Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.

So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted about 10fps.

I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or desginer can't
Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads and no real options I gave up and did the above.

Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it again for a few months.

On 17/05/2022 13:25, whisky-dave wrote:
> Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
>
> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
> about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted about 10fps.
>
> I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or desginer can't
> Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads and no real options I gave up and did the above.
>
> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it again for a few months.
>
I wonder if Graphic Converter could do this? Have to look...

On 17/05/2022 13:30, David Kennedy wrote:
> On 17/05/2022 13:25, whisky-dave wrote:
>>   Wanted to do this last night  for a bit of fun on FB.
>>
>> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
>> The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
>> about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping  with preview, then
>> loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted about
>> 10fps.
>>
>> I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or desginer
>> can't
>> Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif  but the annoying ads and no
>> real options I gave up and did the above.
>>
>> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it again
>> for a few months.
>>
> I wonder if Graphic Converter could do this? Have to look...

Yes, according to the manual anyway. Haven't tried it though.

> Open the video file with GraphicConverter and select Effect / Channels/Frames / Convert Movie to Animation.... A dialog opens in which you can select the output width and the frames

In article <312f1c85-43e8-4d4b-9a05-24e7791a8671n@googlegroups.com>,
whisky-dave <whisky.dave@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
>
> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
> about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then
> loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted about
> 10fps.
>
> I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or desginer
> can't
> Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads and no
> real options I gave up and did the above.
>
> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it again for a few months.

at last count, there's 6.53 bazillion apps that can do that, including
both online and native. a quick search will find some (but not all) of
them.

whisky-dave <whisky.dave@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
>
> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.

FYI 'GIFs' as used on FB, Twitter, etc aren't really
something.gif files these days. 'GIF' just means short, possibly-looped,
video.

I think if you generate video you can share that - eg Giphy takes .gif, .mov
and .mp4. So regular video editing tools should be able to do what you
want, although I'm not sure how to make things loop.

If you want to make a website like it's 1999 then I suppose you do want an
animated .gif, but that's probably unlikely.

Theo

On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 13:41:56 UTC+1, nospam wrote:
> In article <312f1c85-43e8-4d4b...@googlegroups.com>,
> whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
> >
> > So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> > The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
> > about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then
> > loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted about
> > 10fps.
> >
> > I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or desginer
> > can't
> > Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads and no
> > real options I gave up and did the above.
> >
> > Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it again for a few months.
> at last count, there's 6.53 bazillion apps that can do that, including
> both online and native. a quick search will find some (but not all) of
> them.

That's what I did , but most had restrictions like wtermarks or it kept bonbarding me with ads and click boxes.
Others still didn;t give me the options I wanted like lower FPS 8-12, even keynote minium was just under 24fps.

On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 15:47:59 UTC+1, Theo wrote:
> whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
> >
> > So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> FYI 'GIFs' as used on FB, Twitter, etc aren't really
> something.gif files these days. 'GIF' just means short, possibly-looped,
> video.

which is what I want.
And that I want it slow/interupted/jerky.

>
> I think if you generate video you can share that - eg Giphy takes .gif, .mov
> and .mp4. So regular video editing tools should be able to do what you
> want, although I'm not sure how to make things loop.

Think I tried that but I still don;t want 30 or 60 fps.
>
> If you want to make a website like it's 1999 then I suppose you do want an
> animated .gif, but that's probably unlikely.

More like 1997 when I used to do it using graphic converter 'hand' colouring pixels
and about 10 frames.

Best way I can describe it is I want to convert a small section of a band playing on stage
but not in 64 bit or 4 k but to look like old 8 bit computer graphics
maybe 256 colours low res but still identifible like the little space invaders were
on thos mid 1980s arcade games.

>
> Theo

In article <tKOdnbdtpP2UCx7_nZ2dnUU7-R-dnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>,
David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I wonder if Graphic Converter could do this? Have to look...
>
> Yes, according to the manual anyway. Haven't tried it though.

Yes it does: has done since at least v5. Save As ... select (eg) JPG,
then in the dialogue, click Save, and another set of options opens up
(eg how many frames do you want to save).

You should buy GraphicConverter (whiskydave) - it's one of the greatest
survivors of the 90s Shareware culture; it's constantly updated, and
it's one of the most powerful applications I use these days; but it's
still dirt cheap. But you can try it free. Get it from Thorsten Lemke
himself: https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/lemkesoft

John

On Friday, 20 May 2022 at 22:02:40 UTC+1, Another John wrote:
> In article <tKOdnbdtpP2UCx7_...@brightview.co.uk>,
> David Kennedy <davidke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I wonder if Graphic Converter could do this? Have to look...
> >
> > Yes, according to the manual anyway. Haven't tried it though.
> Yes it does: has done since at least v5. Save As ... select (eg) JPG,
> then in the dialogue, click Save, and another set of options opens up
> (eg how many frames do you want to save).
>
>
> You should buy GraphicConverter (whiskydave) - it's one of the greatest
> survivors of the 90s Shareware culture; it's constantly updated, and
> it's one of the most powerful applications I use these days; but it's
> still dirt cheap. But you can try it free. Get it from Thorsten Lemke
> himself: https://www.lemkesoft.de/en/lemkesoft
>
> John

Thanks I'll consider it and try the free one see if there's anything else I can use it for.

On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:

> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> again for a few months.

