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esaym
June 17th, 2007, 02:12 PM
What programs are out there to make animated gifs? I really just need to use text or text overlayed on top of an image. But if the software can also make gifs out of movie files that would be great too! I know gimp can do something but I just can't figure it out :(
MonkeyBoy
June 17th, 2007, 03:27 PM
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/

The Gimp tutorials pages are pretty good. I found Gimp a bit daunting until I went through a couple of the tutorials and now I feel a lot more competent with it.
EdThaSlayer
June 17th, 2007, 04:40 PM
Well, to make gifs out of video files you need a combination of avidemux and gimp. First, use avidemux to cut a segment of the video and save the selection as jpeg files. Then you use GIMP by dragging the jpeg files into gimp which organizes them from A-B. After that you can resize the image and save it as a .gif file(choose animated).
esaym
June 19th, 2007, 11:17 PM
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Simple_Animations/

The Gimp tutorials pages are pretty good. I found Gimp a bit daunting until I went through a couple of the tutorials and now I feel a lot more competent with it.

I tried to follow that several times to no avail. I will keep trying I guess :p

It is good to hear that only avidemux is needed to import vids. I will play with that too:D
IYY
June 20th, 2007, 04:10 AM
If you want to use the commandline, you can just use mplayer.

I don't have the exact code I used back when I did this, but here's a thread (http://www.iconbar.com/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=10408&page=1) on another forum that will give you the basic idea.
Tundro Walker
June 26th, 2007, 03:08 AM
Woo-Hoo! Got it to work!
SoulinEther
June 26th, 2007, 04:28 AM
Holy crap, somebody is bored, lol.
CarpKing
June 26th, 2007, 05:56 AM
Well, to make gifs out of video files you need a combination of avidemux and gimp. First, use avidemux to cut a segment of the video and save the selection as jpeg files. Then you use GIMP by dragging the jpeg files into gimp which organizes them from A-B. After that you can resize the image and save it as a .gif file(choose animated).

You can also use the GIMP Animation Package (GAP). It's a bit confusing at first, but I think it may be more efficient than that method once you get the hang of it.
jrela2000
March 29th, 2012, 07:33 PM
Will GAP help with the dithering?

BC using GIMP alone jack up all the colors.....
CharlesA
March 29th, 2012, 07:35 PM
This thread is 5 years old, I doubt you'll get much help from it.

Back to sleep it goes..