Okay I did say I would show you a gif. So today I have that for you. I was trying something new for my page. Spencer got me a program that makes gif making easy. It is called Easy GIF Animator. You can read more of the program HERE
Okay so my GIF was to make my name appear to flash one letter at a time. First I had to create the picture I wanter to use as a base. To get this picture I reused the corners I use in my page layout. I made some lines. I took a screenshot in IMVU that I had to edit out the background. I also had to do a little touch up on the character. The nose was peeking out of the mask. Also the hair was hiding more of the mask than I would have liked. Then of course in the final pieces I needed to add highlights and shadows. My first picture turned out like this:
So now that I had my base I needed to show it what I wanted it to change. Since a GIF is animated it must be exact. Otherwise it gets all screwy. So now I needed to figure out how I wanted to make the words "move". I decided it might be fun to highlight each letter. Admittedly it was a pain in the butt. In hind sight I offer this tip: If you intend to do each letter.... Make each letter of your word separate. In the end it would have saved much much time. So this is how the letters got highlighted:
So as you see the highlight was 1 by 1. So now I had to decide how to end the GIF. I opted with them all the darker green like this:
Now I learned another very valuable lesson. It seems GIFs do better smaller than larger. When I first uploaded the GIF it would not work right to save my life. So at first I thought perhaps it was Photobucket. Then I realized it was my error as I read to figure out how to fix it. Since I am a perfectionist I admit it really was annoying me that it would not work right. It is because a GIF is always moving is the idea behind why it is clearer smaller. Curious to know how it looks all sized to work right and put together?
As you can see it still needs some work. Perhaps fewer graphic changes and less outer glows. But it is the basic concept of how a GIF is put together. I have even started thanks to this program making "moving" catalog icons. Often when doing clothing you can't show the whole thing unless it is so small. There are millions of products in the catalog. I need every chance I can get at saying "Hey come look at me" I can get. Things that move grab your attention more than things that do not. Also this way I can show more of it in a finer detail.
Today's movie I watched solo. Spencer had not want to see "Eat, Pray, Love". I do suppose it is more of a film for a woman though I could see some men liking it as well. It is an excellent story about finding one's self. While admittedly there are points in this movie it might put some to sleep overall I found it a worthy movie. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking. The music is fitting. The characters are even believable.
Liz feels unfulfilled, perhaps even trapped in her life. She believes her marriage is just not the solution to her happiness and gets a divorce. As the divorce is in proceedings she throws herself upon a young actor. Even that relationship is doomed to failure. Once the divorce is final Liz realizes she is in a slump. She needs to find herself and some happiness in her life. She cannot even recall the last time she was without a man in her life.
Liz decides she needs a year trip. On this she will go to Italy, India and Bali. She can learn the beautiful language of Italy. While in Italy she learns to be just as they are. She leans their language and even makes friends. As they share their cultures with her she shares hers in return. She realizes while there she eats more than anything. In India she will go on a spiritual journey. She will realize what she was searching for was inside her. Hopefully the meditation will help her to find the balance she seeks.
Finally her return to Bali a little more than a year later from her first visit. The medicine man does not recognize her at first. She looks much different than he remembered. It is perhaps because of the things she has learned along her journey. He will help her to continue to find her balance. While there though they tell her she cannot forget to love. She needs to love and be loved. Yet, when she thinks of men and love she loses her focus and her balance she is finding. Is it just fear of failure and heartbreak?
Phillipe will push her to her limits to find out as he falls for her. He has to know what she is afraid of and if she loves him like he loves her. Will she only run away again like she has in the past?
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