Make Animated GIFs

Make Animated GIFs

Make Animated GIFs : Multi-thousand tips to make your life easier.

Animation and the movies you see every day work in exactly the same way. They are frame after frame of still images that, when sped up, appear to move.

1. Open Jasc Animation Shop (JAS), then click File > New, or press Ctrl+N if you prefer using hotkeys.
2. In my example, I will create an animation using only two frames; it will loosely resemble a rolling stone. For this, I am using only one image. Depending on the complexity of your animation (such as a man or animal walking), you may require far more. It is really just a matter of placing the individual images in the correct order.
3. You will need this image. Save it to your hard disk by right-clicking the image and choosing Save Image As. Remember the directory where you saved it; you will need it momentarily.
   
4. Now that you have the image, go back to JAS; you will see a set of empty frames. Delete the default frame by selecting it and pressing Delete; you will not need this frame.
5. Go to the menu bar and choose Animation, then Insert Frames > From File.
6. In the Insert Frames window, choose Add File, browse to the directory where you saved the image, select it, and click Open. Now click OK. This image should appear in the first frame.
7. Select the first frame by clicking it, then right-click and choose Copy, or simply press Ctrl+C.
8. Right-click again and choose Paste > After Current Frame.
9. Select the newly created frame, return to the menu bar, select Animation, and then click Flip Frames, or press Ctrl+I.
10. To make sure you have done it correctly, right-click either frame and choose View Animation. You should see a rolling stone. If you do not see any animation, start back at step one. If at first you don't succeed, try and try again.
11. If you did see an animation, select File, then Save As, give it a name, and you now have an Animated GIF that you can use on your own website or even in a Flash presentation.