blockchords — Fri, 10 May 2002 14:59:42 +0000

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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Jack Michaelson — Wed, 08 May 2002 16:02:42 +0000

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

theprofessional — Wed, 08 May 2002 15:35:38 +0000

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

Animating gifs and such after thier creation - Fireworks

Mike Feury — Tue, 07 May 2002 05:56:14 +0000

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

nike_guy_man — Sun, 28 Apr 2002 02:17:06 +0000

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

Busy — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 23:20:39 +0000

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

The Webmistress — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 08:15:12 +0000

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

thedawg — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:31:58 +0000

Fireworks

Abhishek Reddy — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:09:45 +0000

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.

sara_dippity — Sat, 27 Apr 2002 05:36:11 +0000

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.