How to make your own animated GIFs

[kache]

Thank u very much for the tutorial, Uzumaki626! ^__^

[Magedark]

I second that. It was a really great tutorial.

However, my gifs end up slower when shown on the web than when I preview it in Imageready. Any tips?

[sa547]

Originally Posted by Magedark

I second that. It was a really great tutorial.

However, my gifs end up slower when shown on the web than when I preview it in Imageready. Any tips?

If you have the FFDshow filters installed (typically with CCCP), the Grab configuration panel includes the following:



"Every frame" -- when selected, Grab will take every frame from pause to pause (or from play to stop) and write the captured frames to file (each numbered individually).

"Grab every x frame" -- You can adjust the grab rate here, x being the number of frames to skip. Usually 2 or 3 are good settings in order to match the frame rate (or "speed"), because if it's set to 1 the resulting GIF would be slow.

"Path" -- the directory where to save the frame grabs. Normally I set them to a Grab folder at My Documents.

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Otherwise, another thing to do is to find duplicate frames (either in the folder containing the grabbed frames) and remove them, or delete them in Imageready at editing time.

[goombas]

can you tell me where i can download Adobe Imageready because I can't find it anywhere.

[SeijiSensei]

I'll reply to this, and you're probably not going to like what I have to say.

No one here will tell you where to "download" ImageReady because it's commercial software. A quick perusal of the forum rules would show that pointing to "warez" is forbidden.

[rant]
What bothers me is that there is a large number of free, often "open-sourced" programs that anyone can download and use. Why not try the GIMP, for instance? Why not look for the free alternatives instead of trying to pirate a program that's created for professional designers and priced accordingly?

The future of software is free and open, not commercial and proprietary. If you think you're somehow "sticking it to the man" by pirating commercial software, you should think again. The way to really stick it to the man is to switch to free and open alternatives and leave the Adobe's of the world with a small, and shrinking, marketplace.
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How about browsing the Software thread in this forum, or perhaps spending some time at SourceForge?

[goombas]

well this is because the thread beginning said to use ImageReady, it isn't my fault they don't refer to using freeware =_='

[Jill Valentine]

Originally Posted by goombas

well this is because the thread beginning said to use ImageReady, it isn't my fault they don't refer to using freeware =_='

uhmmm you cant even if there is ir on the web it is limited time just go and buy the ir cd or go to e-cafe and tell them to install it doesent cost too much

[miroku2192]

nvm i think i found the link where you can use photoschop cs3 with virtualdub

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=1398342

i think thats the link if anyone else needs it

[Utter_iMADNESS]

Originally Posted by miroku2192

i have adobe photoschop cs3 or something like that...can i use that program instead of image ready? i have all these "school administered programs" on my computer (a crap load of adobe programs, but no image ready (lol))...so can someone show me how to do it with vdub and something other than imageready?

thanks!!!

Adobe Photoshop CS3 comes with Imageready embedded into Photoshop itself. You can open the animation window by going to Window-->Animation.

[marksky]

Im still a newbiewhen it comes to making sig in photoshop and i just finished downloaded it, and i don't know if someone already asked this or not but, just wanna ask how to put text in your sig? Sorry if i ask this dumb question, its just my first time making, so please bear with me..

[Sephi]

The text tool. Hotkey for it is (T) The button looks like a big T to.

Btw, i think it's best if you edit/remove the part of your post where you say how you got your photoshop, just to be on the save side.

[marksky]

Originally Posted by Sephi

The text tool. Hotkey for it is (T) The button looks like a big T to.

Btw, i think it's best if you edit/remove the part of your post where you say how you got your photoshop, just to be on the save side.

The horizontal type tool? After that what button i should click so that i can type a text?

[Sephi]

Yes the horizon type tool. After selecting it, just press on any location on the sig and you can start typing.

[marksky]

Yay!! That's more like it.. can i put two pics in one sig? i mean, can i blend them?

[felix]

What makes you think you can't...

[marksky]

Originally Posted by Cats

What makes you think you can't...

Uhmm, that's y im asking.. im so sorry asking these dumb questions, this is really my first time making one.. Anyone willing to help me making my first sig, i'll PM you..

[Silver Soul]

As you can see with my avatar I 'm inneed of some suggestions, what went wrong I had a gif already made and I used Adobe Imageready and I may it as small as possible,49.7kb, so why doesnt look good, also can you tell me how yoy get such great qualtiy and the borders as well. so input would be nice on how I can save this mess

[royal007]

thanks for ll the help, my profile pic is the first one i have ever made, thanks

[royal007]

but i dont get why it wont come up?

[Riker]

Originally Posted by royal007

but i dont get why it wont come up?

Because your profile picture only shows up in... well your profile.
If you meant your avatar then you'll have to click the Edit Avatar link in your user profile.

Take note that your profile picture is 52kb and you can only upload an avatar that is 50kb and less.