I have created this SWF to GIF converter (actually, it exports frames and lets ImageMagick do the conversions). To better fix bugs in the program (and promote its use), I beg of people to use this software, and tell me of any problems they encounter! It would be most appreciated.
First off, you need ImageMagick, so go ahead and grab it here:
http://www.imagemagick.org/download/binaries/ImageMagick-6.2.8-0-Q16-windows-dll.exe
The program calls the "convert" program from the command line, so it wont work if that isn't accessible from the command line. Unzip the attached zip file, and go to WhipFlashRelease/dist and run Whipflash.exe. When you load it, you should see something like:
The box next to "Load SWF" is the location of the SWF file to turn into a GIF. You can type in the path directory, or hit the Browse button next to the box.
The boxt next to "Save GIF" is the location of the GIF to be saved to. Again, you can use the Browse button or type in the path.
Width and height are the width and height of the GIF to be created (note that the SWF does not have to be these dimensions). The FPS box is the number of frames per second of the GIF (again, the SWF file does not have to have this FPS, nor will this option change the FPS of the Flash file).
Lastly, the Frames box is the number of frames that will be exported from the SWF file. When the proper entries have been filled, click the Generate GIF button to start generating. A window containing your GIF will appear and play forward untill the number of frames have been written. Then, GIF conversion will commence. This is where ImageMagick is needed. When it is done, a GIF of the Flash file will be present where you specified.
If you wish to view the individual frames of the animation you just exported, go to the "out" directory of the "WhipflashRelease/dist/" directory, and the frames will be listed as individual files in PNG format. Thanks for trying the software, I hope it is bug free, but if it's not, I hope you find them and tell them to me! Thanks.
The reason I'm more fearful about bugs than normal is that the program is actually a Python script that has been converted to an EXE. I'm afraid this caused extra bugs, but then again, I could be wrong.
