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i made an entry for this month's contest, but it's a lil over 70k and about 50/55 frames. now, i'm sure that some of the frames can be ditched, which i'm trying to do at the moment, but is there anything else that i can do aside from that?

here's the gif:

Don't know about reducing it (I'd probably ditch a bunch of frames) but I love it! I used to watch that show every day after school when I was a kid. Looks great!

Amerasu

*whistles theme tune*

HaHaaaaa!!! *whistles theme too*

old people 0wn!

Well, I reduced the colours to 16 and got the filesize down to 54k without removing any frames. It's a pain trying to remove selected frames from a smooth animation though! Some times it works out better to go back to the .psd stage and reduce the layer/frames there.
Is the programme "Bewitched"? I like it btw
tao
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[This message has been edited by Taobaybee (edited 01-04-2004).]

thanks, i'm glad yous like it

and thanks tao, i didn't think about dropping the colors down. i did that and ditched a few frames and got it down to 47k, which i feel is acceptable (for me anyway).

yeah I usually set the bar at 50k, and aim way below it
tao

Bewitched, right?

Now time for I dream about Jenny, or whatever the name was :P

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Samantha Stephens/Serena

I meant the other show with a female genie.

Both shows were produced by the same guy, and were very alike. And both were...classies. :P

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I dream of Genie... That'd be interesting. Make a go of it Alevice.

Maybe add some more buildings instead of having a transparency between them? o.o

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Great sig.
I thought the background was originally blue, and it's been confirmed when I saw an episode this midday.google image search for "Bewitched"



[This message has been edited by poi (edited 01-21-2004).]

uh, yes, i'm well aware of the fact that it's originally blue.... but i didn't care for how it looked, so it's just transparent.

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but i didn't care for how it looked

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Indeed, that's a good reason to make it transparent



[This message has been edited by poi (edited 01-21-2004).]

Heres an idea as to how you could shtick in some blue and keep transparency, I didn't spend very long on this and the file size is huge and it looks crap but it beats describing it:

yeah, i would like to have blue in there...but when i tried the first time, well...it was shit.
i've done much poking and prodding.... got the file size way down, but i think i've screwed the transparency.




[This message has been edited by Lacuna (edited 01-10-2004).]

it just looks too dark to me around the edges.... but i dunno if it's just me or what







[This message has been edited by Lacuna (edited 01-10-2004).]

Lacuna: When I thought about the blue background, I rather saw a TV or in a TV shape in which you'd have put your Bewitched sig. You'd avoid the problem of the fuzzy edges and the choice of a matte color giving good results with both background colors.



[This message has been edited by poi (edited 01-21-2004).]

true....but i don't wanna tv. i have another sig i wanna do that'll be in the tv
i might ditch the blue...but keep the stars....i dunno... i'm sure i'll work something out heh

gradient the blue from blue you have now near the horizon to a darker blue at the top of the sky...maybe?