tondebrigade

This is a serious search-engine failure! It looks like that is exactly the type of program I was looking for, but when I search for "video decompiler" it doesn't show up anywhere in the search! Oh well...

Basically, what I am doing is taking sections of shows, converting the AVI to a series of JPEGs (after converting the MKV to AVI in most cases) then sucking the JPEGs into GIMP to turn them into a layered image, which I then save to PSD format so I can take it into Adobe Photoshop Elements and export it to an animated GIF. (Why the roundabout method? Well, partly because Photoshop Elements makes better GIFs than anything else I have found, and GIMP brings the files into one file better than anything else I have found. Most of the programs that go straight to GIFs dither the living hell out of the file and leave it looking like you were on some sort of psychoactive drug when you processed it and thought the swirling color patterns were just the normal way things look!)

I did end up finding one that is A) compatible with Windows 7 64bit and B) cheap enough that I don't mind paying for it. (Under $20) GIMP is free, and I already own Photoshop Elements, so I'm good for those two. And, the output is nice. I'll post some from Mysterious Girlfriend X when I get them loaded on my web-site...

BTW, it is a GREAT episode!

OOOH! It will probably have to wait until I get home to post the GIFs, as they are too big for the board rules, it appears... (I will have to post downgraded versions...) Even the avatars I made last night are bigger than 150mb... (I tried and they didn't move, but they do move when I load them up individually...    )

EDIT: OK, the avatars are small enough that I can show you how they came out!