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is the industry's most robust and affordable tool to create animated GIFs. Easily create fast-loading animation for your Web site and PowerPoint presentations.

Create and edit with precision
Animation Wizard walks you through creating an animation sequence. Add video or other animation as separate frame objects or image, text, animated text. Use the frame Panel with filmstrip view to easily create object animation.

Powerful Optimization
Apply various text effects, video effects, transitions and even Photoshop compatible filters . Ensure fast-loading animation by using the optimization wizard to automate compression based on presets.

Flexible Output
Enjoy a variety of output options by creating True Color AVI, QuickTime, MPEG. Generating HTML files to display GIF animation in web browsers or save objects as multi-layered PhotoImpact and Photoshop files.

Intuitive Interface

Gain power with simplicity:
Object-based workspace supports True Color source objects
Tab-based workspace with Edit, Optimize and Preview modes
Object Manager controls a common pool of objects for all frames
Frame Panel provides filmstrip view for easy object animation
Preview animation directly on the composition workspace
Full floating/dockable interface

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Easy Composition

Create and edit with precision:
Animation Wizard walks you through creating an animation sequence
Add video or other animation as separate frame objects
Add image, text, animated text and PhotoImpact path objects
Open PhotoImpact, Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro layers as objects
Add live text objects with character-level formatting control
Object tweening for automatic trajectory across frames
Reuse GIF Animator UGA project files which retain source objects
Use round trip auto-updating with objects in external image editors
Built-in image editing with selection, paint and transform tools

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Dynamic Effects

Apply a variety of awesome special effects:
Add animated text effects with move-in and move-out paths
Animated text objects are always-editable at the character level
Add shadow, neon and glow to animated text effects in real-time
Apply various video transitions and video filters
Take advantage of Photoshop compatible filter plug-in support

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Powerful Optimization

Ensure fast-loading animation:
Optimization Wizard automates compression based on presets
Advanced options optimize for target file size or compression ratio
Before-and-after animated previews display real-time optimized results
Batch optimize GIF animation by folders or by selected files
Flexible palette options for full control over colors
Apply the latest compression techniques, including lossy GIF support
Web Safe Palette control for color consistency on the Web

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Flexible Output

Enjoy a variety of output options:
Create True Color AVI, QuickTime, MPEG and AutoDesk Animation
Save as raster-based True Color Flash animation
Generate HTML files to display GIF animation in Web browsers
Send self-playing animated greetings with personalized messages and music
Output animation frames as sequentially numbered JPEG or PNG files
Save objects as multi-layered PhotoImpact and Photoshop files

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