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  • This tutorial will guide you through how to make a simple animated Gif Using Blender and Gimp. This is useful for creating Avatars for forums etc. This tutorial assumes basic knowledge of blender and Gimp, see the  basic animation tutorial .
    ::本教程将指导您如何使用混合剂和Gimp制作简单的动画Gif. 这对于创建论坛等的avatar很有用. 本教程假定Blender和Gimp的基本知识,请参阅基本动画教程.

    To start off you will need an animation, this usually should be no longer than 25 frames long.
    ::首先你需要一个动画,

    1. Open Blender. and delete the default cube and add a UV sphere, the default settings for the sphere work fine.
      ::删除默认立方体并添加紫外线球, 球的默认设置工作很好.
    2. Now set the camera size in the scene buttons (F10) to 50 by 50 (I am creating an avatar for deviant art where the required size is 50 by 50 pixels, you may change this if you want)
      ::现在设置摄像头大小在场景按 (F10) 50 50 (我创建一个虚拟身影的偏离艺术所需的大小是5050像素,你可以改变这个如果你想)
    3. set the frames to start at frame 1 and end at frame 20.
      ::设置从1开始到20结束.
    4. select the sphere and insert a LOC keyframe at frame 1 and 21, then go to frame 11, move the sphere and insert another LOC keyframe. this will create a looping animation.
      ::选择球体并在1和21插入一个LOC键框,然后进入11,移动球体并插入另一个LOC键框. 这将创建循环动画.
    5. Set the image type to PNG or JPEG (it doesn't matter) and render the animation.
      ::设置图像类型为PNG或JPEG (这并不重要),

    Now to combine the images into an animated GIF using Gimp.
    ::现在使用Gimp将图像组合成动画GIF.

    1. Open the first image with gimp.
      ::打开第一个图像,
    2. Now click File-> open as Layer or press "Ctrl-Alt-O". Select the next frame and it will be added as a new layer. Repeat this for all of the images, or select all of the images by pressing "Ctrl-A".
      ::现在点击"文件-> 打开为层"或按"Ctrl-Alt-O". 选择下一个,它将被添加为一个新的层. 对于所有图像重复此操作,或按"Ctrl-A"选择所有图像.
    3. If you press Filters->Animation->Playback it should play the animation. It will probably have a low frame rate making it "choppy". this will be fixed in the next step.
      ::如果按下过器->动画->播放,它应该播放动画. 它可能会有低率使其"断片". 这将在下一步修复.
    4. Change the frame rate to 40 ms(25 frames per second). Choose file->Export as-> "Name".gif, then choose Save as Animation.
      ::选择文件->以"名称"导出->"gif",然后选择"以动画保存".

    Note: Don't know wheter this is an additional feature of Gimp 2.6.8 or not, but i found out following: In Gimp 2.6.8, within the export wizard, you have to choose option: -save as animation- first and next at the option: -single picture where not mentioned- the option: one single picture per layer. -Sorry i use the german version of gimp-
    ::需要在下面的选项中选择: - 保存为动画 - 首先,然后在选项: - 没有提到的单图 - 选项:每层一个单图 - 抱歉,我使用了Gimp的德语版本 -

    You should end up with something like this: 
    ::你应该得到这样的结果:

    Alternatively, you may try using addons to create animated Gifs directly from Blender. 2 options include  Spritify  and  Bligify
    ::另外,您可以尝试使用附加功能直接从Blender创建动画Gif. 2种选择包括Spritify和Bligify