Open the scene from the film/tv show you want to animate and select a portion of that scene. Follow the steps below: Trimming your scene This video convertor and editor works on both Macs and PCs, and while it ha recently had issues with sound, it is a great option for trimming your scene as well as optimizing and exporting it to a series of images that you can then import to GIMP. The next free tool you will need for this tutorial is MPEG Strteamclip. Using MPEG Streamclip to Trim and Export the Scene as Images Feel free to share you discoveries in this wiki. Keep in mind that there are many other programs that can do this for Macs, PCs, and Linux-do a quick search including the OS you are using along with the term “ripping a DVD” and you should find a fair amount of free options.
Alternatively, if you have the DVD of the media you want to use you can rip it with free software like Handbrake (available for PCs, Linux, and Mac) or DVD Fab (for the PC). You can download clips from YouTube using something like the Fastest YouTube Downloader. The first thing you need to do is download the scene from the film/TV show you want to create an animated GIF from. And here’s an video tutorial for using MPEG Streamclip and GIMP as well. Here are some more details if you are interested. Pretty powerful, and it comes highly recommended. Update: The MPEG Streamclip Beta allows you to grab the video right off YouTube and trim it down right there.
See original article here: Creating Animated GIFs with MPEG Streamclip and GIMP First step: Getting the media