February 2015 Video Tutorial -- Creating a Casino Poster Part 1

[Rik]

Though I have no idea what Gary is going to do, going forward with this?!

I thought I would add some cards to the scene.

[mikeymopar]

my attempt this evening (i'll save the neon flashing for another night...although i don't think i can share gifs yet coz i've had a post containing one waiting in moderation for a few days now in Gary's March 2013 Neon thread )

[csehz]

A little bit late coming but still would like to thanks Gare for the tutorial, especially enjoyed the technique drawing with light pink on the bevel.



Plus I never used to clone the shadows, that is interesting one too

[Gare]

@Mikeymopar—

If all your posts are in moderation, I can't help that, but if you're having a hard time with posting a GIF that animates, Rik does it and he can help you.

I can also help: export it as a SWF file, and not a GIF. Take not of the dimensions.



Then delete the entry I've marked in green, and you're good to go.




My Best,

Gary

[mikeymopar]

@Mikeymopar—

If all your posts are in moderation, I can't help that, but if you're having a hard time with posting a GIF that animates, Rik does it and he can help you.

I can also help: export it as a SWF file, and not a GIF. Take not of the dimensions....

hmmm....i think it didn't post coz of my post count because i've posted gifs all over the place in other (phone) forums. i'll give the swf format a go here to see if it works any better or if it also goes to moderation

[Gare]

It reads beautifully from where I'm sitting!

Congrats, mikeymopar!

-g

GIFs can play in a pop-up window, but will not play as just embedded files...you need to click the embedded file first. No idea why.

[mikeymopar]

swf it is then. Thx Gary!

[steve.ledger]

It reads beautifully from where I'm sitting!

Congrats, mikeymopar!

-g

GIFs can play in a pop-up window, but will not play as just embedded files...you need to click the embedded file first. No idea why.

This is due to the forum software creating a thumbnail.
The GIF format has limitations when it comes to resizing on the fly.
Resizing a GIF is not a small task. The software which creates the thumbnails on the server (Imagemagick) would need to strip each frame out from the animated compressed one, resize each frame individually and then put them together and compress to make the resized GIF. So for thumbnails you get a static frame (unless the thumbnail is the same size as the gif).