Moving Marvels
Your animated icon is due tonight (roughly 12 hours from now)
If you've never made one before, here's a quick tutorial for you.... cos I just learned it myself :)
1. Download, unzip and run Virtual Dub
Download here: http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/
unzip it and run "Veedub64.exe"
2. File, Open, Open video file.
3. Scroll through and find the scene.
You can use the seek bar along the bottom to find the scene, and use your mouse wheel or direction keys to find your start point.
4. Click the arrows to set start and finish points
Use the left arrow to set your start point and then move to the end of the bit you want and click the right - Keep it short, really short, or you'll end up with too big a file.
5. Save
Go to File - Export - Animated Gif and click Save.
6. Crop and resize - you can try and figure out how to do this in Photoshop or Animation Shop if you like, but I haven't a clue. I found a handy website - EZGif - http://ezgif.com/crop
a) Upload your image there
b) use the crop to crop (make sure you set the width and height the same or you wont get a square icon).
c) use the resize tool to make it 100x100px
d) use the optimize tool (just use the settings there) and save the icon that's under 40kb
All done -upload and post :)
If you've never made one before, here's a quick tutorial for you.... cos I just learned it myself :)
1. Download, unzip and run Virtual Dub
Download here: http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/
unzip it and run "Veedub64.exe"
2. File, Open, Open video file.
3. Scroll through and find the scene.
You can use the seek bar along the bottom to find the scene, and use your mouse wheel or direction keys to find your start point.
4. Click the arrows to set start and finish points
Use the left arrow to set your start point and then move to the end of the bit you want and click the right - Keep it short, really short, or you'll end up with too big a file.
5. Save
Go to File - Export - Animated Gif and click Save.
6. Crop and resize - you can try and figure out how to do this in Photoshop or Animation Shop if you like, but I haven't a clue. I found a handy website - EZGif - http://ezgif.com/crop
a) Upload your image there
b) use the crop to crop (make sure you set the width and height the same or you wont get a square icon).
c) use the resize tool to make it 100x100px
d) use the optimize tool (just use the settings there) and save the icon that's under 40kb
All done -upload and post :)