Is there any easy way to combine several different layer in terms of gif making?

[jiangdc]

For example, see this Chrono crusade cut, the face is one layer, the eyes are one layer and tear is one layer. In order to make is more like the real anime, I need to combine this three layer and arrange them. However, I am really poor in software. I don't even have Photoshop on my computer. I have gimp which is similar though.





Is there any easy way I can combine those pictures?
Thank you!

[Pixel]

Are you on Windows or Linux? The video editor Kdenlive might work, though it requires Linux and at least the KDE libraries. It also has a learning curve. It may be possible to get Kdenlive to run on Windows-some work has been done on porting parts of KDE to Windows, surprisingly. It would be tricky though and probably buggy.

While not really meant to handle GIF per se, I think it does support it. (If I remember correctly, Uninsys let the LZW/GIF patent expire some years back, so GIF support is much better on Linux than it used to be.)

[jiangdc]

Are you on Windows or Linux? The video editor Kdenlive might work, though it requires Linux and at least the KDE libraries. It also has a learning curve. It may be possible to get Kdenlive to run on Windows-some work has been done on porting parts of KDE to Windows, surprisingly. It would be tricky though and probably buggy.

While not really meant to handle GIF per se, I think it does support it. (If I remember correctly, Uninsys let the LZW/GIF patent expire some years back, so GIF support is much better on Linux than it used to be.)

Sorry, I forgot to mention. I use mac...

[Pixel]

I would think there should be an open source video editor for OSX, if I remember correctly, it's based on Linux, though it doesn't use KDE. Look for one with GIF support.

I'm afraid I can't recommend one though. I have a Mac G3 that was broken when I got it, I've never gotten around to trying to fix it. That's the only Mac I have.

[jiangdc]

I would think there should be an open source video editor for OSX, if I remember correctly, it's based on Linux, though it doesn't use KDE. Look for one with GIF support.

I'm afraid I can't recommend one though. I have a Mac G3 that was broken when I got it, I've never gotten around to trying to fix it. That's the only Mac I have.

Thank you Pixel, I worked on gimp for a while and I figured out a way to merge layers. It works!

[Pixel]

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I would think there should be an open source video editor for OSX, if I remember correctly, it's based on Linux, though it doesn't use KDE. Look for one with GIF support.

I'm afraid I can't recommend one though. I have a Mac G3 that was broken when I got it, I've never gotten around to trying to fix it. That's the only Mac I have.

Thank you Pixel, I worked on gimp for a while and I figured out a way to merge layers. It works!

I actually thought it should, but I haven't experimented with it much, so I couldn't say for sure. Glad you were able to get the GFX fixed.

[FourD]

Thank you Pixel, I worked on gimp for a while and I figured out a way to merge layers. It works!

This is the first I'm seeing this but I wanted to say how impressed I was with how that turned out. Very nice!
Personally, I had all but given up on animating complicated multi-layer sequences because I had been combining them in Photoshop before animating them, thinking that I had to combine the layers myself. Figures there is an easier way to do it. I sort of remember downloading GIMP at one point. I might have to look into it again.

[Pixel]

Gimp might not be the most immediately intuitive software in the world, but it looks like it should be very versatile and powerful once you bgein to wrap your mind around how to use it.

It's open source too, so I you see something the needs fixing or improving, I guess you can just jump right in.

[jiangdc]

Thank you Pixel, I worked on gimp for a while and I figured out a way to merge layers. It works!

This is the first I'm seeing this but I wanted to say how impressed I was with how that turned out. Very nice!
Personally, I had all but given up on animating complicated multi-layer sequences because I had been combining them in Photoshop before animating them, thinking that I had to combine the layers myself. Figures there is an easier way to do it. I sort of remember downloading GIMP at one point. I might have to look into it again.

Glad to hear that，good luck！ ：D