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Published: 2012-07-29 05:02:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 9437; Favourites: 123; Downloads: 140
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Description AW YEAH, MOTHER-BUCKERS, MY FIRST GIF!!!

More like a little test-run really. All I had to do was take the sprite from my Coppertone Pinkie pic and separate the tail and just take it into Paint.net and make 5 different images of her with the tail in different spots and I applied a fragment blur to make it look like it's vibrating. To animate all 5 GIF frames together, I used a program called Unfreez which can be found here: [link] and saved it as a GIF.

There was one thing that was a bit of a problem though: I wanted this to be an alpha-channel pic (with an invisible background) but that leaves the other pics visible underneath so it didn't work. Anyone got a hint for how I can get around that? I'd love some feedback and advice, this is my first GIF animation ever so please help me out.

Once I get the hang of this more, I have some other pretty cool animations in mind!

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EDIT: I swear it was faster when I viewed it on my computer, sorry if it is slow.
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Comments: 88

odnamra11 [2015-07-14 10:13:09 +0000 UTC]

I thought it was knee twitch.

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AleximusPrime In reply to odnamra11 [2015-07-14 17:02:57 +0000 UTC]

you thought what was knee twitch?

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odnamra11 In reply to AleximusPrime [2015-07-15 07:20:52 +0000 UTC]

No i thought it was only knee twitch.

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AleximusPrime In reply to odnamra11 [2015-07-16 15:40:18 +0000 UTC]

I don't remember what knee twitch means but twitchy tail is the one that means something will fall.

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odnamra11 In reply to AleximusPrime [2015-07-16 21:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Alright.

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RainTwister [2013-06-27 03:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Duck and Cover ! Somethings gonna fall ! - braces-

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CloudDayMLPFIMBrony [2012-12-28 01:33:59 +0000 UTC]

CloudDay:RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

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Centaur71 [2012-12-23 03:13:43 +0000 UTC]

*GASP* twitchy, twitch-a-twitch? (dives under dinette table)

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duckinatorr [2012-12-02 05:04:05 +0000 UTC]

Regarding alpha-channel and the other things visible underneath it: The issue is it never clears the previous frame. I'm not sure how GIFs work, nor the specific software you're using, but if you can somehow trigger a full redraw on each frame then a transparent background should work just fine.

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AleximusPrime In reply to duckinatorr [2012-12-02 05:08:27 +0000 UTC]

Don't worry, I've already figured it out as you can see with my newer GIFs.

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duckinatorr In reply to AleximusPrime [2012-12-02 05:57:03 +0000 UTC]

Oh, good. I haven't looked around at much of your older stuff, so I didn't notice. Just saw this one off to the right after looking at your new custom Rarity.

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AleximusPrime In reply to duckinatorr [2012-12-02 05:58:32 +0000 UTC]

Ah.

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pimpachu4 [2012-11-29 02:43:49 +0000 UTC]

duck for cover!!!

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OHCF [2012-09-13 10:31:23 +0000 UTC]

You might want to answer that, Pinkie Pie.

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AleximusPrime In reply to OHCF [2012-09-13 16:24:50 +0000 UTC]

whut?

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ConnorSparda [2012-09-08 17:33:11 +0000 UTC]

oh no somethings gonna fall is hiding XD i love it

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Valiant-Horizon [2012-08-26 20:04:42 +0000 UTC]

When I was viewing this, some kid's ball landed on my head. Coincidence?

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AleximusPrime In reply to Valiant-Horizon [2012-08-26 20:10:32 +0000 UTC]

HA!

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Striker-666 [2012-08-24 05:17:19 +0000 UTC]

Pinkie Sense is tingling.

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insanekid12 [2012-08-21 03:54:48 +0000 UTC]

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AleximusPrime In reply to insanekid12 [2012-08-21 04:00:02 +0000 UTC]

No fanfics here buddy.

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x-Starry-Eyed-x [2012-08-15 23:27:25 +0000 UTC]

NOOOOO I NEED A UMRELLA HAT xD

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BorderlineCloud [2012-08-15 15:41:55 +0000 UTC]

That happens to me, too!
I think it's fast, but I upload it and it's slow.

