siggies in the the Mischief Week 2014 Gallery and be sure to credit the items you used and post a link back in this thread. For details on how to upload an image to the Gallery see the How to Upload a Layout to the Gallery Tutorial. For details on how to add your Custom Signature to Your Forum SignatureHow To Add A Custom Image To Your Forum Signature **These instructions are based on Syndee's How to Make a Blinkie NL Article**Make Your Own Animated Siggy! The Scrap Girls Message Board is full of cute siggies! Have you ever wondered how you make an animated siggy? Let's jump right on in and learn how to make one! Maxium size for a siggy on the ScrapGirls Message board is 225 x 225 pixels. I usually create mine at 1000 x 1000 pixels so it's larger and easier to work with. When I save it for the message board, I make it smaller. Now comes the fun! Create your siggy (layout)!! I resize my papers so that the patterns are proportionately smaller and the scale fits the siggy. You can have several elements that are animated on your siggy, just make sure they each have their own layer. Really, your siggy is just a "mini layout". Once you are finished designing, go up to your Menu bar and select Window> Animation. The Animation window will pop up at the bottom of your Photoshop window, and you will see the first frame of your siggy. If you see bars instead, make sure to select your background or Layer 1 in your Layers Palette. In your Layers Palette, turn off any of the layers that you don’t want to show up in the first frame by clicking on the Eye icon next to it. Now, click on the Duplicate Selected Frames icon at the bottom of the Animation window (it looks like the create new layer icon) This will create a duplicate of the frame you just completed. Now, making sure the new frame is selected, turn off any layers you don’t want to show up in the frame and turn on all layers you want to show. Continue duplicating frames and turning on and off layers until your frames are complete. Next, set the animation to play continuously by selecting Forever at the bottom of the Animation window. Next, set the frame delay for each frame. If you want a fast-blinking action, select No Delay or 0.1; for text, it’s best to set it at a longer delay, say 1.0 or 1.5, depending on the length of your text. Now’s the fun part! Time to play the animation! Click on the Play button at the bottom of the Animation window to preview your new animated siggy. This will give you an idea if you need to adjust the Delay. Click on Stop when you are done; the Stop command is located where the Play button was. Now, it’s time to save your siggy! Go to the Menu bar at the top of your Photoshop window. Select File> Save for Web & Devices. A window will pop up. Make sure to select GIF and change the size at the bottom to 225 wide by 225 high. Click Save. Next, click Preview at the bottom of the window. Another window will pop up, and you will see a preview of your saved blinkie. That's it. Simple. Right? I can't wait to see your creations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Here is my Mischief Week Signature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieT Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Love your new signature Conda. Mmmm, I could do with updating mine, I wonder if I've got time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Love your new signature Conda. Mmmm, I could do with updating mine, I wonder if I've got time? Oh...it will be lots of fun!! I hope you can find the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princessrunningfingers Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I need to update mine, but I don't think I'll be able to make the chat. I'll see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiza126 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Love your siggy Conda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie-Christine Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Love your siggy Conda! Love Conda's and your siggie too Tiza. Both look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Love your siggy Conda! Love Conda's and your siggie too Tiza. Both look great! Thanks Marie! They were super fun to make! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm house and baby sitting while my son and DIL are in Mauritius diving. No PC, no internet. Only 3G on IPad.. Will miss the chats. Enjoy mischief week every body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm house and baby sitting while my son and DIL are in Mauritius diving. No PC, no internet. Only 3G on IPad.. Will miss the chats. Enjoy mischief week every body. We'll certainly miss you Belle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Belle! Noooooo take them home to your house for a chat or two.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm excited for this chat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm house and baby sitting while my son and DIL are in Mauritius diving. No PC, no internet. Only 3G on IPad.. Will miss the chats. Enjoy mischief week every body. We'll certainly miss you Belle! This is not ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 I'm excited for this chat! Me too Andrea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 So many exciting and fun things to share....maybe I should share some early????????????????? Hmmm. What to do what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Silly and playful signatures?? PERFECT for Mischief Week. Yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsoarty Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Here are 2 links for PSE users. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/make-animated-gif-photoshop-elements-45852.