On the Internet, on most forums and sites, our "faces" are avatars. An avatar is not just a picture. With the help of an avatar, we can tell about our character, preferences, mood. The most unusual are the animated avatars. They can be pleasant or annoying, but they cannot go unnoticed. Anyone can make an animated avatar to express themselves and attract attention.
It is necessary
- The file with the video you like;
- video player with the ability to extract frames from video;
- graphic editor (Photoshop).
Instructions
Step 1
To make an animated avatar, take the file with the video you like. You can take it, for example, from Youtube or Rutube. To save videos from these sites, use special video saving services, for example, videosaver.ru. This site has a special form in which you need to copy the file address with the video you like.
Step 2
After saving the video to your computer, use a video player with a frame function such as BS Player. To get a frame from the video using this player, press the English letter "P" on the keyboard. By clicking it, you will receive a frame from the movie, saved as a regular picture (in.
Step 3
Next, to make an animated avatar, launch a graphics editor such as Photoshop. Then, go to the folder where the video player is installed, with which you made pictures (frames). Drag all the frames that you need into the running graphics editor (Photoshop). This can be done with the mouse.
Step 4
Take the picture you last dragged as a base for your avatar. Select the Photoshop Movie Tool with the mouse, and drag the rest of the pictures to the main one, while creating new layers. Along the way, close the pictures that you have already dragged. As a result, you should get one open file with many layers.
Step 5
Select all layers with the mouse while holding down the Ctrl key. Go to the Layer menu, Align submenu. You need the Left Edges function. Align pictures vertically using this function. Then use (in the same menu) the Top Edges function, which will allow you to align the pictures in the layers horizontally.
Step 6
You will now need the Animation toolbar located under the Window menu. Switch the panel to Frames mode, select the Make Frames From Layers function. The frames will line up in the animation panel in reverse order. Select the Reverse Frames function. Select all frames using the Select All Frames function, on one of them select the display time you need, for example, 0.1 second. For individual frames, you can choose a different time by deselecting the rest.
Step 7
Frames of the future animated avatar can be processed in the same way as regular images. After processing, save the avatar in.gif"
