i was wondering if anyone here uses the GIMP program and that if anyone knows if it is possible to animate things on it like make blinkies? can anyone help me out?


THX!!!

Yes it's possible. This (http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node80.html) explains how.

i dono what the site was trying to say but i dont think the GIMP i have is up to date or something... maybe i have a later version. what verison does that site mean? or is it because i need to download another plug-n?

It's a book, and GIMP 2.0 was only released recently, so naturally it references an earlier release (most likely the Linux version, as well). I highly doubt they would remove such functionality, so I would assume it's still possible in 2.0.

Basically, all that site was saying is that the layers (and I know layers are still supported) are the animation frames. You don't have to do anything special to it, technically, in order for it to be animated. Just make your image with each frame on a separate layer, make it indexed (Image > Mode > Indexed), then save as gif and you'll be presented with the option to save as animation. You can adjust the time (in milliseconds) and animation type (combine or replace) by just including that in the layer name (i.e. "New Layer 1(100ms)(combine)").

Try that.

THX alot i will give that a try