[Pivot] Blur

[SSChiba]

People have been watching Flash animation's from people like Greg Anim's with cool blur effects and people have wondered...

"Man, that's impossible in Pivot... maybe I should just start learning Flash."

FORGET THAT! I found a way to actually put a Blur effect in Pivot, very simple. Just make sure you got common sense.

NOTE: I will provide some images, but I won't take a picture of every thing I do!

Tools:
Photoshop (Any version of Photoshop or get Irfanview)
Pivot 3
And some hard drive space

STEP 1: Okay first we will be using one of your animation's that you've completed but haven't done the effects yet. (MAKE SURE YOUR ANIMATION HAS NO EFFECTS IN IT OTHERWISE IT'LL MESS EVERYTHING UP!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur1copy.jpg

STEP 2: Now click File>Save Animation and don't save it yet! Click below where you type the filename and click "Seperate Images"!

STEP 3: Your animation will now be divided into however frames you have, it can take a while if you made a movie or something.

STEP 4: Now open up your program to MOTION BLUR your images with. In this case I'm using Photoshop CS2.

STEP 5: Open up the images you want to blur. HINT: I'd recommend bluring the images where the first stick's punch is on the way to hitting the second stick.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur2copy.jpg

STEP 6: Now for the blur. Go click on Filters>Blur>Motion Blur.

STEP 7: You should now adjust the angle to 0°. I'm going to put my blur distance on 25 Pixels. I don't really think you should follow this exactly but just try and fiddle around with it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur3copy.jpg

STEP 8: Now save it. No don't save as, just save it!

STEP 9: Go back to your Pivot animation and go to the frame that you edited. Now load in the background and delete your sticks out of that frame. (The floor you don't need to delete.)
I'll label the frame I just blurred.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur4copy.jpg

STEP 10: NOW add your effects! When you're all done, you should have an example like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/kill.gif
I made this short one with the effects that shows the basic effect. Fiddle around with this and make sure it's good.

Copyright 2006, SSChiba
(And don't you dare rip this!)

[MonTneY.=]]

links are broken

[SSChiba]

WTF!? Damn! I'll fix them.

[MonTneY.=]]

yay there fixed now!

[springtime4hitler]

its times like this i wish i had photoshop...

[Dogbert]

the blur effect in ur animation isnt in the right place, you put it when he is punching, not before, but otherwise great tut :)

[Ne0n]

There is a much simpler way to do that, that doesn't require anything but Pivot, and produces a similar effect.

But still, it's ok if you wanna get all fancy.

[SSChiba]

I think I know what you're talking about but this is more... "professional" looking.

[Dono24]

Not bad but, you still need photoshop or gimp to do it.
The GIMP is free, and has the features Photoshop has... You just have to find them...

[SSChiba]

As long as you find a program that has MOTION Blur then whatever. I heard that Irfanview also has Motion Blur.

EDIT: And it's free.

[shoxpyre]

True.. I use GIMP but it's hard to find all of the features. Yet you can't complain about a free program. It's just as good as photoshop when/if you can get used to it.

[tombom]

gimp imo is no way comparable to photoshop.... photoshop kicks its ass by a mile.

[fog35]

were can you get this GIMP???

[chainsaw]

im pretty sure its

http://www.GIMP.org

[2-D]

.....You dont need to learn flash to know how to make things blur in it.

[flashkid]

i agree with 2-d u dont need flash...its a certain type of file....like eps.....or ai..and use adobe its the best

[The_Sticktator]

How the hell do you pronounce Djaradjian?

[Überschall]

Photo Filtre has a motion Blur in it, too.

[skoolhobo]

i thought it was nice tut but i got no FO-TOE-SHOP w/e that crap is, but seriously i liked the tut

[power fuse0]

i got photoshop for free.
so im ok with all this

[cold]

People have been watching Flash animation's from people like Greg Anim's with cool blur effects and people have wondered...

"Man, that's impossible in Pivot... maybe I should just start learning Flash."

