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.jpg
Jan 18, 2011

The new anime gif/webm thread. You can post the anime gifs here.



Old thread

here is a basic guide for making the stuff. It's for noobs so if you know easier software then post it



What to use

  • WebM: Good for longer clips (like more than a few seconds) or stuff with a lot of detail/colours/frames.
    Can carry audio.
    Use url tags to embed here


  • Gif: not good for posting long clips from shows or high res animations because they end up really big files that can crash devices or slow poo poo down.
    but have their place, mainly when you need transparency or are doing a short frame-by-frame edit. witty reaction gifs or avatars.
    Use img or timg to embed

.jpg fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Apr 16, 2016

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.jpg
Jan 18, 2011

Make WebMs


WebMCam
Use this to easily capture clips from streaming content. Can capture audio, but currently if you do that you can’t also edit the frames and also it eventually loses synch after a long time.

Resize the window over the stream, click record and play the stream


Stop recording, delete any frames you don’t want


Output:
https://my.mixtape.moe/pqzsej.webm




WebM For Retards
Use this on downloaded video files. It’s pretty straightforward.
Allows more fancy stuff like cutting together multiple clips, adding the dank meme text etc.
Can make higher quality stuff than webmcam


Load clip, trim, resize



Encoding tab is where you enable audio
I recommend using constant bitrate, and trying a few different values to see what works best for the clip (you’ll eventually get diminishing returns on quality)



Output:
https://my.mixtape.moe/kdgsoy.webm




Upload WebMs

webm hosting is a bit unstable at the moment with hosts opening and closing frequently

mixtape.moe
pomf.cat

.jpg fucked around with this message at 22:23 on Apr 16, 2016

.jpg
Jan 18, 2011

Make Gifs


ScreenToGif
Gooncam
Gifcam
InstaGiffer

Use to capture on-screen stuff similar to WebMCam. Gooncam doesn’t get updated anymore, rip

EZGif
Website that lets you crop, resize, reverse etc. etc. all online




Upload Gifs

Imgur
Any gif over 2MB will get converted to a gifv. This is okay, SA supports it now. In fact it's good because a 50MB gif of an entire scene is now a tenth of the size.
As far as I know Gifv embeds with url tags but doesn’t show in post preview

http://i.imgur.com/RuYFWBn.gifv

You can get extensions for Chrome and Firefox that let you rehost on imgur with 2 clicks

.jpg fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Apr 19, 2016

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

https://a.pomf.cat/hjvgxl.webm

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
Can I post mp4s op

Yes_Cantaloupe
Feb 28, 2005
https://d2.maxfile.ro/ssyfrhskoq.webm

https://d2.maxfile.ro/tacwjdpims.webm

https://d2.maxfile.ro/yvceugyufe.webm

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006

.jpg posted:

Make Gifs


ScreenToGif, Gooncam
Use to capture on-screen stuff similar to WebMCam. Gooncam doesn’t get updated anymore, rip




The guy that made GifCam (which is what gooncam is based off of) released VClip which is a gifv, webm, etc version of the same thing. No idea how it compares to the one's you've already posted, but since gifcam is a breeze to use i suspect it's probably a snap.

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022

a kitten posted:

The guy that made GifCam (which is what gooncam is based off of) released VClip which is a gifv, webm, etc version of the same thing. No idea how it compares to the one's you've already posted, but since gifcam is a breeze to use i suspect it's probably a snap.

...Really, ogg support?

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006

Strange Quark posted:

...Really, ogg support?

I bet there's a guy who really appreciates that.

Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

what happened to the old thread

.jpg
Jan 18, 2011

Strange Quark posted:

Can I post mp4s op

yes

a kitten posted:

The guy that made GifCam (which is what gooncam is based off of) released VClip which is a gifv, webm, etc version of the same thing. No idea how it compares to the one's you've already posted, but since gifcam is a breeze to use i suspect it's probably a snap.

