Video tutorial Available here First of all you'll need two softs : - FRAPS which is a video capture thing, it records your screen. You can download the free version here (only has watermarks, which is not a problem) - GIF movie gear, which is the gif converting software I use. You can get the trial version here (it's not hard to find the full version on the internet tho). Ok you downloaded them, you installed them now, let's do it : -Launch FRAPS and go in "Movies" ![]() Here you can change the path where the file will be saved, the hotkey used to record your screen, and (most important) the number of frame per second. I usually use 15 fps (reminder : human eye can only see 24 fps or so). -Launch myth, go into the prefs and set the resolution to 640*480 Watch your favorite film, and record your favorite moment ! Pres F9 to start and F9 to stop. -Launch Gif movie gear and drag n drop your avi file. (you can also use File/import from/AVI) Lets get familiar with the interface : ![]() 1 : Duration 2 : Number of loops of the animation (0 = infinite) 3 : Name/Number of the frame selected 4 : Play movie ! 5 : Zoom in/out Now that you are an interface master, let's edit the file. First, you need to find when does the animation start and finnish : Launch the animation (PLAY MOVIE BUTTON) ![]() Near the progression bar, the number #65 indicates the.... frame number ! So, just find out where the animation will start and stop. Now do as in the screen shot to find where to start : ![]() select the frame, hold the shift button, click on the frame #1, and then hit the DELETE key. good job : you have deleted all the unwanted frames. Do the same for the ending of your animation. Now it's time to resize the animation, you don't want all the screen, right ? Go to animation/crop... Zoom out, resize the screen and hit "ok": ![]() You are almost done ! Go to animation/optimize, use the default options and hit "ok" : ![]() Congratulation, you did it ! Last step : go to file/save gif animation as... Have fun ! ![]() |