Posted Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:10 AM
How to make animated avatars from start to end with free programs and minimal knowledge needed. All you need to do is find videos on youttube and download them as described below then you'll be on your way to having jiggling jugglies as an avatar! This looks like a lotta trouble at first, and it is if you were to try and figure all this out on your own but hopefully this is done step by step so easy your 5 yr old could follow the directions.
1. Download these free programs
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/super.cfm (video converter called SUPER that is amazing, input most video formats and output them into a vast array of formats)
http://www.cd2html.de/moviesnapshot.en.html (movie snap shot program) don't change any of the file path saving sites if you want it the same as the directions below
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ (GIMP2 free image editor)
mozilla firefox browser (program works better with mozilla firefox, can't get it to work with ie just yet)
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