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Custom animated AIM buddy icon = fast and easy!

Custom animated AIM buddy icon = fast and easy!
Note: This instructable requires that you have adobe photoshop.

If you want it to be an animated icon, you'll need to also have adobe imageready, but you can make a static icon without that.

Other things you need: An image on your computer that you'll want to use to make your icon!

I've included a video of the finished project, at the end.

 
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Step 1Open Photoshop/Create File

Open Photoshop/Create File
Open up Adobe Photoshop.
Create a new document.

Width = 48 pixels
Height = 48 pixels

If you get the dimensions messed up, you won't be able to use this in aim!!!

RGB should be the color mode.

Click "OK" to create the file.
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Sep 9, 2008. 2:25 AMaliceownsj00 says:
lol I love that you took pictures of your screen... *Ctrl+Alt+PrtScrn is really helpful.* Nice job on this though, I might show the different speeds people can use in ImageReady along with other types of animated icons.

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