Tool for converting FLC to animated GIF

cyberbobjr · Sep 10, 2002, 09:23 AM

Hi all,
This is a little freeware tool i've made for converting FLC/FLI to animated gif.
The interface is in French, but if you want, the next release it will be multilanguage. (i have put a readme file that explain you how to use this tool).
Bye...

Flc2Gif v1.1.0.9

kemal69 · Sep 11, 2002, 06:53 AM

great idea cyberbobjr.

zulu9812 · Sep 11, 2002, 12:50 PM

yep - a multi-lingual version would be great :b:

kemal69 · Sep 11, 2002, 07:14 PM

Oh yea, I missed that point, multi-lingual would be great, for those of us who aren't gifted enough to speak many languages.

cyberbobjr · Sep 12, 2002, 07:46 AM

ok, thanks for your responses, i'll do it this week.

Level · Sep 12, 2002, 10:18 AM

It is nice, It would be even better if it could read Civ3 Unit FLCs corectly and alpha blend the transparent colors.

How do Palette, Merge, and Crop work?

cyberbobjr · Sep 13, 2002, 03:37 AM

Hi,
I've put a new version : 1.1.0.9, multilangage.

For explanation of options :
Merge
Merges frames of similar appearance by replacing similar areas with transparency.
Crop
Crops unused transparent areas to minimize the size of each frame.
Palette
Sort all color maps by usage and remove unused entries.

zulu9812 · Sep 17, 2002, 11:05 AM

This is a great tool, cyberbobjr - thank you!

Random Observer · Nov 07, 2002, 03:36 PM

what about gif to flc? that would be very help full

Dark Sheer · Nov 07, 2002, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Random Observer
what about gif to flc? that would be very help full

Paint Shop Pro allows you to convert Gif to Flc and Flc to Gif.

GIDustin · Dec 18, 2002, 12:03 AM

Animation shop does the same thing, but it cannot do the same with units (always cuts off the last part of the unit, and Civ3 cannot read the file). Great idea, great tool.

BTW, I started making a unit, and now I have 1 FLC of the unit in each direction (8 total FLCs). Instead of copy/pasting, I would like to see a utility that takes the frames of a FLC and saves them as individual PCXs or BMPS, etc, so that I can then use the SBB to make the unit.

How hard would it be for you to make this kind of utility?

GIDustin

Colonel Kraken · Dec 23, 2002, 12:43 PM

FLICster already takes a flic and converts the frames into individual pcx pictures.

rlw33 · Mar 11, 2003, 05:15 PM

I have Paint Shop Pro 7.04 and Photoshop 7, neither of which seems to let me view the flc files. DOesn't seem to be a supported file type.
any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Raymond

pdescobar · Mar 11, 2003, 06:01 PM

rlw33, Animation Shop 3 (and supposedly Paint Shop Pro) can view standard FLCs such as leaderheads. For units, you need to open them in Flicster to view them properly.

p.s. this question is probably better asked in the main C&C forum as it isn't directly related to the Flc2Gif program...

Quentin · Mar 17, 2003, 04:41 AM

A function to create gifs from two flcs running one after the other would be nice.

Daftpanzer · Mar 21, 2003, 05:50 PM

Great program!!! makes it a hell of a lot easier to post quick previews of units. Well for me it does since i dont have a easy way of manually constructing an animated gif.

Thanks cyberbobjr!

snsfro · Jul 01, 2003, 01:46 PM

How do you convert each gif frame into a flc? As you said before, Paint Shop Pro can convert a gif to a flc. I tried this on PSP8 and it only displays the firt frame! If you can convert gifs into flcs, it is a peice of cake creating new units!

zulu9812 · Jul 01, 2003, 04:06 PM

Animation Shop, which you get with Paintshop Pro, can display each frame of an animated gif seperately.

Sims2789 · Oct 09, 2003, 11:02 PM

could a mod please delete this post?

Globetrotter · Oct 22, 2003, 06:04 AM

Just tried it...
Pretty cool!

Sep 10, 2002, 09:23 AM	#1
cyberbobjr Chieftain Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3	Tool for converting FLC to animated GIF Hi all, This is a little freeware tool i've made for converting FLC/FLI to animated gif. The interface is in French, but if you want, the next release it will be multilanguage. (i have put a readme file that explain you how to use this tool). Bye... Flc2Gif v1.1.0.9 Last edited by cyberbobjr; Sep 13, 2002 at 03:39 AM.

Sep 11, 2002, 06:53 AM	#2
kemal69 Prince Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Young, Australia Posts: 510	great idea cyberbobjr. __________________ Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

Sep 11, 2002, 12:50 PM	#3
zulu9812 The Newbie Nightmare Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Athens of the North Posts: 5,967	yep - a multi-lingual version would be great :b: __________________ UP THE IRONS! Get the inside story on the war in Iraq , The War Prayer My Units Field Gun, Carthage Pikeman, Rome Pikeman, Viking Spearman My Leaderheads Dwarf Lord, Dark Elf My tutorials How to make Leaderheads in Poser, Using Daz's Michael 3 for Unit Creation

Sep 11, 2002, 07:14 PM	#4
kemal69 Prince Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Young, Australia Posts: 510	Oh yea, I missed that point, multi-lingual would be great, for those of us who aren't gifted enough to speak many languages. __________________ Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?

Sep 12, 2002, 10:18 AM	#6
Level Prince Join Date: May 2002 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 436	It is nice, It would be even better if it could read Civ3 Unit FLCs corectly and alpha blend the transparent colors. How do Palette, Merge, and Crop work? __________________ Was gone for two years, I'm back now. In a 3D world is there a difference between these: b d q p \| / - \? 3D Unit Tutorial My units: MechWalker, Rocket soldier, Hover Tank, Crawler, Hover Copter Last edited by Level; Sep 12, 2002 at 10:22 AM.

