Replace an image in an gif animation

[mikeymopar]

anything can be done with xara
but.....i've made quite a few gifs and also modified some existing ones and the pre-made ones (that is the "borrowed" ones) are tricky to modify if the difference between the frames are semi-transparent partial images; that being the case typically. you can still do it but it takes time to get it right. you just gotta jump in with both feet and check it out

[theinonen]

You would have to replace the image in every frame of the animation where the image is shown, so it would pretty much classify as a redo anyway.

[wizard509]

Short answer is yes. Depending what you want to do; do you want to replace all instances of the image or just on certain frames. I think theinonen is right on.

[handrawn]

anything can be done with xara

this is not literally true of course - and is the sort of misleading statement that irks me as much as calling a given xara program just 'xara' irks a well known and helpful custodian of another site, although I don't mind that so much

but.....i've made quite a few gifs and also modified some existing ones and the pre-made ones (that is the "borrowed" ones) are tricky to modify if the difference between the frames are semi-transparent partial images; that being the case typically. you can still do it but it takes time to get it right. you just gotta jump in with both feet and check it out

yes - so having the gif would help

You would have to replace the image in every frame of the animation where the image is shown, so it would pretty much classify as a redo anyway

this is indeed a possibility, depending on how overlays are done

[pauland]

It's always great when someone asks a question and six hours later hasn't bothered to respond at all.

[ss-kalm]

It is possible though Paul, that he's at work now! Not everyone can get to a computer all day.

I'd be more concerned if it was 6 days.

[pauland]

I hope you're right!

[mikeymopar]

It is possible though Paul, that he's at work now! Not everyone can get to a computer all day.

I'd be more concerned if it was 6 days.

right on @ss-kalm

this is not literally true of course - and is the sort of misleading statement that irks me as much as calling a given xara program just 'xara' irks a well known and helpful custodian of another site, although I don't mind that so much...

It's always great when someone asks a question and six hours later hasn't bothered to respond at all.

@handrawn - it's a xara forum plus my comment had a big smile emoticon...just selling it humorously like a used car salesman, which i think most would take it as. the rest of my post explained that it can be done but it would just take some effort

i'm kinda seeing a pattern as to why it's just the same handful of people posting in this entire forum and not many returning noobs. many of the posts that i've had the chance to peruse have had some type of criticism, no matter how small, posted in it.

definitely an all-business, no fun attitude that prevails here. could be a fun forum, especially the challenges part of the forum


you catch more flies with honey than vinegar....
just sayin'

[pauland]

many of the posts that i've had the chance to peruse have had some type of criticism, no matter how small, posted in it.

I rarely see heavy criticism on TG - it's a really benign place. Is it fair to anyone to always pat people on the back and say "good job"?

definitely an all-business, no fun attitude that prevails here.

That's not at all fair - TG can be quite a fun place. If you want to make it more fun, it's up to you to make that happen.


you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

Indeed, but there are no flies here.

There are some spectacular 'fire and forget' threads on TG - a question gets asked, loads of responses, and tumbleweed.

I'd be delighted to see the OP come back to us on this one.

[handrawn]

@mikeymopar

except that those of us who draw in xara and don't give a <insert expletive of choice> about web stuff have had to wait too long for anything useful - and such statements stick in the throat [shouldn't, I know]

only today i have received a copy of the brand new serif drawplus X8 for windows - guess what - it has flood fill of unclosed shapes and rotation/resizing of multiple object on their own individual axises

now that is irrelevant to the question asked by OP but it is relevant to the way I feel - look at my post count, not all of those posts by any means were completely serious or even helpful but I hope many were - but by heck there may not be many more the way things are going

ok end of and apologies for the rant... I have new software to look at [the bitmap tracer is way better too]