How To: Animations? CMX/.PMD

ringmaker4205 · 01-15-2003, 02:44 PM

OK I read the other post but no one gives exact instructions or links on how to create Animatins. Lets make this the page that discribes how to do it. Please post Instructions, links, tips, any thing that might help people.
Thanks!

Xlife · 01-15-2003, 04:01 PM

Well we can't give exact instructions any better than what was in the last thread because the program is in japanese. There are two links to the program in the the other thread as well, it's just that the site is in japanese. But anyhow, the program is http://www1.odn.ne.jp/ysk/ktpic100.lzh u can expand the file with winACE or WinRAR (i don't think winzip will work correctly, at least not in wizard mode). When you get the program open it and click on the wizard with the magic wand, change the radio button to the second option (it has ".pmd" in it) and choose the pmd option from the dropdown menu. Then click what we assume is a browse button beside the text field and find an animated gif on your system. one of the buttons has a ">" character on it, that's what we assume is the next button. Keep clicking it to get through the process, we don't know what many of the other options do because of the whole japanese thing. when the next button is grayed out there will be another text field and a button. type in a file name and click the button and it will save your .pmd file in the same directory as the animated gif. that's the best i got...maybe someone else can elaborate.

ringmaker4205 · 01-15-2003, 04:05 PM

OK but one question what is an "animated gift" as you called it. a small movie, or animation done in paint?

Xlife · 01-15-2003, 04:12 PM

i meant animated gif. as in a .gif file. it's a picture file with mutliple frames strung together in an animation. Gifs can be solid state or animated, but for animated screensaver purposes you'll obviously need an animated file. you can search the net and find tons of them whether they're on a site archiving free animations or on another site where it's just being used.

Xlife · 01-15-2003, 04:15 PM

This is an animated gif...

Frog.gif

Sorry, forgot to address the paint part of your question. No you can't create animated gif files in paint. You can see programs like Jasc's animation shop, or some online utilities (I believe there is one called gif creator or animation station or something). Both of these types of tools will let you take multiple picture files and will link them together in a gif. A program like animation shop will give you more options converning frames per second, transparency, looping, etc.

ringmaker4205 · 01-15-2003, 04:23 PM

OK so do you use anything in particular, that you might recomend or know where to get one of these programs? And you could link animated picture files couldn't you?

Xlife · 01-15-2003, 04:28 PM

Umm...a search engine? You're gonna have to look for something on your own. I mentioned Jasc's Animation Shop. I have Animation Shop 3. It, however, is not a free utility.If you wanted to purchase it you could head over to www.jasc.com or find some other creative way of procuring it that i'm not EVEN suggesting out or respect to our webmaster(s). In any case there are lots of things out there if you take the time to look, and there are lots of animated gifs already made. (if you don't know anything about it, i doubt that you will make anything close to the quality of images already available for free all over the net...). Since animation files are just linked together still images, yes you can link together a whole lot of still images. You'll get ridiculous file sizes of course, but you can do it.

ringmaker4205 · 01-15-2003, 05:27 PM

OK got my free 3d animation creator. it is really powerful, but their is a 72 page manual!(OH NO!!!!!) thanks

dannydos · 01-15-2003, 05:50 PM

damn it i can't get it to work i used acewin to open it but it's not happening

Xlife · 01-15-2003, 06:32 PM

try WinRar

064cobra · 01-15-2003, 07:40 PM

I'm surprised that we've haven't figured this one out.
It's got to be a simelar process...

-Cobra

dannydos · 01-15-2003, 08:50 PM

so guys we just need someone that can read japanese right.... to get this program figured out.

Xlife · 01-15-2003, 09:06 PM

yeah someone who could read japanese would help us figure out the program, but I have a sinking feeling that the compatiblity issues will not be solved by the program (i know that you sanyo users don't HAVE compatiblity issues! lol). Hopefully it knowing all the menus and selections will allow us to increase the FPS and deal with the issues of it not handling transparency and the backgrounds coming through some images and other forms of distortion. It might tell us what size the .gif needs to be in the first place.

dxfan · 01-16-2003, 12:59 AM

i got a jap frind who cna come over next weekend hell look at it

xj911 · 01-16-2003, 01:44 AM

just use babel fish to translate the help page. It's not much help though trust me.

I'm not sure if this program lets you convert an animated gif over to a pmd file and let you keep the same framerate. it seems considerably slower, and doesn't seem to work for any phones besides Sanyo phones.
here's an example I did:
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/johnghazzagh/ryu3.gcd
it's a big file, but if you have a Sanyo phone you should be able to save it as a animated screensaver.

good luck...

01-15-2003, 02:44 PM	#1
ringmaker4205 Two Cans & String User Join Date: Dec 30, '02 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	How To: Animations? CMX/.PMD OK I read the other post but no one gives exact instructions or links on how to create Animatins. Lets make this the page that discribes how to do it. Please post Instructions, links, tips, any thing that might help people. Thanks!

