now, if we are ready,we are going to learn how to make some really neat rainbow graphics. first we have to go find some rainbows.
here's one we can
use.
http://spiritbones.org/meow/rbspin.gif
and make it REALLY big like this
That should work for starters. We'll also need a
blank for annotating or compositing on. Here is one
the same size as the big rainbow above. I know you
can't see it but it IS there.
http://spiritbones.org/banners/purpletoo.gif
now all we need is an image to work with. let's
find our guinea pig.
Oh good! We have one right
here.
http://spiritbones.org/anim2/OGP/ogp.gif
his name is ogp
now grab your rainbow and come with us to I M Image Magick
Oh, yes, my assistant (our guinea pig) just told me that you won't be able to continue the lesson if you don't stay with us here. first take him to Gifworks and
A) crop off the letters, then
B) smart
crop him to remove the excess , and
C)put him in
YOUR files, then
D) take him to I M and
transparify the white background(paint with matte
floodfill on the white bg.), and
E) save back to
files.
now F) take the blank above to I M , then G)
composite the new ogp (let's call him ogp2)
to the blank in the center. and you get
something like this.
(we'll call this ogp3)
then H) bring the
big rainbow you made (you did make it, didn't you?
you aren't cheating, are you?
eyes on your own papers![ if you didn't,
I) resize
the
small rainbow at either gifworks or I M to 400 by
175.{ogp says"gifworks is easier"}])...
Now, Where
was I? Oh, yes. Thank you OGP. ... Big rainbow to I M
and
J ) composite it with an offset of +100+0
gravity of N.W. with the optional compose type IN
(not over or OGP will get buried) now you will
have...
THIS.
WHOA!
KIDS:DON'T TRY THIS AT
HOME-IT WILL NOT WASH OUT!
we lost ogp under
the rainbow! now let's see, if we back up(to
ogp3){step G}
and
K)remove both the black and tan (not the
white or
tiny bit of grey by his ears) and
L) composite
the
big rainbow,with the same offset as in step
J[+100,+0], IN that,
and M) save that(ogp4).
now, N)
bring back ogp3 and
O) composite
ogp4 OVER it, centered, and the result,
after P)
we go to F/X and put a parameter of 1, morph (this
adds a
frame that goes between each of the 8 frames it has
so it doesn't look choppy- it does if you don't morph
)... parameter of 1, morph,right, ogp? now you will
get one very cool
OGP
WOW!
now, wasn't that fun? please remember that a lot of people like to make things at both of these places, too, so sometimes it can go verrry slooowly. make sure you save EVERY PART you will need later, and take your time.
AFTER this, you may want to play around with other effects like; colorshift, invert, resize, crop, flip, flop, & fly...wait, that's not there, that's DHTML, but that is another lesson.
O.K., don't forget:come back for RAINBOWS 102:rainbow text.
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