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bsfins
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« on: March 10, 2008, 12:00:16 am »

I know St. Louis has made a few....I've been an avid Voyeur on youtube for almost 2 years ....I've never made a video...(I'd break the camera with my ugly Mug)...The problem I'm having right now, is like My St. Patrick's day gif, I had to cut a bunch of stuff out because it was going to be WAAAY too big.....

So How could I make a movie out of an animated Gif,maybe be able to make bigger movies,even add sounds,or Music....Anyone have some advice? What programs they use,How to do it,Tips tricks..Etc,Etc....

Example of the things I want to make longer...(Sorry Az.)


I have some ideas for other things,I just don't want to get screwed with size restrictions...(right now I have to keep everything under 1MB)
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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2008, 12:09:23 am »

I use windows movie maker.  Very easy to use, but I am a perfectionist so I tinker with them and I still am not happy with the end result.
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2008, 04:30:55 am »

i was thinking of making a few videos, maybe make a video about my  trip to washington DC (i have the finances, just lazy as hell), i have some other ideas, but i don't really know if i want to waste the 5 minutes it would take to make it.
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2008, 10:25:54 am »

So How could I make a movie out of an animated Gif,maybe be able to make bigger movies,even add sounds,or Music....Anyone have some advice? What programs they use,How to do it,Tips tricks..Etc,Etc....

I'd say you need to figure out exactly what you want to do and then pick the right tool for the job.

If all you want to do is make "a really long/large animated gif", then just download VirtualDub. It's completely free and fairly easy to use. To make a movie from a series of images, just load the first image in VirtualDub and it will automatically add all images with consecutive numbers. So, for example, if you call your images pic001.jpg, pic002.jpg, pic003.jpg... it'll load them all. Just make sure you don't have any gaps in the numbers and you'll be fine. Once that's done, just select "Compression" in the "Video" menu and choose whatever codec you want (divx/xvid, mpeg etc). You can also add a sound track.

VirtualDub can do a lot of really cool stuff that even the best "real" movie software (technical term is Non-Linear Editors) can't do. However, it's NOT a non-linear editor, so if you want to cut together video clips, add effects and so on, you need to get something else. Windows Movie Maker is one such option, although I've always preferred others. Use whatever you have / can get.

Don't try to use anything too complicated for such a small project. As always, it's a matter of choosing the right tool for the job. If you want to make some really advanced stuff later on, then by all means explore more advanced software. Until then, something like Adobe Premier is only going to frustrate you (and it costs a bundle if you don't have access to it via work/school/whatever).
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2008, 02:28:00 pm »

Thanks FYO...Yeah with that I had the idea of making it like a Commercial (a spin off of Gallagher's Sledge -o -matic),I ended up pitching alot of the elements I made for it, because it made the file size so big...I've even taken my second stab at learning flash...
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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2008, 02:33:43 pm »

Thanks FYO...Yeah with that I had the idea of making it like a Commercial (a spin off of Gallagher's Sledge -o -matic),I ended up pitching alot of the elements I made for it, because it made the file size so big...I've even taken my second stab at learning flash...

If you're not going for anything interactive, just make a regular movie and convert it to flash. There's a free program (ffmpeg) that can do this just fine.
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2008, 04:54:01 pm »

FYO, you should change your name to FYI. 

Good info!
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