How to Make Mortal Kombat Animations - A Comprehensive, Step by Step Tutorial (Part 1 of 2)

Links:
http://www.gimp.org/
http://mkw.mortalkombatonline.com/
http://www.spontaneousanimations.webs.com/
http://www.freewebs.com/nssz/Home.htm

In this video, I will explain the fundamentals of my animation methods. I'll tell you how to install GIMP, where and how to get your sprites, how to put your sprites together and save them as a GIF file, sprite editing basics, where to find sound effects, and how to turn your GIF into a movie with sounds.

Here is my finished product:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dybmWmEmX6w

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[mk1mk2mkthreeallin1]

@DoctorKwack101 how did you make a backfire message and a hara-kiri message?

[DoctorKwack101]

I just used the Text tool and typed the message in a Mortal Kombat font. MK Fonts can be found pretty easily at any MK fansite, so just download those, open GIMP, and type your message. I usually play with filters to give my text an animation, but I can't describe all that in this paragraph, so just play around with it and see what you like.

[Lonew0lf37]

I'm a little stuck here. When ever I use the lasso to get Sub-Zeros head and make it a file it goes over to the layers place but i cant move it and instead of it showing a picture of his head it just shows ....idk what it is some kind of symbol. any help?

[DoctorKwack101]

When you paste it, does it show up as a "Floating" layer? Select it in the layers window and click the New Layer button - it should turn into a normal layer.

[Lonew0lf37]

@DoctorKwack101 k 1 more question..i hope how do i save the animation as a video and not just a file? so i can upload it to youtube?

[DoctorKwack101]

You need to use video editing software to add sounds to it and save it as a movie. If you're just using Windows Movie Maker, I covered how to use it in Part 2. Just make sure when you're saving your finished movie, you go up to File and hit Save Movie File.

[BlazingKnives]

Dude I've been wanting to animate these sprites for years now but didn't have the know how or inspiration to until NOW! Thanks :D

[Lonew0lf37]

@DoctorKwack101 yeah that worked. thanks :) now i just have to worry about screwing up the frames...