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1footonthedawn — September Song
Published: 2008-02-05 20:14:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 2057; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 153
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It's a long, long timefrom May to December,
but the days grow short
when you reach September;
when the cold north wind
turns the leaves to flame
and you don't have time
for the waiting game;
when the days dwindle down
to a precious few:
September, November;
gone all those golden days
I spent with you--
those golden days
I spent with you.
--Maxwell Anderson
this is for those of us in the autumns of our lives
Full view on the JPG or click DOWNLOAD to see the totally awesome animation.
Apophysis 3D sky, Terragen mountains, Photoshop 7, Sqirlz lake, and GIF Movie Gear to tweak the animation.
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Thanks. I think it has to be the best artwork I've ever done. I'm reluctant to keep pursuing art, in part, because I don't think I'll ever match this.
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Beautiful inspiring work, Silky. I love the sky and the way the water animates. Superb!
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WOW, thank you! Thank you for logging on to see it. That makes me so happy.
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It's just super large and takes a long time to download...if you have dialup it probably can't be downloaded. I hope you like the non-animated version, anyway.
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This is awesome! I notice when you rightclick it comes up as a bmp not a GIF...is it actually a GIF? Just wondering how that works.
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A BMP? Huh. I have that problem sometimes and have never figured out why it does that. It doesn't happen in Netscape, just in Internet Explorer, as far as I can tell. It should be a JPG (still, small or large view) or an animated GIF (if you click download.) I used it as a desktop background this morning for awhile. FIrst time I've used an animated desktop. I wanted to weep, it was so beautiful. I feel that if I died now, I've produced three good kids and what I consider to be the most perfect artwork possible (given the limitations...for example, I had to limit this to 24 frames and it's STILL too big)...but I can rest easy!
Today I'm trying to get a virus off my computer that I picked up opening something from the school district my husband works for. So no art play for me today. *hurries Symantec*
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AH, the netscape vs. IE problems....bummer...I wanted to try to use it as a wallpaper too!
You did a truly wonderful job with it.
ARGGHH!
Hackers are as bad as thieves in my book. Good luck with your infestation.
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Thank you. I have never been so happy with my own artwork.
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very good to here 
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Holy shit that's just beautiful. 
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I did that this morning. I wanted to weep, it was so beautiful. I'm sure it eats computer resources like there's no tomorrow....so I didn't leave it up. I've never been so happy with a piece of artwork I did myself. I want to redo it with a lot more than 24 frames and save it as a Flash animation and put it on Youtube with "September Song."
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60?! Ack. I haven't mastered this software yet. I must have done something wrong as I didn't intend to have that many frames. I should have caught it in GIF Movie Gear, but I probably wasn't paying attention to anything but adding the siggy. Hmm, I wonder how many frames it takes before the snowflakes fall properly all the way through. There's a definite jump between the last and first frame. Thanks for telling me. I'll be more attentive to that next time.
I'm fighting against a virus on my computer today. No art play for me till Symantec is done with my machine.
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One thing you can do to figure it out is to right click on the GIF file, assuming you use windows, and click properties. Then go to the "Summary" tab and at the bottom of the detail list, you'll find "Frame Count."
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Thanks. I would hug this image of mine if I could. I just love it. I may put the animation on YouTube if I can figure out how to use Flash to add music to it.
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Your so welcomed
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I absolutely love this, just stunning my friend! Those lyrics are also very special (and in a particular way to me too!) Bravo!
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Thank you. I know...it's a very, very meaningful song.
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Wow! 
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I think that's true of artists, seriously. We ARE in another place. 
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Wow. Beautiful snowflakes and quite a well-realistic cartoon.
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