Animation Workshop

Here I step you through the easy way of making animations.

You will need:

A Sprite Sheet

Some gif maker (I prefer Beneton)

(and for some high-quality artwork I prefer using) GIMP

Beneton Download

Sprite Sheets

GIMP Download

Now you're going to take your sprite sheet (this ones pretty big)

And pull out a series of sprites that make a scene (In this case ill use his stance {first 5 sprites on sheet}) so it looks like this: (save as PNG or GIF)


You'll want to change his background to a color that isnt on him (so his eyes, skin, etc. arent see-though)

split them into diferent sprites: (This is where GIMP comes in)
If you used GIMP, you can make the size of all the sprites the same (In this case, i chose 50x50)






Now open Beneton and put the sprites in by clicking the Add Frames from a File button (to the right of the blank page with a plus, you can only add one sprite at a time)

Edit the Delays to make it how you want it, (start by trying 10, go up to make it slower, down to make it faster)

Here's my final product:


Check out my pics n stuff at: http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll278/CrazyStunTdouble_Productions/?special_track=nav_tab_my_albums

Those are cool. You should make one of chaos or rouge.

eh, i only made that in purpose of the tut. I might use chaos for a recoloring tut...

Chaos is my fav character.

thanks dude, now i finally get it

lol I just finished a huge edit on a shadow sheet....but I have one question that i didnt see in your tut, unless i missed it, but how do you make the background transparent in the animations so that it dosent have that tacky square around it?

Yea, i didnt put that in... you have to use GIMP to erase the background to a transparent one. idk how it works though

ok, this is why I dont do animatons. how the heck do I get my thingy from paint onto GIMP?

... click open then find the file?

*facepalms

I can be such a moron sometimes...

no prob, u jus gotta help me wit the money app ill pay u 1k if u tell me how lol

the thing is, I'm still having difficulties with the money app thats why I havent updated it onto my forums but I can try to help....

ahh... uhmm.... ill run away now.

now i need to finish the megaman waddle dee (still working on a shorter name though, mega waddle dee? gaah i find out later) sprites and the recoloring to look like the guy from the CSD comic. and download GIMP

How about Waddleman or Megadee?

Megadee!!!! perfecto