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Title: Making GIF's
Post by: Denholm on March 12, 2007, 10:17:29 AM

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.

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: Krusty on March 12, 2007, 12:56:45 PM

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

You need Export > Movie > Animated GIF.

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: RATTFINK on March 12, 2007, 04:39:10 PM

So is there a free one?

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: Krusty on March 12, 2007, 07:04:33 PM

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.

Title: Re: Making GIF's
Post by: JB88 on March 12, 2007, 07:14:31 PM

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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.

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: RATTFINK on March 12, 2007, 10:29:00 PM

Krusty I found this

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

What would be the best one to go w/?

<<>> Krusty

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: Krusty on March 13, 2007, 12:15:11 AM

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.

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: Geary420 on March 13, 2007, 05:40:08 AM

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

Title: Re: Re: Making GIF's
Post by: Denholm on March 13, 2007, 10:21:32 AM

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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?

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: Denholm on March 13, 2007, 10:26:20 AM

Thanks Krusty, got it to work using your method.

Title: Re: Re: Re: Making GIF's
Post by: JB88 on March 17, 2007, 07:43:12 AM

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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.

Title: Making GIF's
Post by: JB88 on March 18, 2007, 09:09:16 AM

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