GRRRRRRRR!! WindowBlinds Animations
Thursday, April 1, 2004 by Apocalypse_67 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Ok, for the past couple of days I've been trying to create the animation (.avi) for a skin but I have no clue on how to make it work.
I've tried some of the tips mentioned on the Help Discussion board, but that has helped little.
I've tried every combination setting on GIF Animator to save the file but it doesnt work when I import it to the skin. I either get an error warning or only half of the animation shows.
So here are my questions:
1) How many images (frames) are needed
2) After I make them in PS, under what format do I save them (pds, bmp, jpg, etc)
3) After I open the images with GIF Animator and preview to make sure that it works, what settings do I use to save it as .avi?
Apocalypse_67 wishes that the developers would add a small tutorial on this things whenever they add a new feature to the program
I've tried some of the tips mentioned on the Help Discussion board, but that has helped little.
I've tried every combination setting on GIF Animator to save the file but it doesnt work when I import it to the skin. I either get an error warning or only half of the animation shows.
So here are my questions:
1) How many images (frames) are needed
2) After I make them in PS, under what format do I save them (pds, bmp, jpg, etc)
3) After I open the images with GIF Animator and preview to make sure that it works, what settings do I use to save it as .avi?
Apocalypse_67 wishes that the developers would add a small tutorial on this things whenever they add a new feature to the program
Apocalypse_67
Reply #2 Thursday, April 1, 2004 5:37 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, April 1, 2004 5:37 PM
Thankx Pictoratus for a quick response.
My question to you now is
After you save the images, how do you convert them into .avi?
My question to you now is
After you save the images, how do you convert them into .avi?
eieio
Reply #3 Thursday, April 1, 2004 5:41 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, April 1, 2004 5:41 PM
I'm using Gif Movie Gear. Easy and it worked fine the first time with the default settings. You just export the movie as a AVI after adding all the frames.
They have a trial version at
http://www.gamani.com/
[Message Edited]
They have a trial version at
http://www.gamani.com/
[Message Edited]
Apocalypse_67
Reply #4 Thursday, April 1, 2004 6:01 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, April 1, 2004 6:01 PM
Thank you for the info and help Picto. I really appreciate it. 
I'll give it a try and let you know if it worked
I'll give it a try and let you know if it worked
Apocalypse_67
Reply #5 Thursday, April 1, 2004 7:20 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, April 1, 2004 7:20 PM
YES!!!
It worked like a charm.
Thanks for the help Stephen. I owe you one
It worked like a charm.
Thanks for the help Stephen. I owe you one
Phoon
Reply #6 Thursday, April 1, 2004 9:24 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, April 1, 2004 9:24 PM
Also.. if you happen to have Paint Shop Pro... Animation shop does AVI's pretty nicely.
joetheblow
Reply #8 Friday, April 2, 2004 4:06 AM
Reply #8 Friday, April 2, 2004 4:06 AM
yeah, when he said PS I thought he was talking about Paint Shop... but I guess that would be PSP for Paint Shop Pro.
Whih reminds me, I should buy that stuff...
Whih reminds me, I should buy that stuff...
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Reply #1 Thursday, April 1, 2004 5:32 PM
(1) No set amount. Just enough to make the animation smooth. I used 16 frames in mine.
(2) BMP indexed 8 bit
(3) I don't use Gif Animator, so I'm not sure on this one.