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[The Take Out Bandit]

I'm looking for an easier way to make an animated gif for an avatar than using DVD player, frame advancing, and screen capturing with Capture Me.

Any pointers?

Thanks.

 

[Freestyler]

A quick Google led me here:

http://kb.indiana.edu/data/aapv.html?cust=753830.72692.30

Might be something, sorry if not

 

[ckohler]

Get yourself a copy of SnapzProX. It'll let you create a quicktime movie of anything on your screen. Then just import the quicktime into Adobe ImageReady and output to GIF.

 

[Manabanana]

There have been a couple of threads on this already, but I'll repeat what I learned from ManaByte.

Open the movie in QT Pro and isolate the clip by dragging the triangles around on the slider, go to file>export>video as image sequence. It's a good idea to have a folder for gif so it keeps all your frames together. Open your favorite gif editor (I Use Macromedia's Fireworks) and import an image sequence as an animated gif. It's a good idea to set the timing to 8/100ths for better display in all browsers and cut out every other frame to compensate for the timing and keep the file size relatively low. Re-size, crop, and export as an animated gif and you're ready to rock.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Thanks guys.