FRM to GIF problems (viewers/converters)

H

Hotel California

Mildly Dipped
I'm trying to convert FRMs to GIFs and have used 1) Red!Viewer ,
2) Viewer, 3) FRMcon20 and tried FRM2GIF (but that just gave me a black dos screen that failed).

Main problem; although Red!Viewer and the others seem to have save as features they are all greyed out for me and i can't access them whatever i do. I dont' want to do this frame by frame.
Any suggestions on how to do this properly and easily


P.S. On another note, what is the best (free) program to use to make a flash (or similar) animation?
 
FRM2GIF should work very well if you use a batch file.

Make a batch file and do this(I could be wrong, I havent done it in a while)

Code: 
frm2gif frmname.frm gifname.gif

To see the instructions go into the command prompt and run the program from there and it should show you the syntax and flags and switches and doodads and stuff.


Ive never touched flash, so cant help you there.
 
Unfortunatly i wouldn't have a club where to start doing all of that. Should i run dos at start up.
Any idea why Red!View or the FRMeditor won't let me save anything?
 
With FRM Animator you can save ANY frm as project (FPR) and the programm will extract ALL the frames from the frm file and save it as BMP files (yes, you're right, it doesn't save as GIF). BUT...

You can always convert those BMP files to GIF (with IrfanView for example, which is free picture viewer/utility) in matter of seconds.

Other good news is that FRM Animator IMPORTS GIF files, so you can import your new GIFs into it and make a FRM...

This really isn't complicated, it can be done fast and furious... As I always do.
 
i can't find any gif compiler on this irfanview thing!
Does anyone know why the frm2gif won't work and what i have to do to get it working?
OR can you suggest a way to compile them as a gif without all the frames going to the top left (thus spoiling it all)
OR explain to me why how to save on Red!viewer etc

Thanks
 
Hotel California said:
Unfortunatly i wouldn't have a club where to start doing all of that. Should i run dos at start up.
Any idea why Red!View or the FRMeditor won't let me save anything?
Click to expand...
If you have win2k or below(maybe XP will work) then go to start->run then type cmd then type the location of gif2frm to see the flags and stuff.




To make a batch file go to search and search for "*.bat" and copy any of them to the same folder as frm2gif. Then rename it to anything.

Now right click and select "Edit" and notepad should come up. Delete everything thats in there and type this in(or copy/paste)

Code: 
frm2gif frmname.frm gifname.gif
 
Do it like Xavierblazer wrote OR... try this:

1. Start IrfanView
2. Go to File -> Batch conversion/rename
3. Choose the files for conversion (click on the filename in upper window, then click "add" - or simply add all files from the directory using "add all" option)
4. Choose output directory
5. Choose "Batch conversion" option
6. Set "Output format" to GIF - Compuserve GIF
7. Click on "Start"

Now, do this 100 times for exercise purposes and report back.
 
I'd already done what you'd said lisac, but each time it just made each BMP file into a GIF and totally neglected animation.
I want to have the FRM turned into an animated file that i can import into image ready or the like.

Xavierblazer, i'm trying to get the cmd promt to open frm2gif but it comes up with the c:\documents and settings\windows user> so where do i enter the path name for frm2gif?
 
It doesnt matter what directory its at when you type it because your typing an absolute path.

I recomend placing it in a folder directly on the c drive called FRM and then going to the command prompt and typing:

Code: 
c:/frm/frm2gif frmname.frm frmname.bmp

But using a batch file is much easier.
 
Ok i've gotten to a point where it is looking for the palette, not finding it and then aborting. Where is the fallout palette?

How do you make batch files?
 
Hotel California said:
Ok i've gotten to a point where it is looking for the palette, not finding it and then aborting. Where is the fallout palette?
Click to expand...
Ive never used a pallet. I think they are used with animations for the burning barrel and the hymag.

Cant help you there, if thats the case

How do you make batch files?
Click to expand...


Xavierblazer said:
To make a batch file go to search and search for "*.bat" and copy any of them to the same folder as frm2gif. Then rename it to anything.

Now right click and select "Edit" and notepad should come up. Delete everything thats in there and type this in(or copy/paste)

Code: 
frm2gif frmname.frm gifname.gif
Click to expand...
 
OK, all you need is file called "color.pal" which is in "master.dat".

So,

1. Unpack "master.dat" and find the "color.pal" file
2. Put the file in the same dir with "frm2gif" utility
3. Put the FRM file you want to convert in the same dir with "frm2gif" utility
4. execute this command:

frm2gif NAME_OF_YOUR_FILE.FRM

That's it. I just made 6 animated GIFs (representing 6 directions) from the file HAPOWRAA.FRM (power armor idle animation)...
 
Hmmmm, ok
I've unpacked the data file,have found the FO2 color.dat and put it in the dir. However, i have a sneaky suspicion that i'm trying to convert FO1 stuff and it won't work. Same error.
 
You need COLOR.PAL, not COLOR.DAT!!!

Just take it from here... I think FO1 and FO2 palletes are the same...

Damn, do I look like a patient guy?
 
No i actually meant .pal. Sorry for the misunderstanding. And sorry for taxing your patience - you've both been really helpful!

I've but your palette file in (twas the same as mine i suspect) and got the same error. Any suggestions?

Thanks
 
It was a joke without a smiley... Nevermind, here's what I do (step by step):

1. Make a new directory (for example "c:\aaa")
2. Copy these files to the directory "c:\aaa":
- frm2gif (95,232 bytes)
- color.pal (33,536 bytes)
- HAPOWRAA.FRM (196,495 bytes)
3. Start command prompt (Go to START -> RUN -> type "CMD" and press Enter)
4. Go to "c:\aaa" directory (type "cd aaa")
5. Execute this command:

frm2gif HAPOWRAA.FRM

6. That's it. You should get 6 animGIFs. If you get errors, post them back.
 
WONDERFUl! You truely are a star! It works, now i have my series. Hopefully i shall show you something within the next week or so.

Many thanks
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top