Resizing gifs
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It's a bit relative to say, because ultimately, it's all based on the user's experience and familiarity with an image editing program. I am used to Adobe Photoshop for my giffing and whatnot digital art needs, so I don't find it particularly difficult.
I don't believe the source which you want to use for your gif has much of an influence, because (in Photoshop) the clip will be converted to individual, sequential frames, as long as it is a supported format. Photoshop will only convert up to 500 frames, so the clip shouldn't be long or you might have a crash/freeze, depending on your computer.
I've used two methods when I want to resize gifs, depending on what I want to do with them:
a) The frames may be resized, one by one (not recommended if you have 10+ frames, but doable if they're just a few and/or if you're editing/adding elements to them).
b) Alternatively, if you don't want to add anything else to the gif (keep it as is, after importing), simply choose the gif size in the exporting dialogue window (Save for Web, in Photoshop).
As a self-taught giffer, this is the way I found that works for me. I think that's the basics of it, but then again, I am biased. I hope my explanation isn't too confusing. Also, bumping this so someone more knowledgeable than me catches the thread and gives their input.
I don't believe the source which you want to use for your gif has much of an influence, because (in Photoshop) the clip will be converted to individual, sequential frames, as long as it is a supported format. Photoshop will only convert up to 500 frames, so the clip shouldn't be long or you might have a crash/freeze, depending on your computer.
I've used two methods when I want to resize gifs, depending on what I want to do with them:
a) The frames may be resized, one by one (not recommended if you have 10+ frames, but doable if they're just a few and/or if you're editing/adding elements to them).
b) Alternatively, if you don't want to add anything else to the gif (keep it as is, after importing), simply choose the gif size in the exporting dialogue window (Save for Web, in Photoshop).
As a self-taught giffer, this is the way I found that works for me. I think that's the basics of it, but then again, I am biased. I hope my explanation isn't too confusing. Also, bumping this so someone more knowledgeable than me catches the thread and gives their input.
Weird Harold
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For occasional GIF editing, GIFworks has been a perrenial suggestion. Unfortunately, GIFWorks is no longer around. A google search turned up this site which promises to be a replacement:
http://www.gifmagic.com/
