Tutorial on how to make my avatar.

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First, open up Jasc Animation Shop, via the Paint Shop Pro file menu.



Next, open up the Banner Wizard in the File Menu or by pressing Shift + B.



Now, choose the “transparent background” selection. This will make your background transparent so it will blend with any background your animation is placed on. Click Next.

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For the next page, you may pick any size you want for your animation. I picked 100x100 pixels for my avatar. Click Next.



Now, for the length, I put 60/10 of a second, or 6 seconds. You may put longer or shorter, as long as you think your text will be readable. For the frames-per-second, try to keep it over 20, so it looks smooth. I put it at 30. Keep the setting at “play the animation repeatedly,” because you want to be able to see this more than once. Click Next.



Now, pick a large, bold, font that will cover up a majority of your banner area. I used boulder, with a pitch of 75. Make sure the “Antialias” box is checked, and have the text centered in the image. Click Next.



Now, here is the important part. For the color of the text, you are not going to use a color, but a whole picture. The picture will remain stationary in the background, which gives your animation the effect. I used a cropped out picture of Brian Peppers’ head, but anything will do. Click Next.

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For the last page, use “marquee” as your transition, and make sure the marquee is in the center of your banner by going to “customize” and checking the “center vertically” button. Click Next.



Congratulations, your banner is now done. By the way, there is an aliasing problem that you really can’t fix, but if you really have a problem with it, YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELF.

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good work. thanks for going to the effort to write it.