Animated gif Developping

[darknight]

How to manage frame and save animated gif.

I found a sample code which read some static gif and create a new gif with these image as frame.

here the link http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/NGif.asp

I hope could help someone in developping a plugin [o something else]

I was able to create something, but i don't know how to integrate it in paint.net [during save or better using something like image ready animation toolbox]

If someone have an idea.....

[Rick Brewster]

Moved to Coding/Development ... trying to keep Plugins forum strictly for plugin publishing, and discussion of published plugins

[darknight]

I finally was able t do a vb.net projec which can load a gif, generating different frame [but i need to check the class that made this, is really slow], reorder them and resave them as a gif.

Also i made possible to use some image as frame and create a new gif.

I implement a new feature that i always need in photoshop, which give the possibility to extract all the frame in single file

I'm working on the class which read/save data from/into gif file .

Butthe only problem is to create a plugin for paint.net, i don't know how to do this... anyone can help me?

[Born2killx]

where do you save that file..?

[darknight]

I used the core of NGif [see first post] and with vb.net [really sorry but I don't know c#, I'm going to install it in a few days] I create a simple application which read data from gif and set data into a datatable [to mantain order, source and duration of every frame - this may be helpfull for add text info at text layer i think... I hope someone read this] and create simple image as "layer" .

It's still in developing with some bug and I may implement some function than I could share it [but it's in vb.net , not c#]

[Born2killx]

i still dunno where i save to gif folder 0.0

[darknight]

until now I haven't made an official pack [first i need to add a functionality for frame duration]

[Born2killx]

oh i get it ngif is not compatible with paint.net (so far), right?

[darknight]

i don't know,i wasn't able to create a plugin for paint.net, I made another application hwich read and save animated gif.

It isn't helpfull for edit them, only to create animation and reorder frame

[darknight]

I'm going to create a new class that open animated gif and create frames but i have a problem with GDI

It work with the gif i try but not for this [see url below]

I try to search a solution into web but i didn't find nothing.

Anyone have an idea?

File for reference - go to :

http://nextage.altervista.org/PaintNetForum/

Here the error:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException was unhandled
 ErrorCode=-2147467259
 Message="A generic error occurred in GDI+."
 Source="System.Drawing"
 StackTrace:
      at System.Drawing.Image.Save(Stream stream, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams)
      at System.Drawing.Image.Save(Stream stream, ImageFormat format)
      at WindowsApplication1.gifTry.GoButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in gifTry.vb:line 37
      at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
      at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
      at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
      at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.DispatchMessageW(MSG& msg)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32 dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Application.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
      at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(ApplicationContext context)
      at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun()
      at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel()
      at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(String[] commandLine)
      at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.Main(String[] Args) in 17d14f5c-a337-4978-8281-53493378c1071.vb:line 81
      at System.AppDomain.nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
      at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
      at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
      at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
      at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
      at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()