July 12th 2017

[zombie]

at this point, everything.

[Jason]

Got any examples?

[zombie]

i can't even figure out how to save and come back to an edited gif.

[Jason]

If you want to save something you're continuously working on, click "File > Save As". Make sure it is saved as a .psd file.
Once you are finished with said file, click "File > Save Optimized as" and make sure you save it as a .gif. It will say "Compuserve gif file" or something like that.

[DancesWithWerewolves]

Best yet

[zombie]

whenever i'm editing, it says that it's frames and not layers. is there a difference? how do i make it be layers?

[Jason]

Best yet

Thank ya.

[Jason]

whenever i'm editing, it says that it's frames and not layers. is there a difference? how do i make it be layers?

Can you specify what you mean?

The frames should be the animation window. There should also be a window with the layers on the right. Click "Window" at the top of the screen and make sure that Tools, Animation and Layers are all checked. Those are the main three you want visible when making a gif.

[Jason]

Here's something that could be informative in your editing process.

Open up one of your gif files in imageready that are saved to your computer. Once opened, you will notice the animation window has so many frames, and the layer window has so many layers. WIth the first animation window highlighted, scroll through your layers window. Do you notice an eyeball next to one of the layers? The eye indicates that THAT specific layer is visible in THAT specific frame. If you highlight Animation frame 2, the next layer up will likely have the eye next to it...

[Jason]

Also, make good friends with "Edit > Undo" :p

[Jason]

Taking a break? :p

[zombie]

no, i'm not taking a break. i'm still fucking with it.

[Jason]

You don't sound like you're having a good time. :p

[zombie]

that's fair.

[Jason]

I am here for any questions you have. I'll explain things the best that I can.

[zombie]

i still can't figure out how to make frames / layers to fit the banner size i wanna do. *shrug*

[Jason]

The frame is the animation window. It will always be the size of the image. The layers are what you resize. Is it a GIF image you're trying to resize?

[zombie]

yeah, either one single layer or the whole gif. whichever i can figure out how to do first.

[Jason]

In your layer window, make sure every layer of the gif is selected. For example, if the gif is 20 layers, scroll down to layer one. Select layer one, then scroll all the way to the top. Hold the shift key and select layer 20. This will select every layer between 1 and 20. All should be selected. Once you have them all selected, hit Edit > Transform > Scale

[zombie]

grrr argh.