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October 14, 2002 1:29:34 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
I made a throbber that is suppose to flash and it will not behave. It flashes but also moves like a marquee where it is suppose to sit still.

Would anyone know what is wrong? There are 32 images in the graphic. One set of 40 x 40 and another 40 x 22.

Any suggestions would sincerely appreciated
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Reply #1 October 14, 2002 1:40:36 PM
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Sounds like the images were not perfectly lined up when you built the strip. what program did you make the images in, was it Photoshop?
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Reply #2 October 14, 2002 2:08:22 PM
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The image was made with Jasc. I can only wish to have Photoshop.

I will relook at the placement of the images. Thank you for the tip.
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Reply #3 October 14, 2002 2:33:02 PM
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Do the two sets become one animation? If so, is it o.k. for them to be different sizes? normally this would cause problems. I haven't made throbbers, but I have been doing a lot of animation in DesktopX recently, but I work in Photoshop, so I can't claim to be an expert in what you are doing
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Reply #4 October 14, 2002 2:41:36 PM
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Nothing wrong with using PSP, Sally. Many of us do. I'm pretty sure BoXXi is right, and you don't have the images lined up in each frame.
BoXXi...the 2 sizes are for small and large throbbers.
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Reply #5 October 14, 2002 2:57:19 PM
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One of those projects that one wished never got started.

I put the images online if anyone would like to take a peek and see if they see anything wrong.

Big image: http://users2.ev1.net/~sallyh/lightsb.bmp
Small: http://users2.ev1.net/~sallyh/lightssm.bmp
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Reply #6 October 14, 2002 3:11:34 PM
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Interesting......... they're lined up perfectly.............. I see if I can come up with an answer.
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Reply #7 October 14, 2002 5:00:04 PM
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I don't know what I'm missing, but I can't make it work. I've studied other throbbers, and compared them with yours.........no luck.
I came down with the flu yesterday, so my mind is fuzzier than usual .........but I'm really confused as to why your throbbers don't work.
I hope someone comes up with the answer, I would loved to know what is wrong.
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Reply #8 October 14, 2002 5:05:54 PM
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I have it working. The images were not lining up properly as suggested. Seems the size can't be compared with other throbbers. I had to make a new strip 38 x 22 for the small one. The large one I haven't figured out yet.

The throbber looks better sitting still.

Thanks for the suggestion about not being lined up. I never would have thought of that.
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Reply #9 October 14, 2002 7:15:24 PM
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So, you're saying by changing the frames from 40 pixels wide to 38 pixels, fixed it?
That doesn't make any sense to me. The images were lined up in the original..........I'm more confused than ever.
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Reply #10 October 14, 2002 8:43:10 PM
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I thought the images were suppose to be 40 and 22 but what I did was go by SkinStudio and the preview. I made a strip of colored blocks and adjusted the blocks so the preview showed the right colors and it turned out to be 38 wide per image.

As soon as I find the one frame that is off I am going to upload the throbber. THere had to be one frame off to keep me crazy.

I cleaned up the images and the throbber looks good now.
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Reply #11 October 14, 2002 9:06:44 PM
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oh, I get it now.......I can be so dense.
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Reply #12 October 14, 2002 9:44:31 PM
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BoXXi is amazed he actually got something right for a change!!
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