Video to image file

by **.jrmagic** on Sat May 24, 2008 5:44 am

I downloaded a thing that allows me to save video files to GIF files.

The problem is, that when I open the GIF file with a program like Adobe Photoshop Elements, it shows a picture. When I preview it with Windows picture and fax viewer though, it shows a video.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
-JR

by **buzzy** on Sat May 24, 2008 6:49 am

Photoshop divides the frames to layers.
So, for example, if you have a gif with 30 frames, you see 30 layers in Photoshop.

by **.jrmagic** on Sat May 24, 2008 6:58 am

I see...

Then I all I have to do is merge down the layers?

by **buzzy** on Sat May 24, 2008 8:13 am

Hell no.

What do you want to do with the gif in photoshop anyway?

by **.jrmagic** on Sat May 24, 2008 8:26 am

You see, I need to make a wall that has a video on it in a court.

So how do you do it?

by **jenz** on Sat May 24, 2008 9:23 am

so..you mean, a .gif wallpaper?..

by **.jrmagic** on Sat May 24, 2008 10:22 am

Yeah. The wall on a court has a video that plays. Anyone knows how to do that?

by **frAn** on Sat May 24, 2008 8:39 pm

try using adobe image ready.. it's almost the same with photoshop but can handle animated gifs.

by **Joe'** on Sun May 25, 2008 12:30 am

What's the point in making a .gif wallpaper? You wouldn't be able to use it anyway.

The only way to use a video as a wallpaper is to make a Quartz movie in Mac OS X.

by **.jrmagic** on Sun May 25, 2008 2:05 am

That works only with Mac's huh?

Where cam I find this Adobe image ready?

by **ixcuincle** on Sun May 25, 2008 5:59 am

Comes with Photoshop.

by **.jrmagic** on Sun May 25, 2008 6:16 am

I have Adobe Photoshop Elements, not the real Photoshop... does it still come with?

by **el badman** on Sun May 25, 2008 6:47 am

The only way to use a video as a wallpaper is to make a Quartz movie in Mac OS X.

There's a bunch of ways to use a mpeg as a wallpaper with Vista...

by **Joe'** on Sun May 25, 2008 6:53 am

Well, didn't know that... You don't happen to have a link for some kind of tutorial or walk-through, do you? My sister's been asking me for months if she could do that with her Vista laptop.

by **Patr1ck** on Sun May 25, 2008 7:08 am

Animated gif's work for me on XP last time I checked. I accidentally put that fat kid who is jumping around on a couch. It was slow, and used alot of resources, though.

by **.jrmagic** on Sun May 25, 2008 7:20 am

How Pdub? Also, will this work with a NBA Live 07 wall? So like your playing, and you see someone dunking on the left side of the court.

by **el badman** on Sun May 25, 2008 8:32 am

Well, didn't know that... You don't happen to have a link for some kind of tutorial or walk-through? My sister's been asking me for months if she could do that with her Vista laptop.

There's quite a few programs such as this one:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-En ... ista.shtml
As Pdub mentioned, it does take up quite a lot of memory, and the quality will obviously depend on the .mpeg or .avi's initial quality.

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