I spent about an hour or so doing this. Just breaking in my skills with my newfound ImageReady program! DUE to a request, youhave to follow the link now. DO IT!!! DO IT!!!

http://home.comcast.net/~mason4300/lighthouse.gif

crap...disregard this second post...

Copyright 1983, Castle Rock Entertainment Inc.

I don't like how the light suddenly stops as it sweeps around the back (must be hitting a fog-bank or something)

I don't like how it's 2 meg. You need to explore the optimization features

I don't like how the lens-flare is static. You could have increased the intensity of that filter each step as it swings to the foreground.

I don't like how I'm so negative.

good job

Fugue is just jealous

it's not bad at all, but the positioning of the beam of light, as it goes around the left side of the lighthouse, jumps. the part closest to the lighthouse moves, so it looks a bit odd. The three frames just before the light beam disappears behind the lighthouse.

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I don't like how the lens-flare is static. You could have increased the intensity of that filter each step as it swings to the foreground.
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Ifyoupayattention, it isnt static. it increases as it comes full face. You cant really tell i guess b/c youre being blinded with the light a second later.

Mr. Mason:

Good for a starter GIFFY animation. AND welcome to the site!

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, . . a little PSC ettiquette (what is nice to do here): refrain from posting a 2 MEG image in the actual THREAD! The dial-up users will hunt you down and OPTIMIZE YOUR NAUGHTY BITS!

Here's what a Nice PSCer would do: Create your MASSIVE and STUNNING GIF animation and put it on a webpage somewhere. Then create a Wee (200k max) version of it to attrack your well deserved attention here, post that image in the actual thread. PROVIDE a LINK to the BIG MUTHAFRICKA GIF. This way you will not have the OPTIMIZATION POLICE after your arse!

Okay - the actual GIF animation you created is fine. Now, if you can add a naked woman in the forground, a ferral squirrel in the background, and perhaps a flightless waterfowl in the water you will have a winner here!

thanks reinman. I got rid of the image, hopefully your happy now. As forthe other requests, maybe in a while!

Nice GIF anim there mason:




I'd pretty much agree with these observations.

I'd also add that the point where the beam hits the viewer, you could add a quick frame of white-out or with very high levels, to create a "dazzling flash" effect.

(and of course you'd need to animate the waves around the rocks slightly too, to make it realistic... but that's another issue. )

Good work though - you've got the timing and idea right, so keep working on different concepts and techniques and you'll be posting great GIFfys shortly (and we need more cool animation entries IMO )

Mason - seriously, try doing a small sized version for the start of this thread. It really helps "tease" someone to actually HIT the link.

Open ImageReady - go to IMAGE --> DUPLICATE
then on the copy image go IMAGE - -> IMAGE SIZE and in the width put in around 250px or so (make sure the CONSTRAIN PROPORTIONS button is ON) and there you have it! a nice semi-Thumbnail version of your MasterPiece (even without the extra bits that i KNOW would make it BRILLIANT!) that you can entise viewers to look at in the LINKED page! Just post it in the thread about your (well executed) link.



Go ahead - I DARE you!

am I the only one bothered by the spelling of 'cuel'?

yez

thanks for the resizing tip, reinman. as for "Cuel', dont use it...ITS MINE!!!! its copyrighted, so i'll SUE you!!! When I have the time, I will do all the things that you guys have said would make it better. I didnt forget about these things, I considered every aspect of the picture, I just wanted to try my hand at it. You might see a new one within the month.

It is wacky, but I actually like the small one you posted at the top of the page better!

Sometimes if a GIFFY is TOO BIG it tends to show up the limitations of having a limited colour palette!

Anyway, there you go MASONdude - you've learned a few things here and now you can get back to planning your World Domination!

I know exactly what you're talking about. I like it smaller, too. By the way, how did you know that I was planning to take over the world?