Animation is not only a way for creating a cartoon or clip, but also a good alternative to ordinary digital pictures and photographs, because the effect of a “living” image will even make an ordinary frozen plot with an interesting, memorable and colorful. Modern computer technologies and various programs provide a large selection for users who have decided to create animation with their own hands. The most popular are moving images that received the name “gifs”, formed from the corresponding GIF format. In fact, GIF graphic files are alternating in a certain mode, which arises the effect of a moving picture. You can create such an animation both by installing special programs and by using online resources, in which, following a clear procedure, you can quickly create a living image or even a whole video.
How to make gif animation
We will analyze the three main ways to create GIF animations:
Online services: the main plus of the use of such specialized sites is that you do not need to download additional programs and utilities and install them on a computer, just go to the desired resource and create your animation. To select a resource, it is enough to enter the word “On-line animation” into the search system line and you will be offered many services. One of the simplest sites is called gifovin, using the “Add Images” button, download the selected pictures, choose the desired effect, its duration, if you need to change the boundaries and shape of the figure, size, press “Ready” and keep the result in the folder in the folder.
Creating GIF animation by installing a program: for this, first of all, you need to choose from the many you like the program on specialized sites, download the file and unpack it on your computer or install it on a system disk. After installing software, you can start editing images.
One of the simplest utilities intended specifically to create and edit animations is the GIFCAM program, which is enough just to download and opened the archive, use it by direct purpose, without installing, and the weight of the utility is minimal.
How to make gif animation
GIFCAM removes the events taking place on the monitor, thus by pressing the REC recording button in the window, you can create animation even from the video, it is also easy to configure the recording parameters, including the screen size, the speed of the tape, the adapted animation is stored in the file. You can also edit the GIF using the Edit command, for example, remove unnecessary shots.