Freeware animated GIF capture program (other than CalcCapture)

[DJ Omnimaga]

Does anyone know of a good freeware animated gif capture program other than CalcCapture to do screenshots like the one attached in this post: http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?topic=4376.msg61879#msg61879 ?

CalcCapture produces questionable quality screenshots, sometimes, when using colors, and with large ones, gif capture tends to be slow, even on high-end computers, because it was primarly set to capture from calc emulators.

Otherwise, would there be any freeware AVI to GIF converter somewhere? A while ago, {AP} recommended me Camstasia, but the version with gif conversion was not free...

I searched Google for a few hours for one, but I always ended up downloading programs claiming to be freeware, but finally were trial versions, and I do not download warez anymore.

Thanks in advance

[Michael_Lee]

For the avi to gif, try this website:
http://media-convert.com/
It does its conversion all online, so it should be free.

The interface is a little messy, but if you poke around the menus, you should be able to find an option to convert avi to gif.

I can't vouch for it's reliability in video conversion, but I've used it to convert other file types fairly successfully.

Edit:
Also, you could try this one:
http://www.zamzar.com/index.php
(same thing as before, only the interface is more cleaner)
End Edit

(The trick is to search for file conversion in general, not just avi to gif)

[DJ Omnimaga]

Ok I'll give those a try later. Thanks for sharing. My only concern is the compression quality, though, since I assume I actually have to upload an AVI file to the site. Uploading a 10 MB file takes one minute on my connection and a 10 MB file means it will have terrible compression. Now imagine an uncompressed AVI file

[shmibs]

/\yeah, i use media convert every now and then and im fairly certain i remember it being terrible for that type of thing, resulting in bad looking visuals(i might have just been doing it wrong, though, so you should go ahead and try)

[SirCmpwn]

I use CamStudio, which is an open source screen capture software.  However, it does not convert to gifs, just video.

[shmibs]

/\i use that too =D
it works wonderfully

[Jonius7]

i use it-its FREE!!!
don't know why anyone uses something else such as camstasia. MONEY!!!
if i rally want animated gifs then calccapture works well

[DJ Omnimaga]

I don't like Camstudio because none of the codec used by it is supported by VirtualDub

However it does the job when I do not need to polish my videos and decide to just throw them in Windows Movie Maker. I get a good framerate too for most stuff.

[coolsnake]

I don't like Camstudio because none of the codec used by it is supported by VirtualDub

However it does the job when I do not need to polish my videos and decide to just throw them in Windows Movie Maker. I get a good framerate too for most stuff.

You gave your own answer for an AVI to GIF converter. 
File -> Export -> Animated GIF

[DJ Omnimaga]

Strange, I did not have this option anywhere in my copy . I discovered I had an old version so I redownloaded it now. Thanks for pointing that out!

[Jonius7]

wow id better download the new version too

[DJ Omnimaga]

Now I hope the option will work. Gonna give it a try tomorrow I think. I like Virtual Dub for editing vids, aside from the fact my copy only lets me open uncompressed AVI files and gifs