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
it is 398
w x 21 h(398x21)
and make it REALLY big like this
(400x175)
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(400x175). 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/rainbow/ogp.gif
his name is ogp
now grab your rainbow and come with us to I M Image Magick
Oh, yes, my assistant (K-9)
just told me that you won't be able to continue the lesson if you don't stay with us here. first take ogp to Gifworks
and
in the edit pull-down A) crop off the letters,
then
also in edit B) smart crop him to remove the
excess , and
in file pulldown C)save him into
YOUR files, then
D) take him to I M and
transparify the white background(paint with matte
floodfill on the white bg.), and
in output 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(+0+0). and you get
something like this.
(we'll call this ogp3)
then H) save him also I)resize the small rainbow to (400x175) at either gifworks or IM {at IM remember to put the ! after giving the dimensions to tell it to make it exactly that size.} J) save big rainbow. K) bring back ogp3 and with paint matte at IM 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 offset NW [+100,+0],optional attribute compose IN,
and M) save that(ogp4).
now, N) bring back ogp3{unchanged} 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, k-9? 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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