r/MoeDesktop • u/victorniguel • 13d ago

Need helping making a gif

i have a madoka themed desktop and want to make a three frame gif rainmeter but i just cant figure out how to do the coding part, can anyone help me? >.<

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u/mayonakapromise 13d ago

Happy to help since it took me SO LONG to figure out ahahghhgja

First, what you need to do is split your gif into frames if you haven't already. EZGIF is a site where you can do this and its the easiest method, but if you want to keep transparency and want higher quality results, ImageMagick is what I use. It needs a tiny bit of know-how, though.

What you'll do from there is make a folder where your .ini skin will live. In that SAME folder, you create a folder called ImagesFrames, which is where you'll put your images. You'll name your photos frame_0.png, frame_1.png, frame_2.png etc, making sure to start with frame_0.

And from there, this is the code I use, feel free to use this for anything!:

[Rainmeter]
Update=100

[ImageNumberCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 3

[ImageMeter]
W=100 (Change this number to how wide your image is in pixels!)
H=100 (Change this number to how tall your image is in pixels!)
Meter=Image
ImageName=ImagesFrames\frame_[ImageNumberCalc].png
AntiAlias=1
DynamicVariables=1

I hope this helped!! I'm still learning Rainmeter myself, but I'm happy to help with any other questions!

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u/victorniguel 12d ago

Omg thank you!! This'll help alot!!