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AleximusPrime In reply to BorderlineCloud [2012-08-17 22:39:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow, so for you it's the other way around?

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BorderlineCloud In reply to AleximusPrime [2012-08-17 23:34:23 +0000 UTC]

Yeah.

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AuroraChiaro [2012-08-01 00:44:46 +0000 UTC]

Aww Pinkie I love her

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AleximusPrime In reply to AuroraChiaro [2012-08-01 01:24:49 +0000 UTC]

You'll be seeing more of these GIFs!

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EROCKERTORRES [2012-07-29 21:01:39 +0000 UTC]

her tail does a full up and down motion about twice a second. don't know if thats what you wanted but it does seem slow.

I use Gimp 2.8 when I make .gifs its a free program and works really well.

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AleximusPrime In reply to EROCKERTORRES [2012-07-29 21:04:17 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I dunno what happened, that's not what it was doing when I played it on my computer. It was also faster on my computer than it is now on DA.

I have that but I didn't know how to do it until someone told me below...

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EROCKERTORRES In reply to AleximusPrime [2012-07-29 21:15:42 +0000 UTC]

lol ok. definitely I'd say use gimp for animations. though if anything has a gradient there are a few extra steps to take because Gimp tends to turn gradients into color steps, not a true gradient.

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AleximusPrime In reply to EROCKERTORRES [2012-07-30 02:07:44 +0000 UTC]

I think what I'll do is make them in whatever program I so desire and then put them all together in Gimp.

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EROCKERTORRES In reply to AleximusPrime [2012-07-30 02:10:21 +0000 UTC]

Thats what I've always done. vector first in Inkscape then assemble in Gimp.

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AleximusPrime In reply to EROCKERTORRES [2012-07-30 02:12:44 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like a plan.

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Super-Metal-Sonic [2012-07-29 18:10:27 +0000 UTC]

nice

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PHILOSARAPTOR547 [2012-07-29 18:05:26 +0000 UTC]

aww she's adorable plus she got such a nice and big.......tail of course!!! . Great animation!

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AleximusPrime In reply to PHILOSARAPTOR547 [2012-07-29 19:01:14 +0000 UTC]

Does the animation move fast enough on your computer?

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PHILOSARAPTOR547 In reply to AleximusPrime [2012-07-29 23:04:22 +0000 UTC]

now that u mention it no it doesn't, it goes a little slow then stops after a couple of minutes

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AleximusPrime In reply to PHILOSARAPTOR547 [2012-07-30 02:07:04 +0000 UTC]

um.........that's odd...

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Nbbren [2012-07-29 17:23:52 +0000 UTC]

duck in cover

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DarthWill3 [2012-07-29 16:12:43 +0000 UTC]

This is too cute!

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Shandrazel [2012-07-29 14:50:32 +0000 UTC]

Dat twitchy tail make my eyes be 6_9 the howl time
nice job

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AleximusPrime In reply to Shandrazel [2012-07-29 17:25:26 +0000 UTC]

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Shandrazel In reply to AleximusPrime [2012-07-29 18:52:08 +0000 UTC]

man,
i mean its exhausting and confusing if you take a longer look at it

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AleximusPrime In reply to Shandrazel [2012-07-29 19:02:38 +0000 UTC]

It is only 5 frames, not a movie, it's not meant to be stared at.

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HFAlpha147 [2012-07-29 14:28:50 +0000 UTC]

O-R-G-A-S-M

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AleximusPrime In reply to HFAlpha147 [2012-07-29 17:25:35 +0000 UTC]

Uh.........okay... O___o

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DragonKnight92 [2012-07-29 14:19:50 +0000 UTC]

Oh-no twitchy tail! Everypony take cover *hides under the table* !

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XxRainbowDashRulesxX [2012-07-29 13:36:14 +0000 UTC]

NO!! TWITCHY TAIL!! THE WORLD'S ENDING!!

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HeartinaRosebud [2012-07-29 13:02:11 +0000 UTC]

This is cute!

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Wesdaaman [2012-07-29 12:26:23 +0000 UTC]

You know, I think Pinkie's tail twitches all the time. Because things "fall from the sky" all the time.

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