I CAN NOW MAKES ANIMATED ICONS!!!!

[mrs_huddles]

ANIMATED ICONS!!!!!

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[cutting_onions]

Yay bb! Is so easy, isn't?
When I want to make animated icons, I just import *.avi files in photoshop (import video frames to layers), and then I just crop and change the coloring border and stuff.
Just be careful with the size, LJ doesn't allow more than 40kb. More frames = more heavy gifs = not allowed in LJ.
Which is a shame really :(

[mrs_huddles]

Oh thanks for the advice, I'll keep that in mind. Where can I check the size of the icon?
Thanks for the help btw, you're too sweet!

[cutting_onions]

You're welcome! I think I learnt how to make animated gifs before even knowing photoshopping properly, lol.
Yu can check when saving for web and devices :)
You can use the colors too reduce the size too. As I wrote in the image: Less colors = less size (and less quality, but sometimes they don't get crappy). Turn them to black and white also reduce the size because grey scale is a lot less colors than a full color palette.
And the animation. Smaller the animation, smaller the size, IE, instead of triangles, squares. If you can crop out a wall or the ceiling above the person's head.
When you make animations changing the text only, the gif turn out MUCH lighter too. You can joke around with it. I love text animated icons <3

[mrs_huddles]

Ah thanks so much for all of this, you've been such a help to me. I'll make sure and try all of that if I have problems.

YES, I can't wait to mess around with the moving text icons, I always like them.

[pottermanic]

I love the NOOO one so much! They look fantastic!

[cuddlesmuffin]

That tutorial is great, it helped me a lot :)
Lovely icons! :D