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   SwizzerSweet
   Member

   When I found that the new photoshop CS4 had some pretty awesome animation tools; I was amped. Within minutes I could make animations that were pretty cool.

   The problem is that the output module for animations, is basically only GIF, with sprite sheets as an afterthought. So I went on google and found
   http://www.retroaffect.com/blog/132/Photoshop_Animation_to_Sprite_Sheet/, but of course it doesn't work for reasons beyond my knowledge. Then I tried this one:
   http://www.torquepowered.com/community/blogs/view/11527, but it just gives you an error and doesn't even complete, because it's dated.

   So do I abandon Photoshop for animations completely? I know the program inside and out, which is why I'm so comfortable with it.

   Input appreciated,

   Jon

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   PhilM
   Member

   Can Photoshop CS4 output the images as a sequence instead?

   Or you might be able to find a program that can convert the gif into a series of separate images that you can import to zwoptex (although you might get a loss of detail/colours from going to gif and then png/whatever if you don't use a high enough setting).

   We use Flash to animate everything, with possible tweaks done to the images in Photoshop once we've rendered out the animations as a sequence.

   It might be possible to import a gif into Flash & then export it as a sequence from there.

   All just guesses I'm afraid...

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   SwizzerSweet
   Member

   I was eventually able to get http://www.retroaffect.com/blog/132/Photoshop_Animation_to_Sprite_Sheet/ working, it just started outputting correctly, still don't understand why it didn't work earlier.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   ejfarraro
   Member

   Any reason you can't output the animation as a sequence of .png and import using Zwoptex as described above? That's probably the easiest way. Zwoptex builds a very efficient sprite sheet from your individual images.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Bongeh
   Member

   for my apps animations are made in flash, each frame is then rendered out as a seperate image and placed onto a spritesheet in a grid, it doesn't take all that long

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   SwizzerSweet
   Member

   Zwoptex gives me grief

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   sndwav
   Member

   in case you also want to make a spritesheet in photoshop from layers,
   this is a handy script-automation you can use: http://www.torquepowered.com/community/blogs/view/11527

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   SwizzerSweet
   Member

   There is a script that ships with Photoshop CS4 that seperates layers to files already

   Posted 1 year ago #

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