How to Make an Animated GIF

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rcrsn51 · #21 Post by **rcrsn51** » Thu 12 Jun 2014, 19:25

I thought about doing that, but I can't be sure that the alternate viewers that Puppy might have would necessarily show animated GIFs.

Actually, I tested gifview again and it is working with transparency. It's just that the background that shows through the transparency is black!

gcmartin · #22 Post by **gcmartin** » Fri 13 Jun 2014, 00:20

Something I saw Smokey01 do with the MultiBooter PET utility that will make this PET, possibly, more intuitive. Ths is an idea for consideration: They arranged the buttons in a verticle fashion. Thus it is organized in the path of steps that they want users to follow to use the utility. I think the benefit is obvious. Of course, on screen steps could also accomplish the same objective.

Only other idea that comes to mind is mouse-over example for couple of your fields (like "Other options" for example). The mouse-over for Time-interval could reflect:

50=half second
100=1 second
200=2 seconds

etc for any other areas you feel mouse-over would contribute to usefulness.

ALSO, I have again tested "convert2gif folder" with JPEGs conversion with the 1.4 version. Works.

Anyway, as it stands currently, it is truly a functional utility for community need.

Hope this is what you might have been looking for.

rcrsn51 · #23 Post by **rcrsn51** » Fri 13 Jun 2014, 01:06

gcmartin wrote:Something I saw Smokey01 do with the MultiBooter PET

Please provide a link to this.

They arranged the buttons in a verticle fashion. Thus it is organized in the path of steps that they want users to follow to use the utility.

As a quick-and-dirty GUI design tool, gtkdialog does not easily lend itself to laying out buttons vertically.

Of course, on screen steps could also accomplish the same objective.

That's why there is a Help button.

Only other idea that comes to mind is mouse-over

Some people love mouse-overs. But they double the amount of work that translators must do.

I have again tested "convert2gif folder" with JPEGs conversion with the 1.4 version. Works.

Thanks for that.

gcmartin · #24 Post by **gcmartin** » Fri 13 Jun 2014, 01:42

Noticed that V1.5 is posted. Installed it without uninstalling V1.4. Next:

Open MAAG
Filled in Time Interval & Other options
Clicked New
Got a momentary popup-message; "New Project Started"
Selected folder with GIFs
Clicked Add
Folder field was emptied but no messages of creation of output
Clicked Make
Got a popup-message; "No files added yet!"

Bug???

Edited: The problem exposes when the folder does NOT have any GIFs. The resulting MAAG application action and message does not reflect why this occurs.

@Rcrsn51 has indicated why this occurs, here

gcmartin · #25 Post by **gcmartin** » Fri 13 Jun 2014, 02:01

rcrsn51 wrote:
gcmartin wrote:Something I saw Smokey01 do with the MultiBooter PET
Please provide a link to this.

I misquoted the name. It is "MultiPUP" and found here

I understand what you share. Again, its only a consideration being offered.

rcrsn51 · #26 Post by **rcrsn51** » Fri 13 Jun 2014, 02:26

[*]Selected folder with GIFs

How did you select it?

[*]Folder field was emptied but no messages of creation of output
[*]Clicked Make
[*]Got a popup-message; "No files added yet!"

I believe that could only happen if none of the files in the folder were valid GIFs. Right-click on the files and check their properties.

[Edit] I can't fix a reported bug if I can't replicate it, and I can't do that without more information. So I am declaring v1.5 as Final and moving on.

don570 · #27 Post by **don570** » Sat 14 Jun 2014, 17:06

Version 1.4 worked with my transparent gifs.

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gcmartin · #28 Post by **gcmartin** » Sun 29 Jun 2014, 22:34

The quality of my GIFs are decreased after conversion. For example,I take screenshots which are saved in PNG/JPG. Then I run a convert2gif utility on the file(s). The resulting quality of the GIF is reduced.

Any suggestions on converting to gain equivalent quality? ... Or steps to improving a GIF quality?

Thanks in advance for any assistance

rcrsn51 · #29 Post by **rcrsn51** » Mon 30 Jun 2014, 02:28

It took me 30 seconds of googling to find this. Have you tried any other conversion tools? There are some obvious choices.

Geoffrey · #30 Post by **Geoffrey** » Mon 30 Jun 2014, 04:18

Maybe an online converter would do, this site seems to work ok http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-gif

vicmz · #31 Post by **vicmz** » Sat 05 Jul 2014, 23:40

Hello rcrsn

Here is the Spanish translation for MAAG.

I tested and it's easy to use, thank you!

I'm a bit lazy with commands and that, in fact I hate them

so to convert my folder of png files to gif files I used this program, just in case anyone is looking for something similar:

http://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/

rcrsn51 · #32 Post by **rcrsn51** » Sun 06 Jul 2014, 10:13

Thanks. It's good to see that the Spanish translation fits well on the screen.

01micko · #33 Post by **01micko** » Wed 09 Jul 2014, 00:03

This tool works great. I have made several images and even put one on my website for slacko http://01micko.com/slacko57/download.html

One tiny request. Now that this has been tested by a few people, can you change the path so that it is outside of root please? (ie: /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin or whatever).

TIA.

rcrsn51 · #34 Post by **rcrsn51** » Wed 09 Jul 2014, 00:50

Done. I am still looking for test reports on PWF.

01micko · #35 Post by **01micko** » Wed 09 Jul 2014, 02:25

Thanks.

The one attached I made into a sprite and (static image top, animated bottom) with some css made it animate on hover. On the above slacko page. It's 25 gifs, just fyi.

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