OT: How to make animated GIF from videos with ease

How to make animated GIF from videos with ease

In this article,I will show you how to make animated GIF from videos easily. You need 2 simple tools - ffmpeg and any GIF animator.FFmpeg can capture most of videos formats & I use GIF Movie Gear

Note: this method may not work with rm/rmvb videos


Preparation:
Download GIF Movie Gear and capture batch file with ffmpeg
Unzip all the files to your computer.Now you are ready to go


Capture frames:
1. Place the video file you want to capture into the same folder as the batch file
2. Run the batch file,create a folder named "pics" if not exist,press any key to continue
3. It will ask you the file name,input the file name with extension,eg: video.avi
If you dont know what extension it is,click here
4. It will show the video info,you can get the video resolution for use later
5. Input the details. Example:



6. Done!


Make GIFs:
1. Run GIF Movie Gear,import all the captured frames
2. Click Animation -> Timer,set the frame delay time
3. For the best quality,Select local palette for merge method
Edit -> Preferences -> Palettes
4. Save the GIF

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