Animation problem

mrglocklingmrglockling Member Posts: 258
edited March 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Well its been a while since I've asked a question..... But a little while ago I made a set of animations but when I put them in the were animated but the streched and got ugly at certain points because it stayed the same size. Is it supposed to do this? If it is how would I be able to insert a animation where they didnt stretch and bloat they adjusted to the size of the next picture?

-Max

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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Posts: 6,256
    edited March 2012 Accepted Answer
    Your animation frames have to be in the same size . So if most of the frames are say 50x50 and a couple are 100x100, you have to make all your frames in a 100x100 canvas.

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  • mrglocklingmrglockling Member Posts: 258
    Yes how would I make so like say I have a ball Thats supposed to squish How would I do that?
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    Animate it or change the size.
  • mrglocklingmrglockling Member Posts: 258
    So make a .gif file?
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    Gamesalad doesnt take .gifs

    Each frame has to be a indiviudal .png
  • mrglocklingmrglockling Member Posts: 258
    Ok
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    edited March 2012
    @mrglocking

    usually one makes all the images for an animation sequence in layers
    start with a large enough size that will hold your largest image
    draw your image
    then duplicate that layer and make changes for another aspect/view of the image
    keep duplicating the original layer and make changes on that image
    (you can turn off the view for other layers)

    that way you can be sure the size and positioning of the imageContent are correct

    when done save and then save each layer as a separate .png image

    if at some point you need a larger area for an image iteration… do not scale
    … change the canvas size and center the images …

    sounds hard … but you will get comfortable with doing it!

    check out the images of the little blue guy in the GS Platformer Template for a great example.

    image MH
  • mrglocklingmrglockling Member Posts: 258
    Ok :)
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