How do you make an animated Button?, help Options

[o h h x S T F U]

Yeah I kind of need help, how do you make an animated button, like per say for your website, like to link your website.

(ex.)

<3 erin

[freeflow]

you need a program like :
- animation shop
- imageready
- unlead gif animator.

you can get tuts here:

http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52414
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=80527
good-tutorials.com

and more in the bbor

[lilazn_qt]

i have ulead, which is also FREE! and you dont have to use it only for buttons, you can also use it for glitter, banner, all sorts..i played around with it and got it! try ulead.

[centaur_passion]

I just use Photoshop for animations:
-Set each frame as a seperate layer
-Click 'File>Save for Web
-Set the file type to GIF
-Check animate
-Fill out the settings that you want...pretty self-explanitory...
-And click OK. Or Save. Or a button that says something along those lines.
-All done! Unless of course, you don't have Photoshop...then that was kind of pointless.

edit// Just checked...the button says OK. Sorry if I confused you there. =/

[lilazn_qt]

I just use Photoshop for animations:
-Set each frame as a seperate layer
-Click 'File>Save for Web
-Set the file type to GIF
-Check animate
-Fill out the settings that you want...pretty self-explanitory...
-And click OK.  Or Save.  Or a button that says something along those lines.
-All done!  Unless of course, you don't have Photoshop...then that was kind of pointless.

edit// Just checked...the button says OK.  Sorry if I confused you there.  =/

you can use photoshop itself for animation? i thought you need image ready...

[centaur_passion]

I have Photoshop Elements, the cheap-but-basically-the-same-thing version, so it could be just in Elements. Do you have a Save for Web thing in regular Photoshop? My parents won't buy me the real version, and I'm to poor to buy it myself. *envy*

[Aestuarium]

You can do it in paint if you want... just make your images and save as .gif

download (it's free)
http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/

now drag the files into that program in order and save :)

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

The easy way, make a small animated button (80x30) or any size just as long as it doesn't pass 100. Then save and upload your image at www.imageshack.us then you put your link in this:

CODE

<a href="YOUR XANGA SITE" target="_blank"><img src="THE AFFILATE LINK" border="0" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"></a>

then you're done, all you have to do is find a place to put it
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i believe this topic can be closed, now that its been answered

[talcumpowder]

I don't have to close it just because it's been answered. I want the original poster to post, because if they have more questions, I would rather them post here - not make a new topic. Could you please stop saying things like that?

[Daniel Rodriguez]

You can do it in paint if you want... just make your images and save as .gif

download (it's free)
http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/

now drag the files into that program in order and save :)

Thanks