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[AKAArzosah]

Okay, now how do I make his head bobble?

[PointyHairedJedi]

Good question. I never figured out how to animate stuff like that, exactly, but in theory the simplest way would be to make frames with the head moving through the right positions to seem as though it were, and then string them together in a program to make a .gif.

[AKAArzosah]

Oh, the simplest way, you say!

Can you break that down into several even simpler ways?

[Sa'ar Chasm]

That depends on whether it's a molecular way or an atomic way.

[ijdgaf]

When making GIF animations in the past, I generally use Microsoft GIF animator.

It's pretty basic, and most of the work I do with it involves copying and pasting in paint.

Basically, you have to create each frame individually and then paste them into the program. So in order to create a bobblehead, you'd have to generate each frame of the unit individually.

Then, with the program you can edit how long each frame stays on the screen. Preview it and tweek it until you've got things the way you want. And then you're done. The only downside is, once you've saved an animated GIF, you can't go back and edit it. You would have to start from scratch.

It's a mild pain in the ass, and the results aren't all *that* impressive. But it's a fun diversion, I guess.

[PointyHairedJedi]

I guess Mr. GAF's title isn't correct any more...

[AKAArzosah]

Well I sucessfully created a pretty decent bobble-head only to find that it's too big (file size) to use on these forums