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How are people able to post animated gifs on the forum?

JonstarkJonstark Posts: 2,738
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I've seen this a few times, in posts where people are illustrating an animation concept or something, and I'm just curious how it's done, as it can make an animated concept much easier to understand rather than posting a series of still images and trying to describe. Is there some super secret programmer's secret to how to post an animated gif to the forums?

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  • DustRiderDustRider Posts: 2,800
    edited February 2015

    I'm sure there are a lot of other options, but I've had really good luck with Video to GIF Convertor (free)
    http://www.video-gif-converter.com/

    Edit: I did the attached GIF with it (rendered to AVI in Carrara then converted to GIF)

    RingDrop.gif
    320 x 240 - 3M
    Post edited by DustRider on
  • Design Anvil - Razor42Design Anvil - Razor42 Posts: 1,239
    edited February 2015

    All you need to do is attach a gif as per any other file, choose Post Reply as oppose to Quick Reply.

    Post edited by Design Anvil - Razor42 on
  • JonstarkJonstark Posts: 2,738
    edited February 2015

    Hmm, I guess my stumbling block was on how to create an animated gif in the first place :) Carrara can create an animated gif, but when I save it, it saves a numbered series of still images. But thanks Dustrider, sounds like that link you mentioned might be the piece of the puzzle I'm missing.

    Now that dynamic cloth is achievable (and fast in simulation) in Carrara thanks to Stringtheory's brilliant workaround, there have been a lot of times I wanted to post real quick gifs in that thread to illustrate concepts or ask questions, and others are able to do it but I have been stuck with only doing youtube links. I think as your post above shows Dustrider, sometimes a quick moving pic is worth a thousand words :)

    Thanks guys!

    Now I wonder how to folks are able to save a moving gif as an avatar, I'm guessing same principle.

    Post edited by Jonstark on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,597
    edited December 1969

    I use GIMP
    open as layers, export as gif with animation

  • JonstarkJonstark Posts: 2,738
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Wendy, I've got Gimp too (actually it's all I've got for postwork) but I never knew it could do that.

    I just experimented with the Free Video to Gif converter and it's super fast and easy, took me maybe a couple of seconds to turn an avi into an animated gif, very cool stuff :)

  • JonstarkJonstark Posts: 2,738
    edited December 1969

    Dustrider, I've seen it before, but that ring is mesmerizing. I can't stop watching....

    ...the precious...


    :)

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,597
    edited December 1969

    Yes you need an image series
    I never render to avi so not an issue

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited February 2015

    Jonstark said:
    Hmm, I guess my stumbling block was on how to create an animated gif in the first place :) Carrara can create an animated gif, but when I save it, it saves a numbered series of still images. But thanks Dustrider, sounds like that link you mentioned might be the piece of the puzzle I'm missing.

    Now that dynamic cloth is achievable (and fast in simulation) in Carrara thanks to Stringtheory's brilliant workaround, there have been a lot of times I wanted to post real quick gifs in that thread to illustrate concepts or ask questions, and others are able to do it but I have been stuck with only doing youtube links. I think as your post above shows Dustrider, sometimes a quick moving pic is worth a thousand words :)

    Thanks guys!

    Now I wonder how to folks are able to save a moving gif as an avatar, I'm guessing same principle.


    it's done that to me a couple times, even though i had animated chosen, it gave me sequenced images.
    can tell right away cause the options dialog is different.

    dithering looks hi-quality in the ring sample. :)

    Post edited by Mistara on
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