Web technologies are now well developed, and due to the increase in Internet bandwidth, avatars and various signatures on forums that are executed in an animated style and have the GIF format are gaining popularity. Today it is already possible to create animations even from video fragments. A big plus is that animated images can be produced using free software, which is designed to work with video files. Today we decided to talk about how to make "gifs" from the video using the popular VirtualDub program.
application
So, first of all you need to download the free VirtualDub program, for these purposes we recommend visiting the official website of the developer. After the program is downloaded to your computer, you should install and run it.
Instruction manual
After starting the program, you need to make a "GIF" from the video, and for this we upload the video file to the program. After starting the program, you should use the main menu, select File and go to the Openvideofile link ... or just use the auxiliary keys on the keyboard (Ctrl + N). A new window should open in front of you, in which you select the directory where the file is located, and then click the "Open" button.
Process
In order to make a “gif” from a video, the program must download the file you selected, after which you should select a video fragment from which we will later create animation. To select a specific place, you will need to use the slider located at the bottom of the program panel, it is with it that you can also execute a sequence of frames. All the positions you definitely need to adjust exactly for each frame, for this it is recommended to use the Go menu. In order to set the beginning, you need to press the Home key on the keyboard or select "Editing points" and Setselectionstart from the menu. In exactly the same way you can set the end of the selection, only in this case we need to press the End key. As you can see for yourself, GIF animation from a video can be created quickly, but in order to get a really high-quality
animated picture, you still need to know a lot of things.
Parameters
Now you are faced with the task of choosing the size of the frame, as well as cropping it, of course, this is done at will. If you ultimately want to use this animation, for example, on the forum, then you need to replace the permission anyway, because if you do not do this, it will be too large. You practically know how to make GIFs from a video, but there are still some settings that must be made before saving. Let's get down to setting parameters for clipping the frame. You need to find the Filters button on the panel, and then select Cropping in the menu that opens. Here you should set all the necessary values that will be in the text fields, this can be done by dragging and dropping frames with the mouse or just manually setting the parameters. After making these settings, be sure to save the change. If you decide to add an additional resize filter, then you must configure it, otherwise it may not work correctly. To configure it, it will be sufficient to click on the Configure ... button, after which a new dialog box should appear before you where the necessary values are entered. Of course, the easiest option is to enter all the parameters using a text field. So, you learned how to make "gifs" from the video, but if you need to change the frame rate before saving, then you need to make the appropriate settings. In standard settings,
frame changes will be made up to thirty times in one second. If you want to use this animation on the Internet, then this value will be too large, and also the files themselves will have a large amount in megabytes. GIF-animations of such a plan can significantly reduce the performance of the browser. To change the settings, you need to press the key combination Ctrl + R, if you need to completely change the frame rate, while the video sequence must be saved, you need to activate the special option Changeframerateto (fps), after which you will be asked to enter the value yourself.
Conclusion
Now you should know the final stage of how to make "gifs" from the video. In the main menu you can find a tab called Createanimated GIF, and after opening it you can choose the directory where the file will be saved. Next, we just wait for a while until the file is written. In conclusion, we note once again that GIF is a popular format for various graphic images. It is able to save compressed data without losing its quality, but the solution only supports 256 colors.