sapphyre_myst ([info]sapphyre_myst) wrote in [info]gimp_users,
2011-04-21 17:13:00
  • Mood: frustrated

Animated GIF

Now this question is mine.

I'm trying to make an animated GIF. I do the whole later thing, test it and it works. I optimize it and save it but when I try to put it on my journal, all that comes up is a white box with nothing in it. I've tried 5 times.

How do you make animated gifs and what am I doing wrong?
Tags: animated gif, gimp 2, icons

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[info]mrs_sweetpeach

April 21 2011, 21:23:43 UTC 1 year ago

This isn't going to be very helpful, as it's been a long time since I last tried an animated gif. But I think it has something to do with the type of .gif -- you have to pick the right one. I generally save it to my hard drive as a .gif (after first saving a .xcf just in case something goes wrong) and then using Opera or Firefox on the local file just to make sure it works. Also, make sure the size isn't too much for LJ to handle. If it's too big, it won't upload.

[info]harleymae

April 21 2011, 21:29:08 UTC 1 year ago

How are you testing after you optimize and save?

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 21 2011, 22:41:13 UTC 1 year ago

by opening it in a mozilla

[info]harleymae

April 21 2011, 22:49:29 UTC 1 year ago

Can you provide a download link for the .XCF and non-functioning gif?

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 21 2011, 23:41:58 UTC 1 year ago

I'm not tech savvy so you lost me on that.

[info]harleymae

April 21 2011, 23:49:25 UTC 1 year ago

I just meant put the files somewhere they can be downloaded, eg. sendspace.

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 22 2011, 00:42:41 UTC 1 year ago

files here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=27N1T12W

what its supposed to look like here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HTSSPTPB

good luck

[info]harleymae

April 22 2011, 01:25:51 UTC 1 year ago

Well, this is under 40k but the fade effect is pretty affected because of the drastically reduced palette size.

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 22 2011, 01:28:47 UTC 1 year ago

so how did you get it to do that? i couldn't get it under 40 fighting with it?

[info]harleymae

April 22 2011, 02:00:20 UTC 1 year ago

You have to start out with the color mode as RGB. (Check with Image -> Mode and see what's checked). If it's not RGB, set it to RGB.

After that, select Image -> Mode -> Indexed, select first option (custom palette size, I think it's called--it's the one that lets you enter a number) and enter the number of colors in the palette. Reducing that number reduces the size of the gif.

Then optimize for gif, etc. as usual

[info]mrs_sweetpeach

April 22 2011, 14:29:40 UTC 1 year ago

I've been following this to read the better answers. I think your image looks smashing and I appreciate the clear instructions.

[info]harleymae

April 22 2011, 16:43:01 UTC 1 year ago

Thanks! The other thing I fiddle with when converting to indexed mode is dithering. "Positioned" tends to make animations look better with a reduced palette size (like in this icon). I used "none" for [info]sapphyre_myst's icon though because positioned made it look too fuzzy/ugly.

[info]stella27

April 21 2011, 22:03:38 UTC 1 year ago

I don't think, it's because of Gimp.

1. Did you test your gif by open it in a web browser ?
2. Did you use an Image Hosting ?

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 21 2011, 22:40:55 UTC 1 year ago

1. yes
2. no

[info]stella27

April 21 2011, 23:06:04 UTC 1 year ago

maybe it's the problem, I don't know how Lj works, but host your gif (on imageshack for example) and try again.
It's an icon ?

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 21 2011, 23:46:37 UTC 1 year ago

its an icon for a story i have on here. it works just fine on the photobucket. but trying to put the 100x100 icon on here to use gets me a "please move box to cut image" crap.

[info]harleymae

April 21 2011, 23:50:18 UTC 1 year ago

Oh, is the file over 40k in size? There's a limit for LJ icons.

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 21 2011, 23:58:04 UTC 1 year ago

i was gonna ask how to compress it to work but i'm just giving up. i've been fighting with it for 5 hours and nothing is working.

[info]harleymae

April 22 2011, 00:04:47 UTC 1 year ago

What I usually have to do is resize it down to 60x60 or remove frames. 40k is VERY small for animated gifs.

[info]sapphyre_myst

April 22 2011, 00:19:47 UTC 1 year ago

if i make it smaller, you can't read the writing. if i remove frames, it doesn't look right period.

i'll just ask someone to make one for me and hand over the pictures since all i can make is banners.
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