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Gif animator


Urza9814
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Looking for a good Gif animator for Linux. It seems like you can do it in Gimp, but whenever I try to save it it only saves one frame. I had to set this thing up about 8 times, and every time I saved I'd lose it all! :wall: I even tried saving as an MPEG, both 1 and 2, but even that didn't work!

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Seeing the gimp is the only animal I know for this job... let's try my easy intro to ani-GIF:

 

Save a copy of my avatar and open with gimp

 

You will notice this GIF file has two layers (if you don't have this window open, it is under Dialogs/Layers)

 

The key is to double click on each layer's name and add in the time to display each layer.

 

My two layers are named "Background" and "Frame 2" which I added

(700ms)

for the timing element of the animation

 

Another thing to remember is to convert to indexed color. Do this by selecting "indexed color" under Image/Mode drop menu.

 

Do a File/ Save As and choose the GIF extension. In the pop-up window, select "Save as Animation" and click the "Export" button.

 

Click "OK" and you should have an animated GIF.

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