Color Cycle anim to GIF

[larsovef]

Hi all,

I've been trying to export color cycle animations made in DPaint/Brilliance 2 out in to GIFs. I've had some success importing to GrapicsConverter11 and exporting as a gif there, But with multiple cycles it will play one cycle at a time.

Screen capture is also an option but that makes the colors brighten and I really don't like the format since it is not scalable.

Another option is using a script for Aseprite https://community.aseprite.org/t/col...9-12-2020/7604

That works better as you can work in layers until you export it as a gif.

Does anyone else here have a solution for exporting these images to gif? atm Im emulating the amiga, so getting files off the amiga to my mac is no issue.

[malko]

Not tested personally, but did you try one of these ?
http://m68k.aminet.net/search?query=iff+gif

[PerspexSphinx]

Why not try mtPaint v3.51
Windows and Linux, but it works just fine under Wine on a Mac or Raspberry Pi.

https://github.com/wjaguar/mtPaint

http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/

In the mtPaint Handbook section 9, it covers this topic…

http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/handb...p_09.html#SEC4

…also the new version loads and saves iff/ilbm.

[larsovef]

Now this looks exactly like what I need. Thanks! Now I just need to find out if Wine will work on OSX Big Sur: sometimes I hate working on a Mac…

Originally Posted by PerspexSphinx

Why not try mtPaint v3.51
Windows and Linux, but it works just fine under Wine on a Mac or Raspberry Pi.

https://github.com/wjaguar/mtPaint

http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/

In the mtPaint Handbook section 9, it covers this topic…

http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/handb...p_09.html#SEC4

…also the new version loads and saves iff/ilbm.

[larsovef]

I tried but I think they are meant for the framed animation. But idk since I did Not get it to work. Will give it another try tomorrow.

Originally Posted by malko

Not tested personally, but did you try one of these ?
http://m68k.aminet.net/search?query=iff+gif

[pandy71]

Originally Posted by PerspexSphinx

Why not try mtPaint v3.51
Windows and Linux, but it works just fine under Wine on a Mac or Raspberry Pi.

…also the new version loads and saves iff/ilbm.

There is only 3.50 Windows build available...

[PerspexSphinx]

Sorry, yes… I meant mtPaint v3.50 (although on
https://github.com/wjaguar/mtPaint
the README says …
“mtPaint 3.51 - Copyright (C) 2004-2021 The Authors”

I have tried out the process from the Handbook…

9.Animation

Once you have created an animation you are happy with, you can create an animated GIF using the following steps:
• Load the original image, in order to clear the undo history.
• Set up the palette shifter with the values you want, and using the play button to preview the results.
• Press the 'Create Frames' button and close the palette shifter window.
• Undo one frame by pressing Ctrl-Z.
• Select 'Export Undo Images' from the File menu and place the files in a new directory somehwere using the filename 'out'. Make sure you select the GIF file type.
• Load one of these undo frames such as out001.gif.
• Select 'Export Animated GIF' from the File menu and choose a suitable filename and delay.

…on my Mac under Wine and it does indeed work!

[larsovef]

Thank you for the response! mtPaint worked like a charm. I have an old PC that i use for some other outdated software so have not tried to make Wine work.

I'm sure Pro Motion would be a good choice as well for this type of work.