FORGET THAT! I found a way to actually put a Blur effect in Pivot, very simple. Just make sure you got common sense.

NOTE: I will provide some images, but I won't take a picture of every thing I do!

Tools:
Photoshop (Any version of Photoshop or get Irfanview)
Pivot 3
And some hard drive space

STEP 1: Okay first we will be using one of your animation's that you've completed but haven't done the effects yet. (MAKE SURE YOUR ANIMATION HAS NO EFFECTS IN IT OTHERWISE IT'LL MESS EVERYTHING UP!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur1copy.jpg

STEP 2: Now click File>Save As and don't save it yet! Click below where you type the filename and save it as a BITMAP IMAGE!

STEP 3: Your animation will now be divided into however frames you have, it can take a while if you made a movie or something.

STEP 4: Now open up your program to MOTION BLUR your images with. In this case I'm using Photoshop CS2.

STEP 5: Open up the images you want to blur. HINT: I'd recommend bluring the images where the first stick's punch is on the way to hitting the second stick.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur2copy.jpg

STEP 6: Now for the blur. Go click on Filters>Blur>Motion Blur.

STEP 7: You should now adjust the angle to 0°. I'm going to put my blur distance on 25 Pixels. I don't really think you should follow this exactly but just try and fiddle around with it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur3copy.jpg

STEP 8: Now save it. No don't save as, just save it!

STEP 9: Go back to your Pivot animation and go to the frame that you edited. Now load in the background and delete your sticks out of that frame. (The floor you don't need to delete.)
I'll label the frame I just blurred.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur4copy.jpg

STEP 10: NOW add your effects! When you're all done, you should have an example like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/kill.gif
I made this short one with the effects that shows the basic effect. Fiddle around with this and make sure it's good.

Copyright 2006, Alex Djaradjian
(And don't you dare rip this!)


You can also use paint dot net

[Lf2Master]

Manual blurs for Pivot 2.2.5, not as good looking but only real method of blurring for 2.2.5

http://www.savefile.com/files/272295

Just study the frames, you'll get it.

[{i_be_bob}]

nice dude gota try it out sometime

[pivotking]

I think I know what you're talking about but this is more... "professional" looking.

how ?

[ThatGuy]

how ?
die .

[NTG]

I love how this tutorial isn't for pivot.

[.9999980.clan.leader]

hey since i dont have photo shop are there any others like mgi photo suite?

[devilcrow]

wtf? is photoshop free? (more or less im a noob at pivot i cant even make stickmen)(if u could help me add me onto msn my addy is maltaluke@hotmail.com)

[nick8thefood]

[QUOTE=SSChiba]People have been watching Flash animation's from people like Greg Anim's with cool blur effects and people have wondered...

"Man, that's impossible in Pivot... maybe I should just start learning Flash."

FORGET THAT! I found a way to actually put a Blur effect in Pivot, very simple. Just make sure you got common sense.

NOTE: I will provide some images, but I won't take a picture of every thing I do!

Tools:
Photoshop (Any version of Photoshop or get Irfanview)
Pivot 3
And some hard drive space

STEP 1: Okay first we will be using one of your animation's that you've completed but haven't done the effects yet. (MAKE SURE YOUR ANIMATION HAS NO EFFECTS IN IT OTHERWISE IT'LL MESS EVERYTHING UP!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur1copy.jpg

STEP 2: Now click File>Save Animation and don't save it yet! Click below where you type the filename and click "Seperate Images"!

STEP 3: Your animation will now be divided into however frames you have, it can take a while if you made a movie or something.

STEP 4: Now open up your program to MOTION BLUR your images with. In this case I'm using Photoshop CS2.

STEP 5: Open up the images you want to blur. HINT: I'd recommend bluring the images where the first stick's punch is on the way to hitting the second stick.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur2copy.jpg

STEP 6: Now for the blur. Go click on Filters>Blur>Motion Blur.

