newbie with an imaging question

Java 2D
#1

hello all, I am new and I would like to know how can I go from a collection of gif’s, jpgs like this
http://kamaihamai.netfirms.com/brolly/brolly%20green%20ball.jpg

whatever of an image (in this case I have a collection of brolly’s) to look like this (please assume I have all the right images

http://ultra.cis.cau.edu/~dwalters/daron/01_brolly.gif

I am not acutally worried about the animation now, I just want to get that “cartoon” or “game character” look

is it possible

thanks

#2

The animation is no problem in Java but you need to draw each cell.

#3

thanks, now I guess the question I should have asked would be do I need some external software or can I use Java

#4

Maybe I’m not understanding you but I think you are asking if Java will draw the frames for you. The answer is no, you need to get a program like PhotoShop and draw out each cell in the animation and then write some Java code to read in the images and animate them.