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[Sotos]

Does anybody know how (and if) I can turn a short video into a .gif and use it as an avatar? I have gimp...

[LiAM]

Ah well follow the process above, it should be easy enough to follow, really only 2 things to do + repeat.

But you save all animations as .gifs.

I made this:
[img]http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5558/rainbowe.gif[/img]

How?:
1:Create a 100x100 Layer.
2: Paste the colour red in it.
3: Create new layer
4: Paste colour orange in that layer...
5: new layer > yellow > new layer > green etc.
Once I got to purple, I saved it as a looping .gif

[Sotos]

[quote name='LiAM' timestamp='1283549541' post='4596228']
Ah well follow the process above, it should be easy enough to follow, really only 2 things to do + repeat.

But you save all animations as .gifs.

I made this:
[img]http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5558/rainbowe.gif[/img]

How?:
1:Create a 100x100 Layer.
2: Paste the colour red in it.
3: Create new layer
4: Paste colour orange in that layer...
5: new layer > yellow > new layer > green etc.
Once I got to purple, I saved it as a looping .gif
[/quote]

Alright, I see what you meant, but what program should I use to load the video? With windows media player I can't copy the frame when the video is paused...

[M.B X]

I can help you just send me the link to the video and wait ill PM it to you.

[Βyakuya]

You can't. You need Photoshop to make animated avis. And it takes scenes from footage placed one at a time. Ask a proffessional to do it or how to do it.

[Sotos]

[quote name='Byakuya Kuchiki' timestamp='1283546786' post='4596055']
You can't. You need Photoshop to make animated avis. And it takes scenes from footage placed one at a time. Ask a proffessional to do it or how to do it.
[/quote]

Do you know any proffessionals that could do it...?

[LiAM]

You can make them in GIMP/ PS.

Simply get the video, load it from the beginning (or where you want it to start)
Print screen + past into gimp/ps, press play then press stop (the frames will move a tiny bit) print screen + past again, do this over and over until the little movements are transferred.

If the videos too big, you wont be able to resize the print screens (well you could but it would take ages to size it all right.)
Well no actually, say the size is 1280x400, resize all layers to something like 300x100 (I don't know really) and they should all become the same size, but smaller, so no iffy moving about.

Other than that method, I don't really know any other way.

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[center][color="#9932CC"][b]Using Print Screen is a terrible way to make animations.

Take your video and use a program called Free Video to JPG Converter at DVDVideoSoft.com.

Convert the frames you want into JPGs, and throw them into your GIF animator.

But in all honesty, if you want a GIF animation with 100% 1:1 quality, you need to use ImageReady from Adobe.

Not the newer Photoshops that include the Animation feature, the actual old-style animator from Adobe.

CS, CS2, and (possibly, I don't know) CS3 may have it.

I use ImageReady CS2, with my 1:1 quality settings.[/b][/color][/center]

[Sotos]

[quote name='LiAM' timestamp='1283547274' post='4596087']
You can make them in GIMP/ PS.

Simply get the video, load it from the beginning (or where you want it to start)
Print screen + past into gimp/ps, press play then press stop (the frames will move a tiny bit) print screen + past again, do this over and over until the little movements are transferred.

If the videos too big, you wont be able to resize the print screens (well you could but it would take ages to size it all right.)
Well no actually, say the size is 1280x400, resize all layers to something like 300x100 (I don't know really) and they should all become the same size, but smaller, so no iffy moving about.

Other than that method, I don't really know any other way.
[/quote]

You mean to load it in gimp? What extension must it have? (.wmv, .avi etc.) And please describe the process step by step, I don't know gimp so good yet...[img]http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/public/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif[/img]

[Cin]

I recommend FastStone Photo Resizer for conversions from JPG to GIF. I prefer the quality UnFreez gives in shorter animation than the results in Photoshop.