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2Of3r3EM0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Great chat ladies! Please post your questions in the thread. Andrea and I will do our best to help! Thank you for posting links PSE help links Andrea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I GOT MINE TO WORK!!! Half asleep, but couldn't resist trying, I followed Andrea's directions above (written ones, not YouTube yet) and it worked! I even got it uploaded and it was animating but going SO FAST it made me dizzy. I deleted and went back to PSE and the "Save for Web" screen and yes, there is the "Delay" dropdown in the animation box next to loop. But, it won't let me click or change and right now is at 0.2 All I know is that it was so fast it made my head spin, so I am going off to sleep, WWWAAAAaaaayyyy past my bedtime. Anyone have any ideas? I will check in the morning. Maybe I need to start all over since it was already saved once? Strange thing is it WILL let me click all the other buttons but not that one. This is what it looks like. I know it looks like the numbers can be changed or the arrow clicked, but nothing happens. I can click or change anything else, tho. Thanks for a great chat, Conda and for all your help too Andrea! Night all... Zzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Yippee Marilyn!! Hmmm....Marilyn, I can't imagine why it won't let you change it. Did you try typing over it as opposed to using the arrow and drop down? You shouldn't have to start over. It's one of those things, that when you look at it tomorrow, it will work just fine for you...you know how that is sometimes! In PS, there is a place under each frame to change the delay time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyladybug Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Here are 2 links for PSE users. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/make-animated-gif-photoshop-elements-45852.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV2Of3r3EM0 Thanks for the links, Andrea. That helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyladybug Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 It may not be so mischievous, but the animation was fun. Siggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 YAY! I've made quite a few blinkies based on Syndee's great NL article, but I haven't done any siggies yet. I'll need to try it as soon as I find some time to play... Thanks for the great info Conda and thanks for the links Andrea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 YAY! I've made quite a few blinkies based on Syndee's great NL article, but I haven't done any siggies yet. I'll need to try it as soon as I find some time to play... Thanks for the great info Conda and thanks for the links Andrea! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Hope you find play time soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 YAY! I've made quite a few blinkies based on Syndee's great NL article, but I haven't done any siggies yet. I'll need to try it as soon as I find some time to play... Thanks for the great info Conda and thanks for the links Andrea! Can't wait to see what you come up with. Hope you find play time soon! LOL Conda - me too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyladybug Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Great chat ladies! Please post your questions in the thread. Andrea and I will do our best to help! Thank you for posting links PSE help links Andrea! You could create a siggie with magically appearing kitties--1 2 3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-M Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I had to search for a tutorial as my CS6 did not have animation... I had to use "timeline" to create my signature which you will find HERE in the gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishrose Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Thankyou girls for great instructions - I got mine to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieT Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Got mine working too!! Siggy Mischief Week I also had to use "timeline". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Yippee Marilyn!! Hmmm....Marilyn, I can't imagine why it won't let you change it. Did you try typing over it as opposed to using the arrow and drop down? You shouldn't have to start over. It's one of those things, that when you look at it tomorrow, it will work just fine for you...you know how that is sometimes! In PS, there is a place under each frame to change the delay time. Nope... Typing over won't work although it really LOOKS that way, doesn't it? That's why I included the screenshot, it's very strange... I'm going to try again - keeping fingers crossed, thanks Conda! PS O-KAY! So, now you can see my animated Siggie below and thanks to Jode you are not getting dizzy! I could not in any way change the numbers, click on them, etc. So, I finally put in a search and first found this: (Posting in case anyone else runs into this problem) "PSE9-Mac: When using the "Save for Web" feature, saving an animated .gif will only save at a transition rate of .2 seconds. It will allow me to change the refresh rate, but the change won't stick on save or preview. This functionality works as it should on the PC side of the application, just not on mac." Well, I do have a mac, but work on PSE 6 and I also know Andrea works on Mac and didn't have this trouble. So looking further I found: "The Frame Delay value can not be changed in Photoshop Elements 6.0. The instructions above will work to change the value, but when you save the Animated GIF file the frame delay in the file will always be the default of 0.2 seconds. The Loop option can not be disabled. This is a known problem with the Save for Web dialog in Photoshop Elements." So what do I do? Luckily, I'd been chatting with Jode and she had me email her the Siggie and she changed the delay time numbers for me in HER PSE 12 and sent it back! All in the span of maybe 10 minutes! Remarkable. From one half of the world to another!!! So, it is thanks to Jode you are not getting dizzy when looking at my animated Siggie! THANKS! to all - Conda, Andrea and Jode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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