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Old 06-24-2007, 07:28 AM   #1
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Default Animated GIF help please!

Hey guys,

I had a video taken of a certain red Mitsubish Evo 8 MR doing smoking 'nuts this morning and I would like to convert the video file (.mp4) to an animated GIF I can use as an avatar....

Anyone capable of doing this for me?

I would need a portion of the video cut and then converted.

Please let me know if you can give me a hand and I'll PM you.

Thanks alot!
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Old 06-24-2007, 08:02 AM   #2
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yes I can, but I'm at work now and will be available in about 5 hours from now
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Old 06-24-2007, 05:06 PM   #3
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theres "123 avi to gif converter" proggie I have used which is pretty simple the only thing you need to convert vid to avi if its in other format 8)
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Old 06-24-2007, 05:52 PM   #4
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I can't fucking make it run :bah: :x - tried 3 converters, converted to avi and the ImageReady is still giving me blank gifs
sorry mate, I give up. have no idea why is it playing with me :x

if someone else wants to help, here's the PM I got from dingo:

Download original video from here: http://ozcarsightings.com/evoskid.mp4

Then if you could create 2 seperate GIFS (under 24kb each if possible?)

One by using the 00:12 - 00:17 sec portion of the video and the second using the 00.21 - 00:27 portion of the video.
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Old 06-24-2007, 06:13 PM   #5
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I'll do it. Minacious is the god of animated gifs. Making them 24kb will be impossible though. A gif that small would only contain a few frames.
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I'm impressed.
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Old 06-24-2007, 09:26 PM   #8
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Thanks Minacious - appreciated!!

Mihals, thanks for your efforts too.
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Actually, would it be possible for you to cut out some of the frames in the 2nd avatar (circle work ) to get it around 20kb?

Would it still look ok?
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Originally Posted by dingo
Actually, would it be possible for you to cut out some of the frames in the 2nd avatar (circle work ) to get it around 20kb?

Would it still look ok?
Haha, do you know how small of a file 20kb is?

I will play with it. Why so small?
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Old 06-25-2007, 01:23 AM   #11
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20 kb will be totally useless


I had a video taken of a certain red Mitsubish Evo 8 MR
haha 8) 8)
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Originally Posted by Minacious
Haha, do you know how small of a file 20kb is?

I will play with it. Why so small?
which proggies did you use Minacious? I was really pissed off last night when it didn't want to get working

thanx!
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Any video software would have worked. The key was to convert the MP4 into an image sequence (since that's all a gif is) rather than a movie file then edit it as needed.
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Originally Posted by Minacious
Originally Posted by dingo
Actually, would it be possible for you to cut out some of the frames in the 2nd avatar (circle work ) to get it around 20kb?

Would it still look ok?
Haha, do you know how small of a file 20kb is?

I will play with it. Why so small?
Because a few local forums limit avatar size to 20kb (for some reason), I would like to use it on there.

If you remove a few frames and use less colours or something it might be possible?

Thanks.

EDIT: even if its 50kb that;ll do, I'll sort something out.
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Originally Posted by Minacious
Any video software would have worked. The key was to convert the MP4 into an image sequence (since that's all a gif is) rather than a movie file then edit it as needed.
well, what I did:
converted the movie to the avi, then tried to make it a gif in the ImageReady, which gave me only blank frames instead of the sequention. I guess the converter didn't work it out propperly :bah:
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