creating skin fron gif

[craggy]

hi all , first time here and im a complete novice when it comes to rainmeter, im gradually working my way round things, im trying to make a skin from animated gif, ive managed to divide it into frames with gifframe tool , but beyond that im lost, im not lazy and have spent many hours trying to figure things out, but because this is new to me, its like trying to fly a jumbo jet first time with no experience, can someone convert this for me if i upload the file and test it, if it works share it and take the credit for it and explain what you did in simple layman terms so i can get an understanding of it and what you did.
i know your not meant to ask for requests but im in the dark about these things, and alot of you are experienced in this and im a complete noob, so if you can help it would be very much appreciated, thanks craggy

[jsmorley]

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-AnimatedGIF

[jsmorley]

Here is a quick and dirty sample with your globe.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=100

[ImageMeter]
Meter=Image
ImageName=Images\Globe\Frame[ImageNumberCalc].png
DynamicVariables=1

[ImageNumberCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=Counter % 19

[Seahorse]

This works just fine with the default script shown here.

As I didn't create a folder for the images which are in the same folder as the script I changed a line:

ImageName=Frame[ImageNumberCalc].png

As there are 19 frames I edited the calc:

Formula=Counter % 19

EDIT: Damn, beaten to the punchline...

[craggy]

thanks for your replies guys, i really appreciate it, my problem is my understanding of making it work with the the script, how do you create the actual skin ? , am i making sense, do you use notepad, sorry for being such a dumb-ass

[jsmorley]

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-EditingSkins