Making GIF's

[Denholm]

I'm sorry for this not being relative to skins, yet I'm sure you guys know more about making these file types than anyone else here. I have Macromedia Flash MX 2004, it allows you to make a .gif brand image, yet for some reason when I make an animation with more than 1 frame, that second frame and the rest after the second are never saved to that .gif to make the resulting animation. I know my way fairly well around Flash, so I know it's not my problem.

My question is, is there any program out there that allows me to make animations of the .gif type for free? (I do have adobe photoshop 7, yet I haven't found any ".gif animation" features.

[Krusty]

You're doing export > Image. That will give you a single-framed still.

You need Export > Movie > Animated GIF.

[RATTFINK]

So is there a free one?

[Krusty]

Maybe.... I've got this thing called "MS Gif Animator". It was hidden away on a FrontPage '98 CD-ROM once. Never installed with the program, but I found it. FYI always browse your CDs for bonus content, you never know.

Anyways, it's small. Just a single exe file. Fairly simple but has all you need to make the avatar I've got now.

Do a search for "MS Gif animator" on various download sites, and if you can't find it anywhere PM me.

EDIT: The actual executable name is "GIFView.exe" for some odd reason. It's not a viewer, it's a creater. Go figure.

[JB88]

Originally posted by Denholm
I'm sorry for this not being relative to skins, yet I'm sure you guys know more about making these file types than anyone else here. I have Macromedia Flash MX 2004, it allows you to make a .gif brand image, yet for some reason when I make an animation with more than 1 frame, that second frame and the rest after the second are never saved to that .gif to make the resulting animation. I know my way fairly well around Flash, so I know it's not my problem.

My question is, is there any program out there that allows me to make animations of the .gif type for free? (I do have adobe photoshop 7, yet I haven't found any ".gif animation" features.

you cannot export secondary timelines as animated gifs in flash.  all frames of your animation must be within the root timeline or it wont work.

[RATTFINK]

Krusty I found this

http://filehippo.com/search?q=MS+Gif+animator

What would be the best one to go w/?

<<>> Krusty

[Krusty]

try this:

http://www.nakatomitower.com/MSgifanimator.zip


I just put it in \Windows\ and made a shortcut directly to it in my "Accessories" menu.

[Geary420]

Thanks Krusty, been wanting something like that. Now if I could just download some skillz so I could make something better than that POS. <------------------

[Denholm]

Originally posted by JB88
you cannot export secondary timelines as animated gifs in flash.  all frames of your animation must be within the root timeline or it wont work.

So you're saying I can't add a layer, just use extra keyframes?

[Denholm]

Thanks Krusty, got it to work using your method.

[JB88]

Originally posted by Denholm
So you're saying I can't add a layer, just use extra keyframes?

you can add layers, (those are hierarchal levels within a timeline) but you cannot incorporate animations from movies with their own timelines.

in other words.  all animations have to be on the main timeline...so yes, you would have to use extra keyframes.

gifs are frame by frame.

[JB88]

forgot to mention:  you can use tweens, but the above rule applies regarding their timeline.