Thanks, I just checked it out. They seem to have removed the useful features from it like trimming etc. though

Bad Seafood
Dec 10, 2010


If you must blink, do it now.

Davincie posted:

what happened to the old thread
It's still around, we're just rebooting it with the addition of a tutorial in the OP.

It's good to reset megathreads from time to time.

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
Sailor Moon
https://a.pomf.cat/asfnxh.mp4
https://a.pomf.cat/ibxauy.mp4

The Legend of Heroes: Dragon Slayer
https://a.pomf.cat/jaztfq.mp4
https://a.pomf.cat/dqnump.mp4

The Ancient Books of Ys
https://a.pomf.cat/cgycps.mp4
https://a.pomf.cat/apgqap.mp4
https://a.pomf.cat/iuezxv.webm

Battle Royal High School
https://a.pomf.cat/bbksxy.webm
https://a.pomf.cat/fpbbso.webm
https://a.pomf.cat/mvyzzl.webm
https://a.pomf.cat/rdhroc.webm

ZepiaEltnamOberon
Oct 25, 2010

I Failed At Anime 2022
I can now make lovely gifs.

A monster has been unleashed.


Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


If you're using WebM for Retards and enabling sound on variable quality, there's generally no reason to have sound quality at anything other than 1. You won't notice a difference and if you do who cares it's only a webM. Always use the two pass HQ rendering tickbox too.

Gifcam is another thing similar to the webm screen capture. Really easy to use, fairly customisable settings. Not a perfect thing but if you just want to quickly grab something, it's good enough

Josuke Higashikata fucked around with this message at 10:25 on Apr 19, 2016

.jpg
Jan 18, 2011

Josuke Higashikata posted:

Gifcam is another thing similar to the webm screen capture. Really easy to use, fairly customisable settings. Not a perfect thing but if you just want to quickly grab something, it's good enough

kitten mentioned it above too. I thought it was dead but for some reason the dev puts new updates at the bottom of the page........ anyway i've added it

Avulsion
Feb 12, 2006
I never knew what hit me
BLAME! (actually Knights of Sidonia)
https://my.mixtape.moe/eebojy.webm

Josuke Higashikata
Mar 7, 2013


Ah right.

Also on the constant setting thing for webm for retards, if you're trying to get them under the 3mb limit for 4chan like the feature suggests it's for or otherwise, you're probably best setting your limit at a little under because it can't wholly guarantee a file size under the restriction. Like put it at 2.7 or so.

Command Ant
Aug 9, 2010

I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!
Bakemonogatari





AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

I recommend Instagiffer for convenient GIFmaking with enough quality features while remaining simple enough to use.

Demicol
Nov 8, 2009

The Colonel posted:

Battle Royal High School

Is this show good?

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!

Demicol posted:

Is this show good?

it's a fifty minute long ova and pretty much every minute of it is spent on either over-the-top ultra violence or ridiculous character interactions. it's also directed by ichiro itano, and has a few bits of incredibly good animation

WeedlordGoku69
Feb 12, 2015

by Cyrano4747

Avulsion posted:

BLAME! (actually Knights of Sidonia)
https://my.mixtape.moe/eebojy.webm

...ok since when did KoS have Killy, the GBE, and Silicon Life in it

what is this

Avulsion
Feb 12, 2006
I never knew what hit me

LORD OF BUTT posted:

...ok since when did KoS have Killy, the GBE, and Silicon Life in it

what is this

The KoS characters are sitting around watching TV. In the manga they were watching a scene from Biomega, but for the animation we got the GBE.

