It's here!!

[ash48]

I was musing recently about making a gif community. I know that tumblr exists for gifs but thought it would be nice have somewhere on LJ where people could go to post and look at gifs, ask questions, read tutorials, post requests etc. So...supergifs was born!

With awesome help from kj_svala and stir_of_echoes the gif community was created (thank you guys! <33).

Please drop on by and check it out (and join or watch!). There are already a number of posts - including some tutorials on how to make gifs.

And don't worry! We won't be bombarding you with gifs. Just enough to keep you entertained. ;D


Come and join us at supergifs!

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Comments

[ash48.livejournal.com]

HI,

That's a good question. I started trying to make gifs on free software. It is out there - if you google "free gif making programs" you'll see a range of programs available. They only real problem is that they are very limited - but for starting out it should at least give you some ideas. I have a mac and I used GIF Animator to start. It wasn't too bad actually.

Good luck! They are great fun to make. :)

[stormcloude]

Oh, okay, I thought that was what you meant by tutorials-- like instructions on how to make them.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yeah - that's what I mean. I can search for some specific tutorials on programs you are interested in if you like? Each program will have a different ways of making them.

Essentially you need footage, a program to select the section of footage you are after (there are free programs for this also), and then a program to import the footage into. It will then create a moving sequence and turn it into a .gif. Some programs allow you to play with the colour and the size etc.

Is that what you mean?

[stormcloude]

Ah, I thought there might be a program already in the computer, like paint.I didn't realize it was that involved.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Nah, as far as I know there's no gif program that comes with computers. They are pretty involved. Though I have discovered a few new things when searching "gifs for beginners". I will be doing a post with a few links and you can see what there is available. :)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think I've just twigged. You mean that the comm needs tutorials for beginners? I'll see what I can find...

[stormcloude]

Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. I meant a tutorial for someone who knows nothing about gifs except "they're pretty!" ;)