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Making a GB Badge "Slideshow"?

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Making a GB Badge "Slideshow"?
Posted by Townsy11 on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:10 PM

Hey Guys,

 I've ran out of space in my sig line for all of my GB badges and I've noticed that alot of Forum members have a sort of "slideshow" interactice display thing that shows all of their badges without using up the space. What I'd like to know is, how do I make one of those?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Chris,

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Posted by cardshark_14 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:56 AM
Hi Chris,

What you need to do is save a series of images into one .GIF file using some sort of program. IMHO, this program is the easiest way to do it, and its not crammed with malware.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_GIF_Animator

Once you've got a .gif created, upload it to a photo host, such as photobucket or flickr, and link to it in your signature as an image.

HTH!

Let me know if you need more help! Smile [:)]

Cheers,
Alex
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Posted by Townsy11 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:11 PM

Wow thanks alot Alex! It worked to perfection.

 This is awesome, thanks again!

 

Chris,

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Posted by cardshark_14 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 4:19 PM
No problem, Chris. Enjoy! Smile [:)]

Cheers,
Alex
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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, August 1, 2008 12:39 AM
I have to thank ya too Card Shark! I read this post and downloaded the software. I actually used it to make a flashing slideshow posted picture for the Fleet Air arm GB.( now the Navy Air Wing GB) Had to make two separate post but with about 50 regular size pics a post it actually worked very well. Gives people a chance to see some photos without having to flip back thru 240 some pages. Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by cardshark_14 on Friday, August 1, 2008 1:28 AM
Hey Aaron! I'm glad you found my post useful. There are a lot of different ways to do it, but I think that is the easiest way to do it, short of having someone actually show you in person. Enjoy! Smile [:)]

Cheers,
Alex
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Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 8:45 PM
I'm so computer snafu.  Alex all of my GB badges are from photobucket how do I get them to the GIF animator after that I should be good

 

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Posted by cardshark_14 on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:16 PM

Hey Johnny,

Save your badges to your computer, then open GiF Animator, and load the images.  You can pick what type of transitions to put between badges. Let me know if you need more help.

Cheers,
Alex

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:29 PM
I figured out about putting the badges on the computer.  But am having trouble getting them onto the GIF animator.  WHen I open the GIF it has the option tab on the right hand side the new file and open file on the upper left.  Thanks for the help ALEX      JOHN

 

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Posted by cardshark_14 on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:45 PM

Hi John,

Here is the help file from GIF Animator.  

 Microsoft wrote:

Welcome to the Microsoft GIF Animator. With this tool you can use any .GIF file, or any image you can copy to the Clipboard as part of an animation. You can create or modify an animation then save it for use in your web browser or other applications. You can add as many images to an animation as your computer memory allows. 
The GIF Animator contains a toolbar, an animation (frames) display column, a scroll bar, and three tabs; the Options tab when you open GIF Animator, and also the Animation, and Image tabs once you open a file. 

· The Options tab controls the way GIF Animator manages your files.
· The Animation tab controls characteristics of your animation.
· The Image tab controls characteristics of individual frames in your animation.

You can add images to the animation display column by using drag and drop, by pasting an image from the Clipboard into a frame, or by opening an existing .GIF file from within GIF Animator. Set the Import Color Palette options in the Options tab before you add images to your animation. Use the scrollbar to view all the images in the current animation. Images are inserted before the current selected frame.

Note  

The GIF Animator is supported by Microsoft Support Services through support for purchasers of Microsoft Image Composer. 

The display and other functionality of GIF Animator files is dependent on the functionality of the browser you use to view the files. Large files increase download times and might also display interrupted sequencing on computers with low memory.

This should answer your questions.  If you need more help, just let me know.  

Cheers,
Alex

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:49 PM
Alex if my badges are jpg files will the animator support them? If not how do I make them a GIF file.

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:34 PM
I have been playin g with this thing for an hour I can't figure it out.  It won't let me bring any pictures to animate

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Thursday, November 27, 2008 7:04 AM
Alex as you can see I finally figured it out.  Thanks for your help

 

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Posted by cardshark_14 on Thursday, November 27, 2008 3:12 PM

John, it looks great!  Glad to see you figured it out.  Sorry I wasn't around last night to give you a hand.  Have a great Thanksgiving!

Cheers,
Alex

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Posted by mg.mikael on Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:41 PM

 cardshark_14 wrote:
Hi Chris,

What you need to do is save a series of images into one .GIF file using some sort of program. IMHO, this program is the easiest way to do it, and its not crammed with malware.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_GIF_Animator

Once you've got a .gif created, upload it to a photo host, such as photobucket or flickr, and link to it in your signature as an image.

HTH!

Let me know if you need more help! Smile [:)]

Cheers,
Alex

Will this download work with Windows XP? Question [?] On the site it says that it's only designed to work with Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

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Posted by model geek on Sunday, January 4, 2009 9:53 PM

John,

Please enlighten me. I down loaded the MS GIF Animator. However I've been unable to drag and drop or copy JPEG picture files into the GIF software.

I did try copying the files to a multimedia file and then into the GIF software but received an error message stating the file was corrupt(makes sense since I live in ILLaugh [(-D]) or invalid.

What I'm I doing wrong?

Thanks

Tom

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:54 PM
Tom import your files to the paint application then from paint to the gif animator.

 

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Posted by model geek on Monday, January 5, 2009 7:13 AM

Thanks John,

In the office today. I'll give it a try this evening and let you know the results.

Tom

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Posted by model geek on Monday, January 5, 2009 10:56 PM

John,

After a lot of trial and error I got it.

ThanksBig Smile [:D]

Tom  

 

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Thursday, January 8, 2009 8:46 PM
Tom glad to be of help.  Just passing along the help that Alex gave me.

 

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Posted by Sdkfz 251 on Friday, January 9, 2009 1:06 PM
how do you change jpeg files to .GIF Confused [%-)]

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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, January 9, 2009 1:45 PM
Well with IE I use windows picture and fax viewer. You open the pic with it and at the bottom there is a save as  where you have the option of where and how to dave it. Gives a few options save as JPEG , Gif, even Tiff sometimes.
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Posted by Sdkfz 251 on Friday, January 9, 2009 3:39 PM
cool thanx

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Posted by Sdkfz 251 on Friday, January 9, 2009 3:46 PM
where can i find picture and fax veiwerConfused [%-)]

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Posted by Sdkfz 251 on Friday, January 9, 2009 3:48 PM

 Sdkfz 251 wrote:
where can i find picture and fax veiwerConfused [%-)]

in my start menuConfused [%-)]

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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, January 9, 2009 4:03 PM
 I'm still using windows XP so all I do is right click on the photo and choose open with. It is an option for me there.
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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, January 9, 2009 4:04 PM
If your using Vista I can go check on the wife's laptop?
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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, January 9, 2009 4:08 PM
It is the default photo thing on mine. I just open the picture. On the menu bar on the bottom is a copy to option. Click that and a window pops up with the option to save it. There should be 2 boxes one is location and the lower file type. For file type just simply select gif or jpeg or what you wish.
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Posted by mg.mikael on Friday, January 9, 2009 9:23 PM
 mg.mikael wrote:

Will this download work with Windows XP? Question [?] On the site it says that it's only designed to work with Windows 95/98/NT/2000.

Can anyone help with this question?Question [?]

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Posted by sfcmac on Friday, January 9, 2009 9:37 PM
 I use XP and it works on my computer. It takes some playing with to figure out how to use it and set the timing and stuff.
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