01-15-2003, 04:01 PM	#2
Xlife a500 Hacker Join Date: Aug 28, '02 Location: South Carolina Posts: 260 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 224	Well we can't give exact instructions any better than what was in the last thread because the program is in japanese. There are two links to the program in the the other thread as well, it's just that the site is in japanese. But anyhow, the program is http://www1.odn.ne.jp/ysk/ktpic100.lzh u can expand the file with winACE or WinRAR (i don't think winzip will work correctly, at least not in wizard mode). When you get the program open it and click on the wizard with the magic wand, change the radio button to the second option (it has ".pmd" in it) and choose the pmd option from the dropdown menu. Then click what we assume is a browse button beside the text field and find an animated gif on your system. one of the buttons has a ">" character on it, that's what we assume is the next button. Keep clicking it to get through the process, we don't know what many of the other options do because of the whole japanese thing. when the next button is grayed out there will be another text field and a button. type in a file name and click the button and it will save your .pmd file in the same directory as the animated gif. that's the best i got...maybe someone else can elaborate. __________________ .:[X]life:. Last edited by Xlife; 01-15-2003 at 04:13 PM.

01-15-2003, 04:12 PM	#4
Xlife a500 Hacker Join Date: Aug 28, '02 Location: South Carolina Posts: 260 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 224	i meant animated gif. as in a .gif file. it's a picture file with mutliple frames strung together in an animation. Gifs can be solid state or animated, but for animated screensaver purposes you'll obviously need an animated file. you can search the net and find tons of them whether they're on a site archiving free animations or on another site where it's just being used. __________________ .:[X]life:.

01-15-2003, 04:28 PM	#7
Xlife a500 Hacker Join Date: Aug 28, '02 Location: South Carolina Posts: 260 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 224	Umm...a search engine? You're gonna have to look for something on your own. I mentioned Jasc's Animation Shop. I have Animation Shop 3. It, however, is not a free utility.If you wanted to purchase it you could head over to www.jasc.com or find some other creative way of procuring it that i'm not EVEN suggesting out or respect to our webmaster(s). In any case there are lots of things out there if you take the time to look, and there are lots of animated gifs already made. (if you don't know anything about it, i doubt that you will make anything close to the quality of images already available for free all over the net...). Since animation files are just linked together still images, yes you can link together a whole lot of still images. You'll get ridiculous file sizes of course, but you can do it. __________________ .:[X]life:.

01-15-2003, 06:32 PM	#10
Xlife a500 Hacker Join Date: Aug 28, '02 Location: South Carolina Posts: 260 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 224	try WinRar __________________ .:[X]life:.

01-15-2003, 04:05 PM	#3
ringmaker4205 Two Cans & String User Join Date: Dec 30, '02 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	OK but one question what is an "animated gift" as you called it. a small movie, or animation done in paint?

01-15-2003, 04:23 PM	#6
ringmaker4205 Two Cans & String User Join Date: Dec 30, '02 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	OK so do you use anything in particular, that you might recomend or know where to get one of these programs? And you could link animated picture files couldn't you?

01-15-2003, 05:27 PM	#8
ringmaker4205 Two Cans & String User Join Date: Dec 30, '02 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	OK got my free 3d animation creator. it is really powerful, but their is a 72 page manual!(OH NO!!!!!) thanks

01-15-2003, 05:50 PM	#9
dannydos Telephone User Join Date: Nov 23, '02 Location: Mass Posts: 121 Phone: palm pre Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 240	damn it i can't get it to work i used acewin to open it but it's not happening

01-15-2003, 07:40 PM	#11
064cobra Join Date: Dec 24, '02 Posts: 17 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 16	CMX / .PMD I'm surprised that we've haven't figured this one out. It's got to be a simelar process... -Cobra

01-15-2003, 08:50 PM	#12
dannydos Telephone User Join Date: Nov 23, '02 Location: Mass Posts: 121 Phone: palm pre Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 240	so guys we just need someone that can read japanese right.... to get this program figured out.

01-15-2003, 09:06 PM	#13
Xlife a500 Hacker Join Date: Aug 28, '02 Location: South Carolina Posts: 260 Phone: Samsung A900 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 224	yeah someone who could read japanese would help us figure out the program, but I have a sinking feeling that the compatiblity issues will not be solved by the program (i know that you sanyo users don't HAVE compatiblity issues! lol). Hopefully it knowing all the menus and selections will allow us to increase the FPS and deal with the issues of it not handling transparency and the backgrounds coming through some images and other forms of distortion. It might tell us what size the .gif needs to be in the first place. __________________ .:[X]life:.

01-16-2003, 12:59 AM	#14
dxfan Telegraph User Join Date: Oct 26, '02 Posts: 31 Phone: 4050 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 75	i got a jap frind who cna come over next weekend hell look at it

01-16-2003, 01:44 AM	#15
xj911 Telegraph User Join Date: Jan 5, '03 Location: TX Posts: 55 Phone: Gosh Dang 8100 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10	just use babel fish to translate the help page. It's not much help though trust me. I'm not sure if this program lets you convert an animated gif over to a pmd file and let you keep the same framerate. it seems considerably slower, and doesn't seem to work for any phones besides Sanyo phones. here's an example I did: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/johnghazzagh/ryu3.gcd it's a big file, but if you have a Sanyo phone you should be able to save it as a animated screensaver. good luck... __________________ Download Ringers and Pictures: Cold Fusion Downloads

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