STEP 7: You should now adjust the angle to 0°. I'm going to put my blur distance on 25 Pixels. I don't really think you should follow this exactly but just try and fiddle around with it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur3copy.jpg

STEP 8: Now save it. No don't save as, just save it!

STEP 9: Go back to your Pivot animation and go to the frame that you edited. Now load in the background and delete your sticks out of that frame. (The floor you don't need to delete.)
I'll label the frame I just blurred.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/blur4copy.jpg

STEP 10: NOW add your effects! When you're all done, you should have an example like this:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/sschibi/kill.gif[/I

[nick8thefood]

hey since i dont have photo shop are there any others like mgi photo suite?ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffff

[nick8thefood]

i dont even no this guy but i just know he is gay

[Xelectroid]

This thread is filled with spamming noobs.

Anyway, It seems that this is .A. way to do it, but there are others. But looks like you put effort into this. GJ

[anti_n00b]

man that was cool lookin i wish that i could do that but im gonna stick to my way cuz ... idk

[Apples]

man that was cool lookin i wish that i could do that but im gonna stick to my way cuz ... idk

your name says anit noob, but your a noob.
epic fail.

[Kitsune]

ya that bump was unnecessary. no news or anything.

for the first time i hate the unknowing noob.

http://a533.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/57/m_45b649d0f9cf4464d0870e2142511a1c.jpg

[Gavel]

Yeah, if you're gonna bump a tutorial thread, at least ask a question about something related to the tutorial. Don't just pop in and go "WOMG dat is da bes tut evar!!! u shud mak mor!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ;)

[Kitsune]

i still hope you get aids. =P

[sariassong]

jeez looks like a lot of work

[gs1]

what you mean seprate images i dont see that? below the the filename thingy? what im confused plz explain

can i use photoshop element 5 ???

[gs1]

?????????????????????????????

[MonsterBreath12]

i used firworks didnt really work then i used adobe photoshop worked out.

[kido426]

i gots irfan veiw but i also gots no idea how to use it D:..somone...help me....,anyways ya i seriously need help on irfanveiw so tell me or die D:<

[Asylum]

its times like this i wish i had photoshop...

You can easily get it for free..

[Dark]

You can easily get it for free..

You're quoting something from a year ago.

[.Aklemo.]

Bluring takes time lol

[animator12345]

I can't find where it says divide images

[Zsdery]

You're quoting something from a year ago.
lol 2 signs from joo lol

[Gavel]

lol 2 signs from joo lol

I don't see how it was so funny. He just pointed something out in a straightforward manor. Man, you 11 year olds laugh at anything these days. I blame Nickelodeon.

[Zsdery]

who in the world besides little kids watches that i hardly watch anything and it was just the way he said it that it sounds like hes talking to someone else

[.Aklemo.]

I don't see how it was so funny. He just pointed something out in a straightforward manor. Man, you 11 year olds laugh at anything these days. I blame Nickelodeon.

dude, chill.I think your getting "serious" about everything.Spazz, have some fun.

[MonsterBreath12]

dude, chill.I think your getting "serious" about everything.Spazz, have some fun.

yeah agree with AKLEMOU

enjoi life, Spzz

[Zsdery]

awesum peaps r wit meh dis time lulz...
well were tecticly spaming so lets stop now...NOW!!! lol im bein cerial wit milky and spoonz...ohh well we don't want to get bannned so srsly lets stop now

[MonsterBreath12]

awesum peaps r wit meh dis time lulz...
well were tecticly spaming so lets stop now...NOW!!! lol im bein cerial wit milky and spoonz...ohh well we don't want to get bannned so srsly lets stop now

yeah but we already send comments and suff like that so let this thread die now

[stiky101]

Blurs+power punch on the first page of the tutorial= one MEAN punch!

[name:ace]

Doesnt pivot 3 crash, or have they fixed it?

[ev0lutin]

damn that looks sexy, and it does look quite professional

[sticky96]

Ok can someone PM me how 2 add motion blur for free...........and....i'm kinda new 2 pivot so.......can it be easy 2?Please.

