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Anonymous
Dear 4chan/gif/,

Best method to convert a wmv,avi,mpeg,etc. to an animated gif? Nice-to-haves include being able to selected start/endpoints of source material.

My current method involves first making a clip of the movie, then making a large gif, then opening that large gif in ImageReady to make a smaller gif. It's boring.

Thanks in advance.
>> Anonymous
Use a program called "Pure Data".

I usually just stream from disk (or load into RAM if I'm gonna be seeking around a lot) and then set up an integer storage going into a modulus (a division that outputs the remainder, sort of like a 'limit')

add the frame offset, change the argument to the modulus, set up a for-loop to output the files in raw TIFF format (with magic number in their headers)

then i use ImageMagick's program mogrify with output "mogrify -format gif *.tif" so then it converts all the raw TIFF to individual GIF files then i use a program called Gifsicle to make it into a single animated file.

Gifsicle can optimize, resize, variable delay between frames etc etc

the advantage to using Pure Data is that you can overlay text on images and such without having to edit EVERY frame like you would have to do in something like ImageReady. The other advantage is that this software is 100% free and legal... hope u didn't pirate imageready.... <_<
>> EleoChan !EhVtXXdTd6
>hope u didn't pirate imageready.... <_<
Why wouldn't I?
>> Anonymous
>>258789
one day all of the big software companies will find a way to reclaim all the has been lost in the name of software piracy such as you so openly flaunt.

i eagerly await this day perched from atop my impregnable linux mountain fortress and have reserved exactly 45 minutes of maniacal laughter just for you