Animated Snow Tutorial!

[sun_star_n_moon]

HOW TO MAKE ANIMATED SNOW PICS

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[alexia_drake]

Thank you so much for this tutorial :D

I'm already having fun adding snow to winter icons that I did years ago.

[rolypoly_laurie]

Stealing the icon! :)

[moth2fic]

Great! (Are you a teacher? Because you totally know how to break everything down into manageable steps.) I use Fireworks but it basically works like Photoshop with slightly different buttons. I have tried a few animation programs for snow and had no success so this is wonderful. All downloaded and ready to go! Thanks!

Also, your care over sizing has made me realise where I'm going wrong on some other animations I'm trying to achieve. Thanks again!

[sun_star_n_moon]

hahaha. Im not a teacher, but I've done my fair share of tutoring people in math. =D

Im glad the tutorial was useful for you! Yeah. Size is a huge limitation. Its a balance between number of frames, pixel size, and amount of colors.

[moth2fic]

Well, I don't think Fireworks is quite as user-friendly as Photoshop for resizing but I managed this icon, using your tutorial all the way, so now the sky's the limit. The original photo was taken by my husband in our garden, I added the hat and the drop shadow effect (and the initial resizing for an icon) in Picnik and then the snow,according to your instructions followed by more resizing following the animation, in Fireworks. So, now proudly presenting homework to teacher. LOL! Many thanks!

[dreamers_dh]

Thank you!

Your snow looks more real than other tutorials I saw (they were bigger and more quicker)
I'll try to make my own icon with this!

[sun_star_n_moon]

thanks!

yeah, I like my snow to be a bit slower and more subtle. Its more my style. But you can always play around with the buttons and get different sorts of snow. =D

[jon_stephen_fan]

Wow, I had no idea that the snow effect is that complicated. O.o I'll try it though. Thanks for this tutorial! :)