[SMURFYSTEVE1]

Hi all as a lot of you know i have really got in to this animating. But im haveing some real BIG problems that I cant work out. I use Jasc Animation shop 3 that comes with Paintshop pro 9. But whats happening is........

I make each frame and merge all thats vissable and save all the individul images all seem to be fine there.

But when i try adding all the images together (still going ok) and saving the animation all seems well but as soon as i open the saved animation 1 frame lets say frame 8 will keep adding bits into it like extra arms legs etc from other pics? I have tryed replacing the pic . removing the pic rubbing out the extra bits. but as soon as i have resaved it ether as a new animation or the curent one that 1 frame will have the extra bits back in it. If i just delite say frame 8 out of it it will just put all the extra bits back in to the next frame that them becomes frame 8. Sorry if i have confused you all

It isnt neceserly frame 8 all the time it can be any of the frames that it will hapen to in each new animation. I cant work it out can anyone else?
its ok if i colour the background but itw when i want it free floating it dos it on.
Hope someone can help as it is really driving me up the wall.

Smurfy regards,
Steve.

[Oprime]

I assume you are making .gif animations, right? I'm sorry, I cannot help with the particular software as I'm only familiar with Adobe ImageReady, but if you happen to have full-version Photoshop (comes with IR included) I'll be happy to guide you through.

P

[Bunno Smurf]

Thats what I use too, Pauli. I told Steve I could help if he was using that.

[hfos]

Steve, isn't there a Jasc forum somewhere where people gather who use this software? I have no idea about it, as I never used it.
These days I use Adobe's After Effects for animation, which is so utterly fantastic it's ridiculous. Also, I notice Imageready is missing from the Photoshop CS3 beta, but that might have to do with the fact that it is just that, a beta. Photoshop is sublime again, though.

[Bunno Smurf]

Thats what I suggested too. I said there must be some kind of helpdesk thing or forum. Makes sense to have one. Theres definitely a photoshop tutorial/helpdesk and I got started on there and then figured out the rest myself.

[SMURFYSTEVE1]

I am trying out photo shop now and so far i have managed to fix a few of the problems with the help of Linda. its still doing the same thing on 1 or two of them but all in all solved alot of the bugs so far. I will keep you all posted as to what happens next lol

Smurfy regards
Steve.

[SMURFYSTEVE1]

Well it seems im still having all the same problems with this program too. The individual images are still adding other images in to the pics. So if anyone can help i am all ears lol

Smurfy regards
Steve.

[Oprime]

For each frame you have to define the visible layers one by one. Example: you have a .psd image with 3 layers, each representing one frame in your final animation. You open this image in ImageReady, and leave the layer #1 visible (and click the other two layers invisible). Then you add a new frame, in which you define layer #2 visible (and layers 1 & 3 invisible). The same way, for the third frame leave only the layer #3 visible.

If you accidentally leave more than one layer visible in any of the frames, you'll end up with the effect you have been struggling with.

Hope this helps. Please ask if I left something unclear.

p

edit: sorry, I had the word frame mixed up with layer in the beginning of the example. Its fixed now, hope I didn't get you confused