i'd like to know how to turn a quicktime movie trailer into an
animated gif. in particular, i want to know what FREE programs (from
download.com or wherever else) can be used to capture each frame or a
part of each frame. i already know how to use programs such as ulead
gif animator to turn a series of still pictures into an animated gif.
many of these trailers are not available for download or are difficult
to find for download.

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Request for Question Clarification by leep-ga on 25 Nov 2002 18:29 PST

Are you looking for a solution for Macintosh or PC or some other operating system?

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Clarification of Question by indyga-ga on 25 Nov 2002 21:52 PST

i'm using PC and windows xp

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Clarification of Question by indyga-ga on 25 Nov 2002 22:39 PST

there is some type of protection device enabled for it. i have tried
to used printscreen and then paste the image into adobe photoshop, but
that won't work. i have been told to try a program called after
effects. i'm about to try that

Hello,

I'm posting this becuase it's a non-answer. If you decide to accept
it, please tell me.

I can count no less than 3 different utilities (Adobe Premiere, Smart
Dubbing, Gifbuilder) available to mac users, but 0 for PC users:

://www.google.com/search?q=%22convert+quicktime%22+%22to+animated%22

You can however use Adobe Premiere to convert your movie into animated
GIF format, but this solution is the opposite of free. It's expensive.
Adobe Premiere is a professional video editing suite, but has animated
gif export support built in. I personally have used it to do different
jobs. Here's an example of what you can accomplish:

http://www.geocities.com/tombca/gif-en.html


skermit-ga

Hello,
You will probably need to pay the $29.99 fee for Quicktime Pro (full
version with editing functions) which allows you to save movies (I
couldn't find a free solution, but it's certainly far cheaper than
purchasing Adobe Premiere for example)
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/upgrade/
I've found it's the easiest way to save movies for watching later.
The other way is to retrieve the movie file from your browsers cache.
However I have no idea if the print screen will work with the cache
file without Quicktime Pro (as I have Quicktime Pro installed).
But even Quicktime Pro does not allow you to save directly into
animated gif (see export file formats
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/qt/specifications.html )
So you would have to painstakingly export each frame as a tiff (or
gif) to transfer to your gif animator package.
I'm sure you are aware, the file size will jump up exponentially and
you will have no audio with animated gif.
Note you can only save movies with Quicktime Pro if they are not copy
protected
regards
lot-ga

thanks for the advice...much appreciated. i think i figured out a way
to do it with ulead gif animator =) it'll take some time though