Animated GIF to SL Texture Tool Given Long Overdue Upgrade
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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12-27-2008 12:01
Hey gang, I finally have some free time for the first time in years (2 weeks off at xmas? I love academia!). I've done some major upgrades to some of my products - trivia got a major overhaul, and now, I've done a much needed upgrade to the animated GIF to SL texture conversion tool. It now handles GIF transparency correctly after quite a battle to get it to work, but it does. Give it a whirl: http://www.peregrinesalon.com/anim/As always, it is free, and with transparency now working, a lot more useful.  There are still some known issues - the amount of frames in the animated GIF has to be something that will form a grid properly (IE, 49 frames will tile nicely at 7 by 7, 48 frames will tile nicely at 8 by 6, however, 47 frames will NOT tile nicely at 47 by 1), and some GIFs still have frame-to-frame issues that I'm trying to resolve. However, it is a major improvement over all. Enjoy! Regards, -Flip
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Winter Ventura
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12-27-2008 18:02
Bookmarked, for VICTORY!
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Virrginia Tombola
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12-27-2008 21:47
THANK you! I was just wondering about this the other day. What a chore it is to do without your program.
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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12-28-2008 11:55
Thanks for the kind words. I also just fixed a bug that would cause progressive animated GIFs to make frames after the first appear with white pixelation. I think just about any GIF will work now! Enjoy!
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Ollj Oh
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12-28-2008 14:09
I fear that this will create a tga with a purple fuzzy-halo if purple is set to the gifs transparency.
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FlipperPA Peregrine
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01-04-2009 14:39
There's only so much I can do... due to the source limitation of the GIF format. Haloing is something that isn't easy to correct on the fly at all.
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msxw Oh
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01-11-2009 05:47
Thank you, great solution.
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AWM Mars
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01-11-2009 06:21
From: Ollj Oh I fear that this will create a tga with a purple fuzzy-halo if purple is set to the gifs transparency. Maybe choose a different colour for your transparency? Seriously, this is another fine example of how people in the community give, for the benefit of others, great job
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Arielyn Docherty
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01-11-2009 16:12
WOWSA! Awesome tool--thank you soooo much!!
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Mickey Heaney
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01-19-2009 14:46
The translator isn't working for me tonight. I've used it quite a bit with no problems, but tonight it won't proceed past the initial screen. When I click "process" I am returned to the same screen. Any suggestions?
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Shep Planer
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02-16-2009 23:44
Doesnt work for macs even though it says it does. It converts the gif but you cant download it.
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