Comments on: DIY: moving pictures http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/ handcraft in a hectic world Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:06:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Louie http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-126880 Louie Tue, 29 May 2007 15:34:13 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-126880 As a web designer, I have to chime in and say animated gifs on a site are usually bad news. The few exceptions, however, are when you make the animation minimal, or very infrequent. A recent animation I made features a customized smiley face that blinks, looks left, blinks again. To keep the animation from being distracting, I left about 10 seconds between noticeable movements in the gif, and then the movement was minimal. It made for a larger gif, yes, but not so much that it was huge. Animation can add subtle life if done right. Great tutorial, though! As a web designer, I have to chime in and say animated gifs on a site are usually bad news. The few exceptions, however, are when you make the animation minimal, or very infrequent. A recent animation I made features a customized smiley face that blinks, looks left, blinks again. To keep the animation from being distracting, I left about 10 seconds between noticeable movements in the gif, and then the movement was minimal. It made for a larger gif, yes, but not so much that it was huge. Animation can add subtle life if done right. Great tutorial, though!

]]> By: Caren http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-10135 Caren Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:44:57 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-10135 Well, each to their own -- it's not the technique at fault but what people do with it. I like giving people a chance to try something their way. Well, each to their own — it’s not the technique at fault but what people do with it. I like giving people a chance to try something their way.

]]> By: rejiquar http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-10109 rejiquar Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:53:19 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-10109 Not sure you're doing your readers a favor here---a lot of website design folk think very little of the practice of putting animated doohickies on one's website, and I have to say I too detest them, because they're distracting and annoying. If there was a way to have the animated gif cycle through once and then stop, it might be ok, but otherwise it just screams `amateur-i'm-begging-for-attention' to me. Not sure you’re doing your readers a favor here—a lot of website design folk think very little of the practice of putting animated doohickies on one’s website, and I have to say I too detest them, because they’re distracting and annoying.

If there was a way to have the animated gif cycle through once and then stop, it might be ok, but otherwise it just screams `amateur-i’m-begging-for-attention’ to me.

]]> By: jessica http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-9909 jessica Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:27:44 +0000 http://whipup.net/2006/08/14/diy-moving-pictures/#comment-9909 this is neat..will try it. thanks. this is neat..will try it. thanks.

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