Author Topic: Smilies With Speech Bubbles (Read 20,973 times)

tinjaw · « **on:** October 28, 2006, 10:03 PM »

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While looking for some smilies I stumbled upon a pretty neat site for smilies - Mazeguy's Smilies. They even have a online application to create your own smilie speech bubbles like the one above.

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mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2006, 01:40 AM »

Love it!

Great find, lots of other fun smiley's on that page too.

Edvard · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2006, 08:40 PM »

They don't have my favorites!

rtfm:

coffee:

p.s. Sorry mouser, I like this RTFM smiley better than the default

mouser · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2006, 09:08 PM »

i'll add those to the official collection

Edvard · « **Reply #4 on:** October 31, 2006, 12:00 AM »

Sweet!

Thanks! (and I didn't even have to ask)

nudone · « **Reply #5 on:** October 31, 2006, 06:56 AM »

what does 'coffee' mean - in the context of using smilies?

i'm taking a break?

please explain.

app103 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2006, 07:39 AM »

Quote from: nudone on October 31, 2006, 06:56 AM

what does 'coffee' mean - in the context of using smilies?

i'm taking a break?

please explain.

I don't know...but another forum named this smiley after me:

Everywhere you type :april on their forum, that graphic will appear.

I guess it could be used during conversation in chat environments like MSN Messneger as a substitute for the word 'coffee'.

mouser · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2006, 11:13 AM »

i don't think it "means" anything, but rather would be used if you referred to the word coffee, just for emphasis.

tinjaw · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2006, 01:53 PM »

nudone,

Let me put it in context for you:

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nudone · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2006, 03:19 PM »

fantastic. now i understand.

app103 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 31, 2006, 09:57 PM »

I like these 'talking' smilies...and the potential they have.

PitrPaulus · « **Reply #11 on:** November 10, 2006, 09:37 AM »

I like those animated gifs very much, too. Thanks for the information. Normally when you search the Internet for animated gif you don't find such nice ones. Great. Pitr Paulus.

PitrPaulus · « **Reply #12 on:** November 10, 2006, 10:08 AM »

attn app103: how can you make those bubbles-speak, I mean with that changing text? (I can make it with a fixed text.).

jgpaiva · « **Reply #13 on:** November 10, 2006, 10:10 AM »

PitrPaulus: here's an interesting thread here on DC about Creating animated gifs.

tinjaw · « **Reply #14 on:** November 10, 2006, 11:48 AM »

never mind

jgpaiva already mentioned it. [attach=#1] (see nudone, another use of coffeesmilie)

PitrPaulus · « **Reply #15 on:** November 10, 2006, 12:19 PM »

Thx guys; I'm gonna read and check it right now (... at work...). Greetings.

nudone · « **Reply #16 on:** November 10, 2006, 01:41 PM »

Quote from: tinjaw on November 10, 2006, 11:48 AM

never mind jgpaiva already mentioned it. [attach=#1] (see nudone, another use of coffeesmilie)

ha, very good.

PitrPaulus · « **Reply #17 on:** November 14, 2006, 10:04 AM »

Now I'm trying to make speech-balloons myself (with greetings etc.), following the guidelines on the MazeguySmilieswebsite.
At the end is written 'Step 5: Save the cropped image as a Transparent GIF, with the green background as the transparent color.
Whatever I do, I cannot get rid of the background color. OK, I can make it white, but when I put the Smiley on a coloured background you can See the white square behind the Smiley.

How do you 'save as Transparent GIF' ? I only have the option for .GIF or>JPG etc.

I've tried to change it in Screenshot-Captor (and also ACDSee) but still the background color remains white.

I hope somebody can help me.
Thanks in advance; PitrPaulus
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app103 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2006, 10:15 AM »

I used Paintshop Pro to make mine.

Instead of going to 'Save as..." and saving as a .gif, I used the "Export to GIF Optimizer" under the file menu...has much more options and a wizard if needed.

I can set what color I want as transparent there.

You will not see the color as being transparent if you open it in a graphics editor when complete, but it will show as transparent in various applications that support .gif transparencies, such as a browser.

I created and saved each frame this way.

Then I used Animation Shop 3, which is included in Paintshop Pro, to assemble the animation and set the frame times.

tinjaw · « **Reply #19 on:** November 15, 2006, 02:26 PM »

PitrPaulus,

How you do it depends on the software you use. First, use your web browser to save the picture as a .GIF. Then open it in the tool of your choice and resave it as a transparent GIF. For example, I use IrfanView. There is an "options" button on the save dialog that I click that allows me to check a box for transparency. I also choose the option to choose the transparent color at the time of the save. When I save I click on the green background. But, as I have said, how you do this will depend on what tool you use.

PitrPaulus · « **Reply #20 on:** November 16, 2006, 10:09 AM »

Hello tinjaw,
OK and Thanks for your help!

I had Irfanview on my Laptop but because I use ACDSee very often I deleted it a few months ago. I shall download it again and then will try the suggestions you gave me.
Thanks again and bye bye! PitrPaulus.