GIF Animation

Steve Mann schrieb am 21.04.2011 um 21:00 Uhr

I usually just use Photoshop to separate individual frames of an animated GIF to import into Vegas. Since animated icons are usually only 10-15 frames, it's not a lot of work. Now, however, I have a client with an animated presentation that was created using Ulead GIF Animator that is a full minute long. A lot more work than I want to do in Photoshop.

Is there an easier way to import the individual frames into Vegas that I am missing?

Steve Mann

Kommentare

Robert Johnston schrieb am 21.04.2011 um 21:50 Uhr

If you don't need an alpha channel, VirtualDub will open an animated GIF and export an image sequence that loads nicely into Vegas Pro.

What's wrong with opening the animated GIF directly in Vegas Pro?

Steve Mann schrieb am 21.04.2011 um 21:55 Uhr

I've never had much luck getting VDub to work for me. Which is strange considering that I used to be able to write some awesome programs in DOS Batch files.

But - maybe this will be the project for me to get off my butt and learn to use VDub.
Where do I start?

(Even if I need an alpha channel, I could probably key it in Vegas.)

reberclark schrieb am 21.04.2011 um 22:17 Uhr

When I have used animated GIFs in Vegas I have just dragged them onto the timeline and they do just fine.

Robert Johnston schrieb am 21.04.2011 um 22:24 Uhr

Did you try opening the GIF directly in Vegas Pro?

Anyway here is a direct link to download VirtualDub. The link I copied from VideoHelp web site. http://www.videohelp.com/download/VirtualDub-1.9.11.zip

After running VirtualDub, open the GIF file with File >Open Video File and changing the file type in the dropdown box to Animated GIF (.gif).

Then File > Export > Image Sequence. I used TGA.

musicvid10 schrieb am 21.04.2011 um 23:37 Uhr

Irfanview will export a sequence from animated GIF, with alpha if I recall correctly.

Chienworks schrieb am 22.04.2011 um 02:32 Uhr

Agree with Reber, no other software necessary. Just drag 'em to the timeline and they work.

Grazie schrieb am 22.04.2011 um 04:56 Uhr

Drag n Plop!

Gif it a go!!!

Grazie

Steve Mann schrieb am 22.04.2011 um 05:05 Uhr

"Did you try opening the GIF directly in Vegas Pro?"
"Drag n Plop!"

I haven't received the file yet.

It's a one-minute graphic demonstrating a chemical process.

Thanks for the replies. I should have guessed that the lack of similar questions in the forum history probably means that it isn't a issue....

Grazie schrieb am 22.04.2011 um 06:51 Uhr

Steve > " I should have guessed that the lack of similar questions in the forum history probably means that it isn't a issue....

Don't be so hard on youself, really. Yah never know, this flavour of GIF might just be the one that proves us all wrong! And if we hadn't been so "enthusiastic" about it then we'd be wrong too.

So, let's see - yeah? Could be that you still aren't out of the woods, so to speak.

Tell you what though, when I first did a GIF DnD straight onto the timeline, I FREAKED out! Fell off me chair.

Grazie