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gif (or Graphics Interchange Format) is an image format originally invented by CompuServe for web usage. It supports a 256-bit palette, transparency, and animation.

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How do I convert a video to GIF using ffmpeg, with reasonable quality?

I'm converting a video to GIF file with ffmpeg: ffmpeg \ -i input.flv \ -ss 00:00:00.000 \ -pix_fmt rgb24 \ -r 10 \ -s 320x240 \ -t 00:00:10.000 \ output.gif It works great, but output gif file has a very low quality. Any ideas how…
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How can I get ffmpeg to convert a .mov to a .gif?

I'm trying to convert a .mov to a .gif and I'm not having success. Here's the error: ffmpeg -pix_fmt rgb24 -i yesbuddy.mov output.gif ffmpeg version 0.11.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers built on Jun 12 2012 17:47:34 with clang 2.1…
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How do I make an existing animated GIF loop repeatedly?

I have an animated gif which, as originally created, animates once then stops. I want to modify the image file so it loops forever instead. What free applications or command-line utilities for Mac OS X can I use to do this? I've found several GIF…
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Pausing a .gif animation in Google Chrome

Is it possible to "pause" an animated gif file in Google Chrome? If so, how do I do it? I've tried Esc without luck. I'm aware that other browsers can do this using the Esc key I thought I saw a similar question on here before but couldn't find it -…
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Reduce Generated GIF Size Using FFMPEG

I'm developing android application that converts mp4 files into gifs using ffmpeg. Problem is that generated gifs are huge in size. And another problem is that I can't use anything else than ffmpeg(e.g.imagemagick for convert, or even palletes for…
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Why is the gif I created so slow?

I am using ImageMagick to turn a collection of pngs into a single gif. I want this gif to loop as quickly as possible. This is approximately the output I expect (courtesy of Wikipedia): This is the output I actually get: On my browser (Firefox…
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Is there an app I can use to edit an existing animated GIF?

Possible Duplicate: Video/Animated GIF advanced frame editor? I’ve found a fair few apps that create animated GIFs from a series of existing images. Are there any apps that can take an existing animated GIF, and allow me to edit it? I…
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What's the easiest way to save a GIFV as a simple GIF?

Usually I open the context menu right clicking on the image. Now theres no option for "save image as", just options for the WEBM/MP4 format.
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How do I convert an animated GIF to a YouTube friendly video format?

My son has made some animations with Pivot Stickfigure Animator which we'd like to upload to YouTube. The problem is Pivot saves as animated GIFs which I can't upload to YouTube. The Wikipedia article recommends using Windows Movie Maker to convert…
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How can I save a graph to a PNG or GIF file in Microsoft Excel?

How can I save a graph to a PNG or GIF file in Microsoft Excel? I know I can save as an HTML file and use the image created there, but I suspect there is a way that doesn't create other clutter of files I don't want. I'm happy to install an add-in…
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Is there a screen recording app that saves as .gif?

I have a blog, and sometimes I'd like to show my readers something specific about computers. I've seen a lot of screen recording software, but all seem to save as video files. Do any save as an animated GIF? I know how to transform a small video…
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How do I convert (.gif to .png) this image to get the original view?

I am trying to convert this image, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dijkstra_Animation.gif, to a series of .png files. This was pretty simple, I used the convert command in Linux: convert Dijkstra_Animation.gif dijkstra.png The command went fine…
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Do 60 FPS GIF's actually exist? Or is the maximum 50 FPS?

I've been recently playing around with FFmpeg and I was trying to convert .avi to .gif since other methods I've tried to so far didn't work so well. What I noticed is that, when I use this command: ffmpeg -I filename.gif I can see some of the file…
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Is there still any reason to prefer GIF over PNG when creating images for web pages?

Long ago, I used to avoid the PNG image format when building web pages because browser support was lacking. I remember having a PNG on a page could cause the QuickTime plugin to be loaded - yuck. Today, every modern browser now supports PNG well…
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Gif image EXIF tags

Is it possible to set a gif image's tags using the Windows properties panel? It currently seems working on jpeg, but not on gif files.
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