[sasuke21]

an easier way is to make the movie a gif the use a gif editor program (forgot its name)

[Foofighta000]

WOW this actually helped me quite a bit =)

[german321]

cool nice trik .

[opstoper]

SADLY my CPU likes being a complete IdIoT so i can't have photoshop

[tehpwner221]

Could u use pivot 2?

[tehninja707]

I use Beneton Movie Gif for my anis. It's more like Windows movie maker than Photoshop, but the blur effect is pretty much the same. Its an easier format because you can import whole animations instead of each frame.

[maclordz]

wtf i cant understand it ~!!!!~!~!~1~!~!





who anyone who likes it shall have it

[Sushimaru]

I don't get it!!! I did the blur effect and everything but when i put it in Pivot, it didn't look right! :Oh No!:

[Aaron 809]

do i need photoshop?

[PlanetX]

I know how to blend 2 colors together with just pivot. It might be kinda hard but I think it's easy.

[PlanetX]

You choose the colors and put your cursor over the middle of the two colors.
And by the way, it's in Define costom colors.

[PlanetX]

Could u use pivot 2?
Yes of corse. Just see my tut

[PlanetX]

Howd you get your avatar animated??/?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????

[BCKLUP]

cool tut really helped :DDD

[PivotIke]

Dang Blurring looks hard lol a bit too much work for me.

[Coldzero]

I dont really understand.... im just a begginer Plz pm me and wats pm? O.o

[Zed]

PM stands for Private Message. It's like email, but via accounts here. To get there you click on "Private messages" on the top right of the page or you can click on someone's username and go to "send a private message to [Zed]".

[supaspyke]

Yo, that really helps dude. ty very much. im kinda lukin for sum new stks for pivot, if anyones got any. cud ye send em 2 me...

[RavensHunter]

You can use Paint.NET if you can't get GIMP or Photoshop, PDN is free. :Ohhhhh:

[Coldzero]

Oh so thats what PM means

[Davidyo299]

U can use Microsoft office office manager...

[William Blake]

Thanx for all this information it is helping me alot on stick page.

[Sorage55]

Thats a great tut man. Now i know blurs.

[kulot911]

can you rate me.HEHEHEHEHEHE

[Zed]

No because
a) this is the tutorial section. Stick it in the community animations section
b) ratings are silly and
c) it doesn't work.

[kulot911]

im still a newbie

[Zed]

Concepts (a) and (b) were supposed to be at least as important as concept (c). I'll also introduce you to d) http://www.stickpageportal.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106758

[Almedin]

awesome thanks for the help

[Godhand]

well ... im a noob n i know that this question z kinda stupid but i wanna know how u edit the frames after ur finished wit the wole anim. .... plz ... :Embarrassed:

[Zed]

You open the animation, use the bar at the top to select the frame you want, change stuff, and then click "next frame" to save the changes.

[Godhand]

tnx alot ... that rly helped ... cuz i used to think that this move will creat another frame ....
but i wanna ask another question ... after u do the blur thing in photoshop ... how do u put that frame or picture back to ur animation ...?

tnx again :D

[Zed]

Add the image as the background for that frame and delete everything else in the frame. You can only do it in pivot 3.

[Godhand]

ok ... tnx alot ur the best ...
u know im a noob n i was wonderin after i saw the flash movies n they r really somethin .... should i learn flash or keep the pivot ? ..
im askin cuz ur a pro ... tnx :D

[Zed]

If you want to animate seriously you'll need flash, but pivot's not a bad place to learn the basics.

[Godhand]

well .. im learnin the basics wit pivot ... but i think im gonna get flash soon n start animatin' wit it .... :Happy:

tnx ... where can i see ur clips ? n do u just use pivot ?

[GreenSheen]

I'd recommend starting with easytoon to be honest. It doesn't rely on predetermined rigged characters and actually lets you animate to your own discretion.

[Godhand]

u mean to start wit easytoon first then flash ... ??? or never use flash ??
and if u kno where to get free flash cs4 .. plz tell me :Smile: