My first animated signature!!

I know it's not the best, and the gif could have some more defining brushes around it, but it is still my first, and this was a trial and error process... It took me 4 tries to save it correctlly. XD
What do y'all think?



#ag #agcritique

Looks great so far! The only advice I would give right now is to make sure you match your text layer across all the frames to keep it from shifting to the default fx within the animation.

Ok, first of all, i'm VERY raw when i critique, so, saying that....

Everything is PERFECT except the text.
It's very tricky to mixt animation and fonts (i've had some headaches because of it @.@), because there're times when we focus on the layers panel and we forget about the animation panel, and then stuff like this happen.

Tip#1: remember, when you're making an animation, on the animation pallet, keep all frames selected, so when you make any change, all the layers change.

Tip#2: Since there's too much going on in the background, this time, a bold font would look better with a darker color (it could be navy blue). but if you want to keep it with the font you're using, then use a darker blue, that way it pops up more.

Tip#3: Mercury's tip is important too <3 and it explains what happened to the text

This brings up a question, would it be better to wait until after you've done all the animation stuff to add text or before?

I only had a layer on top of the gif and the render in another layer. I didn't apply it to all frames. I don't know why that one frame is different. It should be just one text layer. @3@
I just added the text so it wouldn't be blank XD

Small Lady wrote:

This brings up a question, would it be better to wait until after you've done all the animation stuff to add text or before?

Yes.
Step 1: do your animation
Step 1.5: pick your font before (at least 3) before adding a text
Step 2: add text
Step 3: save

Starchild wrote:

I only had a layer on top of the gif and the render in another layer. I didn't apply it to all frames. I don't know why that one frame is different. It should be just one text layer. @3@
I just added the text so it wouldn't be blank XD

Apparently you missed the first frame, if you noticed, the first frame had less blue, and after the second frame all are the same

Ah! Thank you Haine! :3 I'm so much more used to video editing where you don't have to worry about it because the layers automatically sync. XD

Here's another one. Much better.

Looking good!! I can never get my gifs to work right.

That's much better!!!!!
Ed don't worry, i'm working on a gif tutorial ^^ maybe it can help you to get it right!

I'm having trouble saving them as quality gifs. They always look terribly less colored and low quality. Is there a way to fix this?

This is tricky, i'm going to do my research to give you the best answer possible