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ElderKain · 02-01-2008, 09:20 PM

I hope this helps, just follow these instructions

Step 1: Open ImageReady

Step 2: In ImageReady, open up the .gif image that you want to put on the background, and also open up the background image that you're going to use.

Step 3: Select your background image, press Ctrl + A to select the entire image, then press Ctrl + C to copy it. Close the background image then create a new image with the same pixel width and height as your background image. This will make it so that whatever formatting your background image had before will be removed so that it will be able to contain an animation. Then paste the background on the new image you just created, Ctrl + V to paste. If you made the new image have the same height + width, then your background should fit just right.

Step 4: Select your .gif image, and in the animation toolbox, press the arrow on the top right corner and press Select All Frames.

Step 5: After all your frames are selected, press the arrow once again and then press Copy Frames.

Step 6: After your frames are copied, select the background image that you are going to use. You'll notice in the animation toolbar that the image only has one frame:

You want your background image to have as many frames as your .gif image, so press the arrow that you used before, and press New Frame until you have the same amount of frames in your background image as you had in you .gif image*.

Step 7: After you have added the new frames, select all of them:
And press Paste Frames.
Select Paste Over Selection, tick Link Added Layers* and press OK.

*Link Addded Layers is a VERY important step, otherwise your .gif image will be seperated into different layers and you'll have to work with them each separately and perfectly for the animation to work.

Step 8: Select one of the layers that contains a frame of your .gif image, and move it to where you want it to go on the background. If you selected Link Added Layers, you'll only have to do this once and each layer of the .gif will go in the same spot as the others.

Step 9: You're done! Now just save your final image. File -> Save Optimized As.

02-01-2008, 09:20 PM	#2
ElderKain ~ より古いケイン ~ Join Date: Jun 2007 Gender : Location: In Between a Pair of Loli Legs ^.^ Age: 23 Posts: 2,754	Re: put animation on sig I hope this helps, just follow these instructions Step 1: Open ImageReady Step 2: In ImageReady, open up the .gif image that you want to put on the background, and also open up the background image that you're going to use. Step 3: Select your background image, press Ctrl + A to select the entire image, then press Ctrl + C to copy it. Close the background image then create a new image with the same pixel width and height as your background image. This will make it so that whatever formatting your background image had before will be removed so that it will be able to contain an animation. Then paste the background on the new image you just created, Ctrl + V to paste. If you made the new image have the same height + width, then your background should fit just right. Step 4: Select your .gif image, and in the animation toolbox, press the arrow on the top right corner and press Select All Frames. Step 5: After all your frames are selected, press the arrow once again and then press Copy Frames. Step 6: After your frames are copied, select the background image that you are going to use. You'll notice in the animation toolbar that the image only has one frame: You want your background image to have as many frames as your .gif image, so press the arrow that you used before, and press New Frame until you have the same amount of frames in your background image as you had in you .gif image. Step 7:* After you have added the new frames, select all of them: And press Paste Frames. Select Paste Over Selection, tick Link Added Layers* and press OK. Link Addded Layers is a VERY important step, otherwise your .gif image will be seperated into different layers and you'll have to work with them each separately and perfectly for the animation to work. Step 8:* Select one of the layers that contains a frame of your .gif image, and move it to where you want it to go on the background. If you selected Link Added Layers, you'll only have to do this once and each layer of the .gif will go in the same spot as the others. Step 9: You're done! Now just save your final image. File -> Save Optimized As.