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NovaStar
May 12, 2006, 06:46 PM
I just saved a whole lotta PNGs as I had to white-be-gone them first. I went to fetch my trusty animation GIF compiler and the Recycle Bin was empty. Argh.

So does anyone have a link for an GIF animation compiler that can compile PNGs?
Thanks.
n00b
May 12, 2006, 06:58 PM
Do a search on "Macromedia Flash"
NovaStar
May 12, 2006, 07:26 PM
Do a search on "Macromedia Flash"
My internet's too slow, it won't download.
FQuist
May 13, 2006, 02:00 AM
<a href="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngapcv.html">This url</a> has a list of PNG-supporting programs, but I could not find any GIF-animation utilities on it.

Can you convert all PNGs to GIFs using ImageMagick/some batch converter and then make an animation out of them?
Torkell
May 13, 2006, 04:03 AM
You could always batch-convert them to something else first. If you don't have a batch convertor, then do this:

Grab bmp2png/png2bmp (http://cetus.sakura.ne.jp/softlab/b2p-home/), and save png2bmp in the same folder as the images. Opan a command prompt and change to the folder with the images. Run <tt>png2bmp *.png</tt> and wait for it to finish. Then use whatever tool you normally use to make a animated gif out of the .bmp files.
NovaStar
May 13, 2006, 04:49 AM
You could always batch-convert them to something else first. If you don't have a batch convertor, then do this:

Grab bmp2png/png2bmp (http://cetus.sakura.ne.jp/softlab/b2p-home/), and save png2bmp in the same folder as the images. Opan a command prompt and change to the folder with the images. Run <tt>png2bmp *.png</tt> and wait for it to finish. Then use whatever tool you normally use to make a animated gif out of the .bmp files.
That did absolutely nothing. Argh.
Radium
May 13, 2006, 09:31 AM
Flash is great for compiling images to Gifs. Just find someone with Flash and tell them to do it for you.
Torkell
May 14, 2006, 01:18 PM
Odd, works perfectly here. You did run the command in the directory with the pictures? Remember, it converts from png to bmp, not to gif.
FQuist
May 15, 2006, 01:20 AM
And you have to run it from the (dos) commandline with the argument Boggy gave.
NovaStar
May 17, 2006, 03:28 AM
I did that and it doesn't work. Argh.
FQuist
May 17, 2006, 10:48 AM
Can you be more specific than "it doesn't work"?
Silver_Deni
May 18, 2006, 02:43 AM
Hmmm,I think cause Jasc Animation Shop 3 is good,altought it makes the images into GIFs...But you can still try.