New Layout

[ttrulytt]

I put a new layout up featuring mainly Zac Efron and girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens. I just want to make sure all of you guys can see the layout fine, because I know my last layout didn't work for certain people. If you guys could PLEASE let me know, that would be great. ;) (Just make sure things aren't all over the place and out of order or demented

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[auiefab]

love the new layout... ;) it's amazing... I'm a huge zanessa fan... ;) anyway... i love your hsm icons... the animated one... is it okay if you can recommend a tutorial for making animations... or give me some pointers or something??? thanks

[ttrulytt]

Aww, your icon is adorable. You can never get enough of Hawaii Zanessa. lol.

As for tutorials, I really have no idea where to find an exact animation tutorial, but I would recommend checking out icon_tutorial. Go through the memories. You might find more than one. I kinda just taught myself. ^^;

For a few tips, hmm, I would say download a bunch of textures that aren't too cramped and have certain blank spots to place animation clips on. Use frame brushes to fix the edges of the animation. There's really not much to say, lol. But I hope I helped with something. ^^;

[auiefab]

Yeah... i really love those pics from hawaii... i work at vanessa-hudgens.com, by the way... lol...

wow.. thanks a lot... ;) I kept looking for good animation tutorials from icon_tutorial... i'll try to work for some if i could... lol... ;) thanks and keep up the good work

[ttrulytt]

Oh, really? lol, I love that site. You guys do a nice job updating. And the layout is gorgeous! ;] Do you go on the Zanessa Forever forums?

Hmm, I went through the memories and maybe these two are good: 1 2 There's a bunch more other than those. Good luck finding something useful. ;]

[auiefab]

WOw... thanks so much... ;) We really do appreciate all the support.. ;) Nope... what the address?? I definitely want to join... also, do you go to High School Musical Board? it's an amazing place to talk about hsm... ;)

Hey thanks for those links... thanks.. i'll definitely try one of those... ;) love it.. thanks bunch... ;)

[ttrulytt]

http://www.zanessaforever.invisionplus.net/ It's a really awesome place. Can you give me the link to the HSM board? I've been looking for a general board for HSM. lol.

You're welcome. Glad to help in some way. ^^

[auiefab]

http://www.hsm-boards.com
it's an amazing board... :) lots of fun... and it's easy to make friends with like almost everyone... i go for the username 'fabulous'

i tried some.. it's great!! yey!!! i'll post it when i can...

although i got one question (again)... how to make the sizes of the avatar like less than 40kb and still get a high quality because i got my first one around 100??

thanks...

[ttrulytt]

Ok, thanks. I put you down as the referrer. I go by the same name on the Zanessa Boards, and pretty much everywhere else, if you decide to join. :) lol

Awesome. I'd like to see them when you post. :)

Oh, well what program are you using?

[ttrulytt]

Because there's more than one animation program. lol

[auiefab]

i'm using photoshop cs... ;)

i've joined the forum already! ;) loving the look... hope i make friends... ;) i'm all over the forum, too... you'll see much of me there... ;)

[ttrulytt]

Ok, that's good. And you've managed to save the animation on there or did you switch over to Adobe ImageReady? Because I make my animation in ImageReady.

Awesome. I'll pop in in a few, have a few places I have to go check out first. But welcome! I hope you have fun on there. Btw, what's your first name? It'd be nice greeting you that way rather than using screen names. lol :)

[auiefab]

I switch to imageReady for the animations...

yeah.. my first name is aurea... but my nickname is Auie (that's like maui, of course without m)... yeah... that's better... where do you live?? hope you don't mind me asking...

[ttrulytt]

Ok, in ImageReady when you have the animation open, far to the right you can see the Optimize window. For the Reduction drop down menu select either Selective or Perpetual. And then for colors just reduce the colors to the amount that looks decent and fits LJ standards 40 kb. If you want to see the size, just look back at your icon and on the top where you see it says Original, click on Optimized next to it and at the bottom of the file you can see the size of the icon.

I took a screencap to make things a bit clearer. I hope it helps. Click here.

lol, that's a cute name and n/n. My name's Rula. Weird, but eh, I learn to live with it, lol. I don't mind you asking at all. I live in Chicago. What about you?

[auiefab]

thanks.. thanks.. thanks... ;) i appreciate it!! ;)

Like different names... Unusual... lol.. I live in the philippines... lol.. very far.. but we're moving to New Zealand this year... ;)

[ttrulytt]

You're welcome! <3

Oh, New Zealand. That should be very interesting. Good luck adjusting to new things! :D

[auiefab]

yey... thanks so much ;)