DIY: Make Gifs From YouTube Videos

[Dan.Skater]

You better Rep me for this (just kidding, or am I?)

How to make a gif out of a youtube video, or any other video site

Materials

These are all Freeware

(Optional) Screen Capture Device: I use !Quick Screen Capture
(Needed) Gif Making Program: I use Microsoft Gif Animator
(Needed) A video... DUH: I use YouTube
(Needed) Hosting Site: I use ImageShack

Step 1: Find a part in a video that you want to use. I will be using this video:
Embedding disabled so heres the link
The part at 0:56

Step 2: Start watching the video about 5 seconds earlier than the part. When the part comes quickly pause it. Take a rectangular snapshot of the video with your program. If you dont have a screen capture program, press Ctrl + Print Screen. Then press Ctrl + V in MS paint. Crop it to only the video.

Step 3: Wherever your video is copy it (Ctrl + C) and paste it (Ctrl + V) into your gif animator.

Step 4: *This part is tricky* Back on the page with the video put your cursor on the play button BUT DONT CLICK! When your ready, click twice. 1 immediately after the other like this (CLICKCLICK).

Step 5: Keep doing that until you have your desired frames. Save your gif.
Upload it to any hosting site. ON the hosting site resize it to about 320 x 240 if you want to.

Step 6: Marvel at your newfound gif making powers

This is the one i threw together (I didnt spend much time on it so dont kill me, you will have a much smoother result if you can click fast. I know the color is low, its just the program i use. And the little twitches and white line is because i didnt crop all of them the same size which is critical.)

What do you think

 

[DBloke]

Its a bit jerky

I tend to download them with VIXY (in avi form)
Then do the old stop frame by frame and copy them (Usein power dvd)
Ill pop up a eg when I do my next one

 

[Dan.Skater]

Its a bit jerky

I tend to download them with VIXY (in avi form)
Then do the old stop frame by frame and copy them (Usein power dvd)
Ill pop up a eg when I do my next one

I know its jerky, if i spent more time it wouldnt.

And the vixy thing i thought about that before. Its a good idea.

Oh yeah, any suggestions on Higher Color Res?

 

[DBloke]

Gifs cant handle high res and the amount of color that other file formats can
So its best not to use something with a load of color if its gonna be big

This was made usein the Power DVD method I just added text later
(The program this GIF is from is bottom live 2)

 

[Dan.Skater]

Yeah but the color in your gif is amazing. Howd you do it?

 

[manred]

Good tut. Though I wanted to know what program you use to put in the words. I've got Photoshop and Gimp.

 

[Dan.Skater]

I think thats hand drawn

 

[manred]

Yeah, probably. I'm going to try to make my own GIF so I'll upload it later.

 

[DBloke]

I think thats hand drawn

Heres the shocker

PAINT

I just took one frame
Used the text tool
Traced it
My writein is like a docters

 

[manred]

The bad part about that is that my Paint doesn't work.

 

[DBloke]

Shame
Paint may not be the best
But its good for simple sprite edits
Thus

(done frames copyed and pasted to gif animater)

 

[Dan.Skater]

Paint........ Dot NET is the best

 

[manred]

Well, here's my GIF, though I used a slighty different method.

 

[gidget]

can someone help me? i want to know if my MS Gif Animator release is newer than the link above...

when i right click on GIFAnimator.exe the Details tab show me version 1.0.0.2008...

is this older that the link above?? the link's website shows 1.0.0.101, but i think the version formats are too different....

 

[DBloke]

Heres mine
http://www.wiichat.com/design-loung...ide-its-easyer-than-you-think.html#post892017