

Now hit "File" and then "Save" and give it a name, by default it'll be saved in the directory with all the gif frames.Īt this point review the. Once you're done reviewing it, press "Options" and then "Auto Create. But the speed shown in the window is faster then ingame, you might have to edit it later on. As far as I'm aware there's no way to change the speed at which the animation changes. Now you can preview the animation by clicking "Play". Or you can edit the individual files yourself to crop it to a square(lengthy). Try and find a square GIF or a rectangular one (I'd suggest square, bigger ingame). It should look like this after you're done(or similar):ĭon't worry that it looks boxed, there's nothing you can do about that. I'd highly suggest you don't go over 256 pixels for either field, if you're GIF is square, do the same values, if it's rectangular, make the height half the width. Thankfully it's rather simple, nothing in this Window should be touched except the "maximum width" and "maximum height" field. Next you'll get a complicated looking window. Navigate to your directory with your GIF frames(from the step above), select all the images and click "Open". Once you've downloaded and installed this you're ready for the next step. It doesn't matter.įor the next step you want "VTFEdit", this is a tool that allows you to make the. Ignore the framelist.gsf file, delete it if you want. If you used my example GIF, it should look like this: If you notice now, you should have a folder in the directory GifSplitter is in named after the file you just split. It might take a while to go through each individual frame. At this point you just click "Split Now". Now press the "." next to the "Gif animation file" field, navigate to your GIF and select it. I highly suggest you click the "Auto fill and create the output directory" checkbox as that makes it much easier. gif downloaded and GifSplitter downloaded, open up GifSplitter. Once you have that downloaded and a GIF selected, we'll move to the next step.įor the purpose of this thread, I'll be using this GIF: You'll be happy to know this software is free, there are other non-associated versions, but this is the version I use:

What this does is splits your GIF into each individual frame which helps turn it into a animated spray in our next step. You'll need a bit of software called "GifSplitter". And the more square the GIF is, the better(say no to rectangles, they come out small!). Welcome to my tutorial on converting a GIF of your choice to a spray! To start off, this may be a little to complicated for some, if so - sorry.Ī suggestion before we get started, make sure your GIF of choice isn't overly long.