I use this site to make short animated gifs for a website. You can
downrate the frame rate to as low as 5 and select the portion of the
video you want.

https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif

On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:50:42 AM UTC-7, eastender wrote:
> On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
>
> > Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> > again for a few months.
> I use this site to make short animated gifs for a website. You can
> downrate the frame rate to as low as 5 and select the portion of the
> video you want.
>
> https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif
https://inshotproapp.com/ Inshot Pro is a powerful video editing & Photo editing app for your Android device.

On Thursday, 23 June 2022 at 19:10:59 UTC+1, Alex Meen wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:50:42 AM UTC-7, eastender wrote:
> > On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
> >
> > > Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> > > again for a few months.
> > I use this site to make short animated gifs for a website. You can
> > downrate the frame rate to as low as 5 and select the portion of the
> > video you want.
> >
> > https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif
> https://inshotproapp.com/ Inshot Pro is a powerful video editing & Photo editing app for your Android device.
cheers but I want one for my iMac .

But i mostly use https://capcutmodis.com/ capcut for making any short clip of any movie.

On Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 11:10:59 PM UTC+5, Alex Meen wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:50:42 AM UTC-7, eastender wrote:
> > On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
> >
> > > Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> > > again for a few months.
> > I use this site to make short animated gifs for a website. You can
> > downrate the frame rate to as low as 5 and select the portion of the
> > video you want.
> >
> > https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif
> https://inshotproapp.com/ Inshot Pro is a powerful video editing & Photo editing app for your Android device.

What do you think about CapCut Video editor? I hope it will be better option:
https://capcutmodapk.info/

On Thursday, 20 April 2023 at 09:32:13 UTC+1, CapCut ModAPK wrote:
> On Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 11:10:59 PM UTC+5, Alex Meen wrote:
> > On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:50:42 AM UTC-7, eastender wrote:
> > > On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
> > >
> > > > Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> > > > again for a few months.
> > > I use this site to make short animated gifs for a website. You can
> > > downrate the frame rate to as low as 5 and select the portion of the
> > > video you want.
> > >
> > > https://ezgif.com/video-to-gif
> > https://inshotproapp.com/ Inshot Pro is a powerful video editing & Photo editing app for your Android device.
> What do you think about CapCut Video editor? I hope it will be better option:
> https://capcutmodapk.info/

Cheers will give it a try at home.

On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:

> Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
>
> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
> about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then
> loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted
> about 10fps.
>
> I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or
> desginer can't
> Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads
> and no real options I gave up and did the above.
>
> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> again for a few months.

Did you try the shortcuts app on the iphone? easy and saves finding
another app..
--
'Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home.'
'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome.'
'Is it common?'
'It's not unusual.'

On Friday, 21 April 2023 at 22:59:25 UTC+1, X Kyle M Thompson wrote:
> On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
> > Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
> >
> > So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> > The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
> > about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then
> > loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted
> > about 10fps.
> >
> > I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or
> > desginer can't
> > Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads
> > and no real options I gave up and did the above.
> >
> > Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> > again for a few months.
> Did you try the shortcuts app on the iphone? easy and saves finding
> another app..

what shortcuts app ?

I don't like using my phone for such things, I prefer keyboards and mice and a large screen.
> --
> 'Doc, I can't stop singing the green green grass of home.'
> 'That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome.'
> 'Is it common?'
> 'It's not unusual.'

whisky-dave <whisky.dave@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, 21 April 2023 at 22:59:25 UTC+1, X Kyle M Thompson wrote:
>> On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
>>> Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
>>>
>>> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
>>> The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
>>> about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then
>>> loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted
>>> about 10fps.
>>>
>>> I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or
>>> desginer can't
>>> Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads
>>> and no real options I gave up and did the above.
>>>
>>> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
>>> again for a few months.
>> Did you try the shortcuts app on the iphone? easy and saves finding
>> another app..
>
> what shortcuts app ?

It’s the shortcuts app on the iPhone…

>
> I don't like using my phone for such things, I prefer keyboards and mice
> and a large screen.

As far as I can see the desktop sibling app, Automator, doesn’t seem to
have an easy option to do this.

On Monday, 24 April 2023 at 14:53:04 UTC-4, X Kyle M Thompson wrote:
> whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday, 21 April 2023 at 22:59:25 UTC+1, X Kyle M Thompson wrote:
> >> On 2022-05-17 12:25:55 +0000, whisky-dave said:
> >>> Wanted to do this last night for a bit of fun on FB.
> >>>
> >>> So I had about 5 seconds of a 4K movie I wanted as an animated gif.
> >>> The cluncky but easiest way I found was to screen capture
> >>> about 15 frames of the movie to files then croping with preview, then
> >>> loading them into keynote where I had more control over the fps wanted
> >>> about 10fps.
> >>>
> >>> I haven;t got PS but I think that could do it, affintity photo or
> >>> desginer can't
> >>> Tried an on-line converter mov to animated gif but the annoying ads
> >>> and no real options I gave up and did the above.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone else have a prefered method, although I may not want to do it
> >>> again for a few months.
> >> Did you try the shortcuts app on the iphone? easy and saves finding
> >> another app..
> >
> > what shortcuts app ?
> It’s the shortcuts app on the iPhone…
> >
> > I don't like using my phone for such things, I prefer keyboards and mice
> > and a large screen.
> As far as I can see the desktop sibling app, Automator, doesn’t seem to
> have an easy option to do this.

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