Parallax
Jan 14, 2006

https://a.pomf.cat/hxkxpb.webm

krnhotwings
May 7, 2009
Grimey Drawer
In case there are any OSX or Linux users out there..

code:
ffmpeg -ss START_TIME -i INPUT_FILE -copyts -to END_TIME -c:v libvpx -crf 4 -b:v 1M [-c:a libvorbis -b:a 256K | -an] -sn -vf "scale=WIDTH:-1[,subtitles=INPUT_FILE]" out_temp.webm
ffmpeg -i out_temp.webm -c:v copy -c:a copy out.webm
I do times in the format hh:mm:ss.xxx
-copyts is needed for subtitle timing 'cause ffmpeg does some weird poo poo with times and other crap that I don't remember...
For optional audio, either supply the codec and bitrate or set -an (no audio)
I forget what -crf 4 does...
-sn is no subtitles. I don't think webm supports embedded subtitles and fonts..?
Set WIDTH to the amount of pixels (600 for 600 pixels wide). -1 follows the aspect ratio for height.
The next part with "subtitles=INPUT_FILE" burns in the subtitles to the video itself. If it's an MKV, you just supply the mkv file here again. I'm not sure how to choose which subtitle stream. It seems to default to the first available stream.
Of course, play around with the bit rate values for file size.. I'm not sure if they're constant or variable.

I'm not sure if there's a single step around this problem... the first command outputs the file, but the length of the video is set to the source's length and not the actual length of the webm. Running the second command (instantaneous) just copies the streams into a new container, which seems to properly set the length...

Needless to say, since you don't have visuals and you're supplying your own time in optional milliseconds, getting accurate video may be arduous and probably way more time consuming than using a GUI app.


Also, gfycat seems to like to cut short webms, whereas pomf.se retains the full video.

.jpg
Jan 18, 2011

crf is the quality for variable bitrate. Lower number is higher quality

4 seems really low though... 16 to 20 is usually fine, depending on the content.

krnhotwings
May 7, 2009
Grimey Drawer
Well, speak of the devil...

http://blog.pomf.se/post/121058516206/shutting-down

Anywho, for those who haven't seen this scene before:

https://a.pomf.cat/misolp.webm

krnhotwings fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Apr 21, 2016

Lucy Heartfilia
May 31, 2012


krnhotwings posted:

Well, speak of the devil...

http://blog.pomf.se/post/121058516206/shutting-down

Anywho, for those who haven't seen this scene before:

https://a.pomf.cat/misolp.webm

It's still amazing.

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

https://a.pomf.cat/ggkdte.webm

Admoon
Oct 29, 2009


Lucy Heartfilia posted:

It's still amazing.

Dick Spacious CPA
Oct 10, 2012

i made a bad webm of the starry sky scene from bakemonogatari

https://my.mixtape.moe/svwpll.webm

drilldo squirt
Aug 18, 2006

a beautiful, soft meat sack
Clapping Larry

krnhotwings posted:

Well, speak of the devil...

http://blog.pomf.se/post/121058516206/shutting-down

Anywho, for those who haven't seen this scene before:

https://a.pomf.cat/misolp.webm

She's cool and right.

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

https://a.pomf.cat/nbqcsa.webm

Strange Quark
Oct 15, 2012

I Failed At Anime 2022
http://i.imgur.com/uxh91V2.webm

Strange Quark fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Apr 23, 2016

Mentat Radnor
Apr 24, 2008

~Water flowers every day~
Patlabor: The Movie

http://i.imgur.com/bKK4Ad7.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/bG4miNJ.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/s9SDpFe.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/hKRBt6H.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/KEoIwXn.gifv

http://i.imgur.com/PMMQYCa.gifv

krnhotwings
May 7, 2009
Grimey Drawer
Wow, I should rewatch this (again.)

discworld is all I read
Apr 7, 2009

DAIJOUBU!! ... Daijoubu ?? ?
https://zippy.gfycat.com/SingleIdealFanworms.webm

Linnaeus
Jan 2, 2013

http://i.imgur.com/jUaYCVQ.gifv

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The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!

i'm going to become a rich man so that i can spend a third of my wealth on financing a time traveling machine and the rest of it on the unsold BDs for nichijou, to guarantee a second season in the future

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