[tutorial] Making smooth, good quality animated icons

[spoopy]

This is pretty much my first tutorial, sort of. Definitely my first animated icon tutorial. I decided to make an easy-to-follow tut because I can't count the amount of times I'd searched around for tutorials on how to make animated images, only to discover nothing made any sense or I got lost along the way because the instructions were so confusing

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[anadxof]

I've been looking for a tut like this all my life! Really.
I have just one question, maybe I didn't read well, but in which step you explain how to delete frames when the icon is too big? That's always been a problem.
Thanks!

[spoopy]

I talk about deleting in step two and twelve, and I mention it here, too: I did this by selecting the very first frame, holding the shift button down and selecting the 25th frame. This highlights all 25 frames I wish to get rid of. I then click the trash can button on the bottom of the Animation box and delete those frames.

I hope that helps! ♥

[anadxof]

Oh ok, what I actually meant was how do I know which ones to delete, but I guess one only knows while making it, by seeing every frame, and then get rid off the ones you don't need, well at least that's how I think it is, if that makes sense.
Anyway, thank you for writing this tut. It is very helpful =)

[spoopy]

Oh, I get you! Sorry I misunderstood. Yes, the frames you end up deleting are up to you. The best way to do it, if you're not sure, is to delete slowly. Meaning, only delete a couple of frames at a time so you can see how it looks as you decrease the number of frames. Each time you delete, hit the 'optimise to file size option:

[anadxof]

Well that's a great tip. Thanks again! <3