Please help, In need of some direction with gif files

[fairbc]

What I am trying to do is take an AVI (http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/avi.cfm) and turn it into a gif file to use as an avitar on a forum I regularly post at. I have searched and searched and turned up nothing. I am at wits end here. I was hoping to find a tutorial on this etc.. that shows softwares suggestions and proper steps. Does anyone have any info to help me out?

Thanks in advance!

[Ahriman]

I would open the .avi file on a video editing program (QuickTime Pro for example) and copy the scene I want to use. Save as "image sequence" (this way you get the video separated into image frames) , then use a .gif maker app (ImageReady works great) to actually create the .gif animation.

Hope this works.

[CamarotaDesign]

you could always just open the movie, pause the scene that you want to use and take a screenshot then edit the rest out. to take a screen shot, press "print screen" that copies it to your clipboard then paste it into a graphic program and crop out the rest. Or you can get a screen shot program that will let you crop it out.

[Broacher]

How many frames are you planning on?