Software for animated gifs?

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Sun Mar 2 21:26:18 UTC 2008


On 03/02/2008 03:58 AM, norman wrote:
>> The GIMP will do it. Create your picture with multiple layers; each
>> layer is another image in the animation. Be careful with transparency;
>> each frame completely overwrites the previous frame. When you save, do
>> so as GIF. At that point you will be given the option to save as an
>> animation; the next dialogue will let you set the delay between frames.
>> 
> I have used Gimp to make animated GIFs without difficulty. There is a
> video available which explains the method quite well. You can find this
> on www.meetthegimp.org and, if my memory is correct, it is episode 20.
> 
> Norman
> 
> 

GAP plugin is available from the repos:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/gimp-gap
  http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Using_GAP/
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Advanced_Animations/

Recommends:
 GIFsicle
http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/gifsicle





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