GiftedMotion is a small and easy to use GIF Animator, written in Java. If you need a simple way, to turn a series of still images into an animation to be displayed on a webpage, without the hassle of learning how to use a full blown graphics suite, then GiftedMotion is probably the tool for you.
Features of the current version:
Written in Java, runs on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
Free to use, no licensing costs. Ideal for making small animations to be used on your homepage.
No installation required. Just put the jar file on your Desktop (or any place else) and start it. GiftedMotion will not bury itself into your operation system.
Supports the following input formats: PNG, JPG, BMP and GIF.
Easy to adjust size of the resulting animation.
Easy to adjust position of images within frames.
Animation preview.
Full control over all aspects of the animated GIF.
Best dithering results, if working with images of more than 256 colors.
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