Shoutbox

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Originally posted by benjyrama
Well here is the file/files, couldn't find nething useful about adding emoticons...

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I extended the number of frames it had to 15 (originally it was 5)

it seems like MSN 7 (on my Win2K setup) doesn't animate it if you leave the extension of the animated gif as .gif so you have to change it to something else like .png (even though it's still an animated gif).

I'm not sure how long they'll let this bug/feature slide through is there some security flaw to having animated gifs?

Oops... forgot to attach file.

To use this;
Launch MSN 7
Tools -> My Emoticons
Click on the Create Button
Find wherever you saved this file with the "Find Image button"
put some alias for it like (doh)
And then click "ok"

is there sum way i can change these number of frames like u did,, do i need like a porgram cos i have a few more like that

Personally, I use Fireworks (http://www.macromedia.com/) but that's because I know it well and probably overkill... I'm pretty sure there are a ton of other animated gif editors out there that are much lighter and more focused.

anyone have any suggestions?

I was just told to check out the free (legally) "Microsoft Gif Animator"  by a friend: http://www.jhepple.com/gif_animator.htm

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Originally posted by raceprouk
With MSN7, I think you have to do more than just rename the file. I think the CEs and DPs are encrypted in some way.

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No, they aren't.

Check this out:

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Originally posted by danprime
I was just told to check out the free (legally) "Microsoft Gif Animator"  by a friend: http://www.jhepple.com/gif_animator.htm

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That's too basic

I use Fireworks and Photoshop for fixing animated emoticons when they don't work fine with Messenger (it seems to have some bug, it doesn't display some animated gifs correctly). Sometimes just loading and saving again a file with Fireworks fixes it

BTW, don't double post, use the button instead.

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Originally posted by lopardo

That's too basic

I use Fireworks and Photoshop for fixing animated emoticons when they don't work fine with Messenger (it seems to have some bug, it doesn't display some animated gifs correctly). Sometimes just loading and saving again a file with Fireworks fixes it

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I tried that initially with the stupid.gif but it didn't seem to work. It only started to animate after adding a few still frames to it.

Like I said, I use Fireworks as well but perhaps some people don't want to go through that trouble or they want some alternative solutions- like open source solutions? or freeware?

true, I dont and wont have access to fireworks, i'll try the free one

thanx