MOVIE EDIT PRO PLUS 2016: ANIMATED GIF?

johnebaker wrote on 1/20/2017, 10:51 AM

Hi

MEP 2016 does not support the export of Animated GIFs - the manual is correct on the supported import / export page 19, however it is in error on the list of export formats and keyboard shortcuts on page 324.

HTH

John EB

craig-dingle wrote on 1/20/2017, 10:57 AM

thank you! my older movie edit pro did export animated gifs. this is a disappointment for me. oh, well.

Erling wrote on 1/25/2017, 2:06 AM

Hi

I am disappointed too, especially since animated GIFs are getting more and more popular.

Anyways - there is an option at <File><Export to device><User-defined><Video>Animated GIF.

If you choose that option and click the Settings-button then it's not working. If you press OK, MEP is saving "something" - erh, somewhere ?

What is MEP doing and why are you not able to select a target-folder ?

Former user wrote on 2/25/2021, 9:15 AM

Hi, do any of the Movie edit programs have an export as animated GIF option now?

johnebaker wrote on 2/25/2021, 9:57 AM

@Former user

Hi

. . . . do any of the Movie edit programs have an export as animated GIF option now . . . .

Afraid not.

GIFs are old technology, from mid 1987, and are being replaced with video files as all modern browsers support the HTML5 video tag natively.

The only problem is where you need Alpha transparency in the video - neither MEP or VPX can export video with Alpha transparency - there are many solutions to this on the Internet.

Edge, Chrome and Opera support Alpha transparency, Firefox I have stopped using as it appears to crash more often and locks the PC.

HTH

John EB

Former user wrote on 2/25/2021, 10:16 AM

Thanks John, I export as sequence of frames & GIMP exports GIFs the once in a blue moon i do use them, I was just curious, 😏👍

exporting a video with MEP with an Alpha transparency would be good tho, I've seen in the export list it can export as PNG but it doesn't add an alpha channel with transparency. I don't need it tho, i just use a mask or section etc. anything i want to separate/layer/... 👍

terrypin wrote on 2/25/2021, 11:41 AM

@Former user @Erling @craig-dingle @johnebaker

It seems to be saving to somewhere in iTunes, but darned if I can find it!

johnebaker wrote on 2/26/2021, 4:22 AM

@terrypin

Hi Terry

Is your comment above meant to be in another topic?

John EB

terrypin wrote on 2/26/2021, 5:50 AM

@Erling @johnebaker

Hi John,

No, I was replying particularly to Erling. Sort of echoing his confusion about what exactly happens following that route. When I tried it (academic curiosity only) I ended up with iTunes loading. And then rejecting my (correct) Apple ID. I haven't tried again.

SP. wrote on 2/26/2021, 6:00 AM

@johnebaker @terrypin @Former user Some years ago Movie Edit Pro needed Quicktime to be installed to export a GIF. It seems to me that Magix didn't implement an algorithm inside MEP but instead used the converter offered by Quicktime. Since Quicktime development stopped on Windows and it is unsafe to use it on a modern system because of multiple security vulnerabilities that will never be patched it was removed from the MEP installation. And this is the cause a GIF export isn't possible anymore.

CubeAce wrote on 2/26/2021, 7:59 AM

@Former user @terrypin @johnebaker @SP. @craig-dingle @Erling

I thought that for some time now there were security risks with the animated GIFFs themselves with some websites not allowing them to be loaded.

I just tried to load one here and got this.

I rest my case. 😂

Ray.

johnebaker wrote on 2/26/2021, 8:32 AM

@SP.

Hi

. . . . Some years ago Movie Edit Pro needed Quicktime to be installed to export a GIF. It seems to me that Magix didn't implement an algorithm inside MEP but instead used the converter offered by Quicktime. . . .

The feature was dropped in MEP 2015 as shown in the image below - the manual erroneously says the export format is still there, you can also see that Quicktime is installed as the QT export option is available.

Quicktime was and is required if you wanted to export as an Animation with different bit levels/number of colours, however the resulting file is still a MOV video file, not an animated GIF.

John EB

ka1n0 wrote on 11/15/2021, 4:54 AM

How could the developers remove such an essential feature. Hallelujah.

A GIF export should come as default.

johnebaker wrote on 11/15/2021, 10:21 AM

@ka1n0

Hi

. . . . How could the developers remove such an essential feature . . . .

In a nutshell - animated GIFs have fallen out of favour over the years. With better browsers and faster Internet connections video has taken over from many of the scenarios where animated GIFs were used.

Similarly the 'taste' in web site design and presentation has changed, animated GIF icons, as was once seen, are now considered to be 'old hat and tacky'.

John EB