In this video, I will show you how to edit any .gif animated image so that you can use it for your avatar in AIM 7. This way, we can have buddy icons that animate! 
**MAKE SURE YOU USE FIREFOX TO DO THIS**
Here are the links used in this video:
Download AIM 7: http://dashboard.aim.com/aim
For editing our gif image: http://gifworks.com/
Image-hosting site: http://photobucket.com/
*You don’t necessarily need to upload your images to an imagehosting site, all you have to do is rightclick your image when you are done editing it in gifworks and click “copy image location”. You can do this for your large and small image, since gifworks will erase the image after a few hours, and AIM only needs the url of the image once.*
**This is what should be entered into the address bar in Firefox at the end**
aim:buddyicon?src=url_of_small_image&largesrc=url_of_large_image
If you have any questions at all, feel free to message me
Duration : 0:6:39
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Actually, it seems …
Actually, it seems they’re just coming out as white blanks.
Hey, me again.
I …
Hey, me again.
I tried it with a different gif and it still can’t be seen by most people. This an AIM bug or what?
how do u right …
how do u right click the image it dnt work and it doesnt show copy image location
very very …
very very interesting…i recommend u trying another photo and let me know if the same thing happens so then we can go back to this photo and solve the problem.
Tried it both ways. …
Tried it both ways. Tried hosting it on photobucket, and tried using it straight from gifworks.
did u upload to an …
did u upload to an image-hosting site or did u just right click the image on GIFworks and use the url from there?
If it matters, the …
If it matters, the icon I’m using is already a 96×96 size, so all I needed to do was do the Websafe Colors/Reduce Colors step.
hmmm…that …
hmmm…that definitely is a strange problem. i’ll have to look into that and get back to you.
Yes, I, and one …
Yes, I, and one other buddy can see the large version just fine. However, most of my other buddies only see the blank person silhouette. I tried reapplying it multiple times, with the same results.
Can u see the large …
Can u see the large version just fine? I recommend u do the process over again. If that doesn’t work, I suggest trying a new image. Let me know how things turn out.
I seem to have a …
I seem to have a rather strange problem.. when setting my icon to the gif I want, I can see what my icon is in my IM windows, but most of my buddies aren’t able to see the large version. They can see the small version in their buddy lists, but only the blank silhouette in IMs. They all have AIM 7 so I don’t know what the problem is.
You don’t …
You don’t necessarily need to upload your images to an imagehosting site, all you have to do is rightclick your image when you are done editing it in gifworks and click “copy image location”. Try it that way, since gifworks will erase the image after a few hours, and AIM only needs the url of the image once.
o__o The last step …
o__o The last step for the direct links, after I push enter, it says the photo image doesn’t exist. @__@
@bjcworth sure
@bjcworth sure
Hey, I’m not …
Hey, I’m not familiar with that problem but I’ll be glad to help you work it out. Care to elaborate a bit more??
im stuck on the …
im stuck on the part where it says set icon it doesnt do anything everytime i click it
hahaha…thanks, i …
i love to spread the knowledge.
hahaha…thanks, i try. help me out by showing this to everyone u know
Hey, you’re pretty …
Hey, you’re pretty awesome for this.
i did the next step …
i did the next step ahead of the instructions. the full thing is at the end of the video and in the description.
What was that thing …
What was that thing you put after buddyicon?src=url_of_small_image at 5:56 because idk whats wrong
hmmm…sounds like …
hmmm…sounds like u put the code in wrong at the end. i had the same problem when i messed up. make sure ur entering it right and let me know how it turns out.
When I put in the …
When I put in the link at the end of the video and start aim through it it just sends me to the place to upload an icon. None of the ones I put in animate either…
what do u mean?
what do u mean?
Err when I do this …
Err when I do this it just pops up the picture selector thing on aim.
Ok thx… Anyway I …
Ok thx… Anyway I don’t understand these stuff but thx anyway xD.