Animated sig/avatar file size rules?

[Trogdor]

So I tried doing a very simple GIF (just 5 frames). I took some FRAPS footage ingame, then used SUPER to break down the AVI into BMPs. Then I edited the BMPs in paint to cut them down in size. Now I'm trying to use SUPER to compile the shrunken frames into a .GIF, and it isn't working. SUPER just freezes up when it tries to encode the 5 files.

From what I've been able to find, the problem might be that the images use the wrong color palate? I tried saving them as .GIFs, but that didn't seem to matter. SUPER doesn't have anything of a user guide, can someone point out where I'm going wrong?

I'm using Paint.net to edit the images.

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