Animated .GIFs
Two questions on these handy, lively image files.
(1) How can they be re-sized? I've tried using MS Office Picture Manager and Paint, but that just leads to a re-sized, non-animated version of the first frame only.
(2) Is there any easy way to make one using the common programs?
Any assistance would be handy.:catsmile:
I know animation shop (the one that comes with paint shop pro) does animated gifs really well, and there was some way to make animated bitmaps, but thats in the windows helpfile somewhere and I'm not digging it out
Crappy software does tend to only read the first frame of an animated GIF and throw the rest awayI use Macromedia Fireworks for my animated GIFs. Microsoft GIF Animator (freeware, google for it) isn't bad for simple editing too.
If all of these sugestions fail uninstall windows
Gimp can handle animated gifs, though it's not very good at it. But it is a free program, if you happen not to like stealing / cracking commercial ones.
Or maybe buying them....Originally Posted by Dr Unne
I'd advise you to purchase "Animation Shop".
As Baloki has said, it's really good for dealing with Gif images.
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I think it comes free with Paint Shop Pro
Well, it's hard to tell when you haven't paid for it.
"As the days go by, we face the increasing inevitability that we are alone in a godless,
uninhabited, hostile and meaningless universe. Still, you've got to laugh, haven't you?"
Thanks for the info... unfortunately, I'm stuck with using a university computer that's not mine and simply cannot have anything installed onto it at all.
I do have access to Windows Movie Maker and the usual QuickTime viewers, but that's all besides the other generic photo programs...
What exactly is it do you want to be made into a gif?
As far as I know, you cannot edit images with those two, Big D... sorry. As stated, Animation Shop is really really good and you can get a free trial version off the net. Also, there are various free animated gif programs you can use. Try searching at download.com for some. If worst comes to worst, you can use one of those free programs to break an animation down to each frame, resize each frame, then combine them again. I remember doing that before I had Animation Shop. Good luck!
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Doesn't need installing, just unzip and run
I'm just curious about how to do it, should the need arise. Also, I'm fond of those avatars that switch between two different pictures, that sort of thing.
Thanks for the info, y'all.
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