Sep 12, 2002, 07:46 AM	#5
cyberbobjr Chieftain Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3	ok, thanks for your responses, i'll do it this week.

Sep 13, 2002, 03:37 AM	#7
cyberbobjr Chieftain Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3	Hi, I've put a new version : 1.1.0.9, multilangage. For explanation of options : Merge Merges frames of similar appearance by replacing similar areas with transparency. Crop Crops unused transparent areas to minimize the size of each frame. Palette Sort all color maps by usage and remove unused entries.

Sep 17, 2002, 11:05 AM	#8
zulu9812 The Newbie Nightmare Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Athens of the North Posts: 5,967	This is a great tool, cyberbobjr - thank you! __________________ UP THE IRONS! Get the inside story on the war in Iraq , The War Prayer My Units Field Gun, Carthage Pikeman, Rome Pikeman, Viking Spearman My Leaderheads Dwarf Lord, Dark Elf My tutorials How to make Leaderheads in Poser, Using Daz's Michael 3 for Unit Creation

Nov 07, 2002, 03:36 PM	#9
Random Observer Warlord Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 163	what about gif to flc? that would be very help full

Dec 18, 2002, 12:03 AM	#11
GIDustin Emperor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Spearfish, SD Posts: 1,392	Animation shop does the same thing, but it cannot do the same with units (always cuts off the last part of the unit, and Civ3 cannot read the file). Great idea, great tool. BTW, I started making a unit, and now I have 1 FLC of the unit in each direction (8 total FLCs). Instead of copy/pasting, I would like to see a utility that takes the frames of a FLC and saves them as individual PCXs or BMPS, etc, so that I can then use the SBB to make the unit. How hard would it be for you to make this kind of utility? GIDustin __________________ Visit Civ3Files.com V12 (Now with advanced search & sort functions!) ~2400 files and rising!! ::Improvement Icons::Leaderheads::Maps::Mods::MUnits::Resources: :Tech Tree Icons::Terrain::Title Screens::Units::Wonder Splashes:: For all Civ games , , , and - Rate any file - Comment on any file Current Projects: Making Civ3Files.com Current

Dec 23, 2002, 12:43 PM	#12
Colonel Kraken Civ III C&C Vet Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 2,359	FLICster already takes a flic and converts the frames into individual pcx pictures.

Mar 11, 2003, 05:15 PM	#13
rlw33 Company time = civ time Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 61	viewing flc files I have Paint Shop Pro 7.04 and Photoshop 7, neither of which seems to let me view the flc files. DOesn't seem to be a supported file type. any ideas? Thanks in advance, Raymond

Mar 11, 2003, 06:01 PM	#14
pdescobar Moo, baby. Moo. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CFC or playing DyP Posts: 1,366	rlw33, Animation Shop 3 (and supposedly Paint Shop Pro) can view standard FLCs such as leaderheads. For units, you need to open them in Flicster to view them properly. p.s. this question is probably better asked in the main C&C forum as it isn't directly related to the Flc2Gif program... __________________ PD Escobar <> "It's a scientific fact: giant cow makes people happy" -- Turkey Hill Ad In Progress: Leaderheads w/ gael \|\| Civ1 Mod \|\| Indian Archer \|\| Playing Civ1 SG & Testing DyP Finished: City Screen Small Arrows \|\| Re-color of TVA22's Junk \|\| Micronesian Raft GraphicsMod Library: I. Leaderheads (Still to Come) \|\| II. Terrain/Resources \|\| III. Interface/Misc Useful Links: City Lists \|\| Research Cost \|\| Combat Calc \|\| Adding Units (CDG) \|\| BIC Format (Poly)

Mar 17, 2003, 04:41 AM	#15
Quentin !!M Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 721	A function to create gifs from two flcs running one after the other would be nice.

Mar 21, 2003, 05:50 PM	#16
Daftpanzer MechaDruid Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lancashire, UK Posts: 3,580	Great program!!! makes it a hell of a lot easier to post quick previews of units. Well for me it does since i dont have a easy way of manually constructing an animated gif. Thanks cyberbobjr!

Jul 01, 2003, 01:46 PM	#17
snsfro Warlord Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 272	How do you convert each gif frame into a flc? As you said before, Paint Shop Pro can convert a gif to a flc. I tried this on PSP8 and it only displays the firt frame! If you can convert gifs into flcs, it is a peice of cake creating new units! __________________ SamuelS

Jul 01, 2003, 04:06 PM	#18
zulu9812 The Newbie Nightmare Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Athens of the North Posts: 5,967	Animation Shop, which you get with Paintshop Pro, can display each frame of an animated gif seperately. __________________ UP THE IRONS! Get the inside story on the war in Iraq , The War Prayer My Units Field Gun, Carthage Pikeman, Rome Pikeman, Viking Spearman My Leaderheads Dwarf Lord, Dark Elf My tutorials How to make Leaderheads in Poser, Using Daz's Michael 3 for Unit Creation

Oct 09, 2003, 11:02 PM	#19
Sims2789 Fool me once... Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: California Posts: 6,918	could a mod please delete this post? __________________ "[In Arkansas], it costs more money to put a person in prison for one year than it would to put them in college – public or private school – pay tuition, room, and board and buy their books." - Mike Huckabee "[The French] have built more prisons than schools." - Vietnamese Declaration of Independence

Oct 22, 2003, 06:04 AM	#20
Globetrotter ...wherever i may roam... Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: ...where I lay my head is home... Posts: 958	Just tried it... Pretty cool! __________________ ...and with dust in throat I crave only knowledge will I save to the game you stay a slave...

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