Easy GIF Animator 7.3

Overview

Easy GIF Animator is a package to help create excellent animated GIFs that can be used on web sites and for general distribution.

This GIF editor lets the user create frames one frame at at time. Graphical advertising banners can be produced, animated characters can be created for mascots, or more. Animations can be used on web pages to bring some life to an otherwise boring page. These can be developed frame by frame.

The editor itself includes many useful features. It is possible to add a sparkle effect to an image to bring it to life. Visual effects can also be added to GIFs to make them more interesting to the viewer. This can all be done while offering excellent compression ratios to keep the file sizes down for internet usage.

Different types of images can be used in an animation. This includes GIF, JPG, BMP and PNG images which can all be blended in together or used separately.

Videos can be converted to GIF animations which can turn them into smaller sizes and ensure that they are viewable across more mediums.

Installation

The installation completed without any issues.

There was no adware, toolbars, spyware or malware included with the setup package.

Easy GIF Animator requires Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8.

Interface

The interface initially opens up at the File tab which displays a list of wizards to make it easier to use the software initially, some general tasks and a small handful of tutorials.

There are other navigational elements (Home, Frames, Selection, Animation and Help) which change the toolbar below the menu offering many other options. The effect is like the Ribbon UI that users of Microsoft Office versions will be familiar with.

Pros

• Create professional GIF animations
• Create graphical banners for advertising
• Work with animations frame by frame
• Convert video to GIF animations
• Convert GIF color animations to grayscale
• Reverse existing GIF animation
• Animation loop count and frame duration
• Add sparkle and other visual effects to images
• Understandable ribbon UI interface
• 20 usage trial version

Cons

• Will take time to get a handle on all the features includes with Easy GIF Animator especially for someone who has not worked with animated GIFs before.

Alternatives

Motion GIF has a variety of useful ways to create animated GIFs that can compete with Easy GIF Animator. Advanced GIF Animator is a similar software as well.

Conclusion

Easy GIF Animator is a well equipped GIF animation tool for Windows. It offers frame by frame animation control including animation speeds.