#gimp tips

What programs do you have? I use GIMP. It’s a free alternative to photoshop. It’s not quite as good, but it gets the job done.

I recently downloaded animstack for the first time a couple days ago, which I’ve found made gif making much quicker, however I made gifs without it, too.

I figured out how to make basic gifs through google, youtube, and livejournal tutorials a couple years ago, but I’ve now found a couple of gimp tumblr blogs that give good tutorials that have helped me a lot. The best tutorials I’ve found for gif-making are: http://absolute-gimp.tumblr.com/post/50376331595/tutorial-90-gifs, http://gimpedia.tumblr.com/post/24873634363, http://hellyeahgimp.tumblr.com/post/26021145171/how-to-make-a-simple-gif-without-gap-2-8.

ALSO, if you are using a MAC, you can just use iMovie to get the screencaps. But, if you are using Windows, you have to downloaod KMPlayer (I have both a mac and windows, and I’ve found both are very easy to use).

If you have a MAC, you can use quicktime media player to screen record the video, but if you have a Windows, you have to actually download the video from youtube. The website I use is keepvid.com, but other programs work as well. Another thing to remember is to search for HQ videos through the filters tab.

The final thing to remember is that you NEED to make the mode indexed at the end — otherwise it will end up looking grainy. I’ve only done this on my past few gif sets, so I’m still in the testing stage, but I’ve been pleased so far.

If you have any other questions, let me know! Like I said, .I’m new to making high-quality gifs, but I’ll give it a try!