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**Tamlin** · 11-17-2008

What you need to do is create an animated GIF. GIFs are currently the only image filetypes that contain animation (you can also do animation in Flash but I don't know if eBay would permit you to embed a Flash file on one of their pages).
If you have Photoshop CS3, you can create animations within the application (previous versions came with a sister application called ImageReady specifically for making animations and other web graphics). Here is a link with lots of animation tutorials:

Photoshop Animation - Tutorial

One thing to be aware of, however: GIFs only support a maximum of 256 colours, so if your original image is a photograph containing subtle gradients and colour-shifts, it's going to look a bit crappy when you convert it to a GIF. As a fairly frequent eBay customer, I have to say that the thing that attracts me most to an item (and a seller) is if they have included good clear photographs - I'm afraid cheesy animated effects in a sub-par image would not impress me at all.
Just sayin'.

11-17-2008	#2 (permalink)
Tamlin Janitor of Lunacy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sitting in the Wishing Chair Posts: 5,758 Blog Entries: 2 Battle Wins: 20 (rank: #1)	What you need to do is create an animated GIF. GIFs are currently the only image filetypes that contain animation (you can also do animation in Flash but I don't know if eBay would permit you to embed a Flash file on one of their pages). If you have Photoshop CS3, you can create animations within the application (previous versions came with a sister application called ImageReady specifically for making animations and other web graphics). Here is a link with lots of animation tutorials: Photoshop Animation - Tutorial One thing to be aware of, however: GIFs only support a maximum of 256 colours, so if your original image is a photograph containing subtle gradients and colour-shifts, it's going to look a bit crappy when you convert it to a GIF. As a fairly frequent eBay customer, I have to say that the thing that attracts me most to an item (and a seller) is if they have included good clear photographs - I'm afraid cheesy animated effects in a sub-par image would not impress me at all. Just sayin'. __________________ "I might join your century, but only as a doubtful guest" Last edited by Tamlin; 11-17-2008 at 11:29 PM.