Help w/ FRAPS and GIF Creation

[Andrew]

Whats up everybody! I am needing some assistance with trying to learn how to use FRAPS and be able to turn gameplay video into short GIF videos. The reason for this is that I would like to be able to give previews of my signature shot edits. I've been toying around with FRAPS for a couple of days but I am pretty lost. Any help would be awesome. By the way, I tried to post in the FAQ section but it said that I didn't have permission to post there.

[iamSamke]

You should post in Main section.
You should record it as video and then convert it to GIF, if that's possible, not really sure.

[buzzy]

In Photoshop you can import mp4's, edit them to your liking and save them as an animated gif.

If you don't have Photoshop, GIMP might offer the same feature.

[HoopJunkie]

Thanks guys! Any advice on correctly using fraps?

[iamSamke]

Thanks guys! Any advice on correctly using fraps?

Click hotkey for recording, letters should turn from yellow to red.

[HoopJunkie]

Got it figured out. Fraps and GIFs. Thanks fellas for the help! Moderators can delete this thread!

[iamSamke]

Got it figured out. Fraps and GIFs. Thanks fellas for the help! Moderators can delete this thread!

I don't believe they will, cause this can be useful for other members

[HoopJunkie]

In that case for anybody who wants to know what I did:

FRAPs was waaaaay easier than I thought. Guess I was just shell shocked at the thought of recording gameplay. I just set my save folder of the videos, put it to record at half size and then started recording.

After that I used internet based conversion sites to turn the videos I made (avi files) into gifs!
Now I just need to upload the vids somewhere so I can be able to share them on here. I will probably use photobucket unless someone knows someplace better?

[Kevin]

imgur

[HoopJunkie]

Cool thanks Kevin. Is it free to use? Limits?

[iamSamke]

Free to use, unlimited

[HoopJunkie]

Niiiiice! Cuz with all these sig shot animations it's gonna be a lot lol.