How can I do simple and quick animated text gifs?
Hi
I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a Swish-type package that I can use to create simple animated text gifs. Let me explain more.
I want to send out animated text messages (which also include two static gifs) on emails to my customers to promote my Company.
I presumed that Swish would let me do that but it will not let you export to gif so I wonder whether anyone here can recommend an alternative.
The problem with Flash for an absolute beginner like me it's too darn complicated.
I just want to create a template and be able to replacing the existing text each month VERY simply and VERY quickly.
The package would need to be:-
1 - VERY easy
2 - Allow to export to gif
3 - Allow fancy animated text effects
4 - & also two static gifs either side of the text.
All suggestions welcome please.
Thanks
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TaylorAtCTS posted this at 03:39 — 1st December 2004.
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I use Adobe ImageReady for gif animation, I'm not great at that....
Are you any good at photoshop?
Andrew_G posted this at 23:14 — 1st December 2004.
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I have a basic knowledge of Photoshop Elements.
TaylorAtCTS posted this at 04:52 — 2nd December 2004.
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hmmm... you need more experience for that probably.. my company does custom graphics, we can do this for you relativly inexpensivly if your interested.
Andrew_G posted this at 22:58 — 2nd December 2004.
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TaylorAtCTS
Can you please PM me with a quote.
My problem is that this would need to be a regular thing (monthly) and regretably our budget wouldn't stretch to repeat work so unless you could design me a template I could amend?
G. Antonov posted this at 14:39 — 16th December 2004.
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If I were you, I'd take a few hours to pass Flash's beginner tutorials and I'd start pumping out gifs like there's no tommorrow. I gather you just need to create a "mold file" and then just swap the background picture or the text picture. Flash is perfect for that. I've noticed many people thinking they would waste time learning Flash. Actually, when they have learned Flash, they'll save a lot more time working with it than they've lost studying it. I used to think in the same lines as you but when I began to feel an intermediate flash animator, I reconsidered.
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