Animated GIFs

Mirai Gen · 05-24-2009, 02:43 PM

What's a good program? Preferably something free, I don't like to pirate if I can avoid it.

(Lies)

Melfice · 05-24-2009, 03:12 PM

I remember the GIMP being pretty good at it.
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I'm not sure on this one, but I think you need to download an extra application for it though. But I may be very wrong about that.

Mike McC · 05-24-2009, 03:29 PM

The Gimp is very good at it, and can do it out of the box (so to speak). Very good scripts built in to optimize animated gif sizes. If you know how to use layers, you can make animated gifs. Just put each frame on a new layer, and amend the layer title with "(x ms)", where x is the number of milliseconds you want that frame to run for. Be sure to chose to save as an animation when saving it in gif format.

It's how I made my current avatar, and got it under the 19.5 kB.

Mirai Gen · 05-24-2009, 05:33 PM

What about video clips-to-GIF? I figure it would be easier than screenshotting.

This'll still serve the purpose, though.

Mike McC · 05-24-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

What about video clips-to-GIF? I figure it would be easier than screenshotting.

This'll still serve the purpose, though.

For that, I recommend VirtualDub, a pretty useful video editing/converting freeware program. Just select/highlight the part you wanna capture, and go to File -> Export -> Animated Gif. Works pretty well.

Then do some post processing /tweaking in The Gimp (removing unnecesary frames, optimizing, and so on).

I tested out this capability in VirtualDub, and edited in The Gimp, to make this thing (unfortunately still too large in filesize for an avatar):

The Gimp also makes it easy to crop animated gifs down to a specific area, it's really rather nice for animated gifs.

Bells · 05-24-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

What about video clips-to-GIF? I figure it would be easier than screenshotting.

This'll still serve the purpose, though.

Oh man... just a few days agora i had this freeware that converted Avi videos to GIF; i THINK it's name was "Avi to Gif", but you should look it up, it worked just fine

phil_ · 05-24-2009, 05:38 PM

The gimp can't do that, as far as I know.

Wait, maybe it can. Look into that. Let us know if it works, since I might want it, too.

Eldezar · 05-24-2009, 05:47 PM

It can, but when I tried it it required too much work than I wanted to put into it. It is most likely much simpler than how I was going about it (not going to bother explaining because I not only don't remember, but it was hard and tedious), but I was definitely able to put little video clips in my GIMP.

phil_ · 05-24-2009, 06:46 PM

Aw, boo, I can't use VirtualDub. Not without some more pirating, anyway...

Edit: The results look good, though.

05-24-2009, 02:43 PM	#1
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	Animated GIFs What's a good program? Preferably something free, I don't like to pirate if I can avoid it. (Lies) __________________

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Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	The Gimp is very good at it, and can do it out of the box (so to speak). Very good scripts built in to optimize animated gif sizes. If you know how to use layers, you can make animated gifs. Just put each frame on a new layer, and amend the layer title with "(x ms)", where x is the number of milliseconds you want that frame to run for. Be sure to chose to save as an animation when saving it in gif format. It's how I made my current avatar, and got it under the 19.5 kB. __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey

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phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	The gimp can't do that, as far as I know. Wait, maybe it can. Look into that. Let us know if it works, since I might want it, too. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

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Eldezar Ferbawlz! Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 665	It can, but when I tried it it required too much work than I wanted to put into it. It is most likely much simpler than how I was going about it (not going to bother explaining because I not only don't remember, but it was hard and tedious), but I was definitely able to put little video clips in my GIMP. __________________ Patreon Stuff! https://www.patreon.com/NPCProductionCompany

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Melfice Vigilo - Confido Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,846	I remember the GIMP being pretty good at it. Linkage I'm not sure on this one, but I think you need to download an extra application for it though. But I may be very wrong about that.

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phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	Aw, boo, I can't use VirtualDub. Not without some more pirating, anyway... Edit: The results look good, though. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako. Last edited by phil_; 05-24-2009 at 08:51 PM.