How to convert personalized emoticons in MSN Messenger (stored in .dat) to regular images, say, .gif files?

Question

I know how to convert from .gif to emoticon, but not vice versa. I think they are stored in .dat files, whose content I don't even know how to view. Is there any way to save each emoticon as a regular .gif image file?

Thank you in advance :D

Answer 1

http://members.aol.com/royalef/gifmake.htm
http://www.bobpowell.net/giftransparency.htm
http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19997/1954?pf=true
http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/anidraw.html
http://www.htmltutorials.ca/lesson15.htm
http://www.infocellar.com/Graphics/16-color.htm
http://www.webwitchery.com/articles/format/
http://www.emu.edu.tr/english/facilitiesservices/computercenter/bookslib/Web%20Publishing%20Professional%20Reference%20Edition,%20William%20Stanek/ch19.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
http://kancrn.kckps.k12.ks.us/ats/mybetti/lessons.html
http://www.webreference.com/dev/gifanim/
Please visit the above pages. I hope, it helps u.

Answer 2

You can make gif images using softwares like Coffee cup gif maker, Active Gif maker etc.

A freeware tool is Unfreez . very easy to use and is small in size.
GO to http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/ to download it.
After downloading , just choose the images which you want to repeat after one another and click on ANIMATE GIF to get your own Gif image . A very easy task !

The following links are where you can find tutorials for creating gif images.

http://members.aol.com/royalef/gifmake.htm

http://www.bobpowell.net/giftransparency.htm

http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/19997/1954?pf=true

http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/anidraw.html

http://www.htmltutorials.ca/lesson15.htm

http://www.infocellar.com/Graphics/16-color.htm


CONCEPT BEHIND GIF IMAGES : Gif images are nothing but a series of images which come one after the other. You can set the time delay for each image.

Another easy explanation : It is done by creating a series of gif images and then displaying them in sequence.

You can even create Gif images using Adobe image ready which comes with Photoshop.

Answer 3

I don't think there's a direct method, but you can take a screenshot, paste it in a graphic editor, cut the emoticons and save them in GIF files.

Yes, a pain the butt, but it would work :)