How do I make a GIF? Update and more help!

[Fisty]

I have 2 images ( me playing with a grinder ) that I want to kind of animate. Like the adverts you see on webpages where it flicks from one image to another.

Am I right in saying its a GIF? if so how do i do it??

Cheers IT crowd.

Tom
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[Hetzer]

You can apply optimization settings to animated images just as you do to nonanimated images. You should always optimize an animation in GIF format because GIF is the only format in ImageReady that supports the display of animated images on the Web.

Note: While you can optimize an image that includes animation in JPEG or PNG format, these formats do not support animation. The resulting Web page will display only the current frame of the animation.

In addition to the standard optimization options for GIF format, you can optimize frames to include only areas that change from frame to frame. (This greatly reduces the file size of the animated GIF.) ImageReady also applies a special dithering technique to animations to ensure that dither patterns are consistent across all frames and to prevent flickering during playback. Due to these additional optimization functions, ImageReady may require more time to optimize an animated GIF than to optimize a standard GIF.

To optimize an animated image:

Choose Optimize Animation from the Animation palette menu.
Set the following options:
Bounding Box to crop each frame to the area that has changed from the preceding frame. Animation files created using this option are smaller but are incompatible with GIF editors that do not support the option. (This option is selected by default and is recommended.)
Redundant Pixel Removal to make transparent all pixels in a frame that are unchanged from the preceding frame. This option is selected by default and is recommended. The Transparency option in the Optimize palette must be selected for redundant pixel removal to work. (See Optimization options for GIF and PNG-8 formats.)
Important: Set the frame disposal method to Automatic when using the Redundant Pixel Removal option. (See Setting the frame disposal method.)

Click OK.
Apply optimization settings. (See Optimizing images.)
When optimizing the colors in an animation, use the Adaptive, Perceptual, or Selective palette. This ensures that the colors are consistent across frames. (See Generating a color table.)
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[Hetzer]

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https://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/web_graphics/article.php/3479881

https://www.ehow.com/how_18384_create-animated-gif.html
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[Stevie GooGs]

Im guessing you have photoshop?

https://www.creativetechs.com/iq/build_animated_gifs_in_photoshop.html

GIF files can be large files size dependant on what you are doing, flash can be a lot smaller.
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[Fisty]

Poo. I need photoshop.

Ta anyway, Tom
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[Stevie GooGs]

It does not need to be photoshop do you have fireworks?
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[stinkwheel]

You can animate GIFs on GIMP too, which is free to download.

Open a layers dialogue.

You set your images to be animated as different layers.

Do: Filters > animation > optimise (for GIF)

Where the backgrounds are the same and only a little detail has moved select optimise (difference) instead.

Change the times for changing frames in milliseconds by altering the times in brackets on the layer names in the dialogue box. You can check how it looks in the filters > animation > playback option.

When you save as a .GIF it will give the option of animating it or combining the layers.

Not that I'd know how to do an animated .GIF or anything
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[jackw72]

Ask dragonfly about the "people" that create GIF's...


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[Kickstart]

Hi

Another tool for doing animated GIFs is the GIF Construction Set.

They can be a bit time consuming to create, but you can do stupidly large ones if you want. Watch out for download times.

For example this one is half a meg:-

https://www.alfa-pages.co.uk/TempPicture/laura2.gif

All the best

Keith
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[Finglonga]

I use Jasc Animation Shop, easy to use.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/finglonga/KittymeeooowK800copy.gif

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/finglonga/Kissmyshinymetalass.gif https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/finglonga/FinglongaFing.gif
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[Fisty]

OK I tried and failed brilliantly. Im useless with computer stuff, I can switch my laptop on and hunt for porn but thats about it. If I post the 2 pictures could someone be so kind to do it for me?

Make them smaller!

Virtual beers and karma cookies on offer!

Cheers Technopeeps.

https://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn82/mr_fisty/DSC00372.jpg

https://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn82/mr_fisty/DSC00373.jpg
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[Stevie GooGs]

Here is a quick attempt mate. The two photos are not taken at the exact same place or height so it looks like the background moves.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

You should crop them at the same reference point, it'll stop the jumping.
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[Stevie GooGs]

Yeah that would be an idea, sorry dont have the time just now.
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[stinkwheel]

They aren't taken from the same place or the same angle. The second image is bigger and tapers out towards the bottom.

In other words, very difficult to align all the details without making you seasick.

So I didn't try, I just used the central part of the image for the second frame. Makes for a smaller .GIF too.

Wasn't sure how best to time the frames.
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[Fisty]

Cheers all thats fantastic! much better than my attempt!

to all!
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