Can anyone tell me how to make animated GIFs?
 

Um ... does exactly what it says on the thread, really.

Can anyone tell me how to do them, without having to go out and spend piles of money on a programme? Like a website that does them or something?

I've wanted to do them for ages [there are some very cool ones on the Ledge]. Can anyone help?

Thanks

here is the response i gave when asked in a previous thread...

there are varying ways of doing it...
these are steps i usually take...
depending upon the type of file input
i usually convert to avi or whatever best suits
once coverted depending upon the size i split
once split i decompile...once decompiled i recompile...
i utilize 3-4 softwares to accomplish these tasks

my fav subjects are stevie and lindsey :wavey:


I am not aware of any sites that specifically host animated gifs of FM but certainly i would imagine there would be some that could be found in doing a search. as i have offered other ledgies, if there is something particular you would like, you could PM me the details and I will try to create for you. im always 'up' for new projects :D

Looked up some stuff, downloaded some other stuff and can do it now! Huzzah!! :blob2:

Thanks for the help ... here's my starter for ten.



Woo, it's tiny .... I need some practice!

Thanks!

Wonderful...great job!!! :nod:

um...I am interested in learning also, but I dont have any programs either.

where did you go and what did you download if you dont mind? and is it compatible with a mac?

I think that turned out fantastic. Very nice job.

I usually use a program called VirtualDub for extracting the individual frames, then I use Jasc Animation Shop Pro to string it all together. Not too complicated, except for the part where you find mpg's of the videos you want to make icons of.

Wow you did it and it looks small but still good. May, I ask how you did it? I want to try one.

it turned out awesome, i need to learn how to do that~

I got hold of the Gypsy video on a DVD and got the screenshots from it using my computer's DVD player [I like InterVideo WinDVD]. I took about 70 shots and then resized them to the right size ... that took some work!

I went to www.download.com and searched for GIF Movie Gear, which I downloaded. It's a really easy program to use, here's the link to the page that I got that name from:

http://www.animationfactory.com/help/tutorial_gif.html

Fairly straightforward but it turned out much slower than I expected ... needs a bit of fine tuning, that.

Hope this helps.

:wavey: