Best animated gif creator

sersun posted this at 20:01 — 26th April 2002.

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I am using Photoshop/ImageReady to make them. Is there a better option out there?

Also, is it possible to optimize animated banner so that it only animates a portion of it (to save space)?

Thanks.

sersun

doublehelix posted this at 20:33 — 26th April 2002.

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I use Corel Photopaint and you can set it to only save the part that changes. Saves a lot in file size.

sara_dippity posted this at 05:36 — 27th April 2002.

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You could divide the image up into seperate images and then peice them together with tables, only one cell of the table containing animation. I take no credit for this, I saw a dragon in a html tutorial a long time ago. Hmm, lemme find it.

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Sorry, the place I saw it was something I paid admission for. I can't get to it through the free thing. If you want details, pm me. I'll cut and paste or something.

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Abhishek Reddy posted this at 06:09 — 27th April 2002.

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I can't say that I do much in the way of web animation, but I've only ever used MM stuff; Flash and Fireworks. They're pretty good with quality & filesize.

thedawg posted this at 07:31 — 27th April 2002.

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Fireworks

The Webmistress posted this at 08:15 — 27th April 2002.

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What sort of animations are you doing? Cartoons type or banners?

Busy posted this at 23:20 — 27th April 2002.

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I use PSP's animation program, has built in compression, select as well as some effects etc, even a wizard with options to change single or mutli frames, add, delete ... it comes free with paint shop pro so is always there

nike_guy_man posted this at 02:17 — 28th April 2002.

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I use Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and Imageready 2.0...
In the animation pallete, create a new slide, then a new layer, and color in the part you want to animate and simply redraw it in the new position... its crude, but it worked for me

Mike Feury posted this at 05:56 — 7th May 2002.

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Outside of the built-in animators mentioned already, the top 3 independent ones are probably:

IrfanView which has been a top-class image viewer for ages. Based on viewer quality, likely to be worth checking out the animator. Free, $10 commercial.

Ulead has been a top animator for a long time also, might be the best of these 3 since it's specialized. Free trial, $45 to register.

Xara 3D is mainly a 3D text maker, but either makes or integrates with GIF animations. Xara have been a top-class graphics maker for years also. Free trial, $40 to buy.

There are another few good ones also, but it's a while since I've looked at this. Post if you need more and I'll have a look

Mike

theprofessional posted this at 15:35 — 8th May 2002.

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Creating graphics and then animating them - Use Flash and save as a gif animation

Animating gifs and such after thier creation - Fireworks

Jack Michaelson posted this at 16:02 — 8th May 2002.

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I've used Flash, Ulead, Irfan, PSP and ImageReady for making anigifs and I must say that ImageReady works the best.

blockchords posted this at 14:59 — 10th May 2002.

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I have PSP Animation Shop at home...it's good for a low price. I have ImageReady at work which is excellent. I also have gifbuilder which is basic but does the job. Actually, nobody has been able to tell the difference which tool I've used.

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