Amnesia Avatars - let's make some!

[SiamJai]

Very nice! I'd contribute some myself if I knew how to make them

Thanks! :-) Maybe you could make some static avatars then; a clever or funny pic that gets people's attention and ask 'hey, what's that on your avatar?'

Guess I might take this chance to ask how on earth to make animated GIFs with the new Photoshop since there is no ImageReady(?) anymore it seems.

Nope, but we got Fireworks instead! That's what I used for this one, and it's so much more intuitive than Photoshop! While PS also has some options for animated GIFs, it's more limited: create and export only, can't import or edit... go figure. Anyway, here are the steps to get started in PS:

1. Open Window >> Animation and make sure the new window is set to Frames (PS Extended does 'Timeline' by default, gotta switch that).
   
2. Use the buttons in the Animation window to make/copy frames, tween etc. The PS animation manual might be helpful here.
   
3. When you're done, go to File >> Save for Web & Devices, select GIF, set the animation properties on the bottom of the dialog and hit Save.
   

If you want to import animated GIFs back into Photoshop, you have to use another app to help with that, since PS will ignore all but the first frame. Check out the tutorial I wrote a while ago about using Fireworks to prepare an animated GIF for PS import.

Hope this helps, wanna see what you can do! :-)

AWw Its so cute, haha seriously this is a great idea and I applaud you,I wish i knew how to make Animated GIFs... To GOOGLE! away!

Thanks! I recommend Fireworks, it's a really capable app when it comes to animation for the web (see above). But you could also do static avatars; if done well, they could be just as noticeable! ;-)