Ask the Experts / How do animated sigs work?

How do I make a sig an animated banner?

I know it has to be .gif

is there somethin more than just getten it hosted then putten the url in?

Well, firstly make all of your frames using a graphics program, and save them as gif files (frame1.gif , frame2.gif etc). Then, go to www.downloads.com and download Microsoft GIF Animator® version 1.0. Using that program you can put the frames together, deciding on the length of each frame and whether you want it looped or not. Once you've got it how you like, save it as 'sig.gif' or something, and upload it/get someone to upload it for you. Then just bang the URL into your sig.

Hope that helped.

yep its really that simple......psp will also do it for you, i think its bout time i jumped on the band wagon with an animated sig again

Well, firstly make all of your frames using a graphics program, and save them as gif files (frame1.gif , frame2.gif etc).  Then, go to www.downloads.com and download Microsoft GIF Animator® version 1.0.  Using that program you can put the frames together, deciding on the length of each frame and whether you want it looped or not.  Once you've got it how you like, save it as 'sig.gif' or something, and upload it/get someone to upload it for you.  Then just bang the URL into your sig.

Hope that helped.

what kind of graphics program would you use to make the frames, as i have the same question as Aviator

  what kind of graphics program would you use to make the frames, as i have the same question as Aviator

Well, because i'm stuck in the stone age, I use mspaint. Other people would use Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro....whichever software you have, I guess.

All of my sigs are paint.

Thanks yall... I got my animated banner and everything now I just dont know where in the world to upload it!

Any suggestions