To convert a small part of a movie is pretty simple, well more technical than animation but it looks a lot cooler and doesn't require creativity.
I just open the movie in VirtualDub, press Home where I want the selection to start, press End to stop the selection. Then add a resize filter, change the colour depth to 16-bot and export. Then use GIF Construction Set Professional and go to Move to GIF, open the avi, delete any useless frames, supercompress it and save. I've done two now
