Animated GIFs have become a popular way to add short, attention-grabbing animations to websites, social media posts, and more. While you can create GIFs in a number of different ways, one popular method is to use the online tool GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).
GIMP is a free, open-source image editing program that offers a wide range of features. One of those features is the ability to create animated GIFs. You can use GIMP to create GIFs from scratch or to edit existing GIFs.
Creating Animated GIFs in GIMP
To create an animated GIF in GIMP, you’ll need a series of images that you want to include in the animation. The images can be of anything you want, but they should all be the same size and saved as separate files.
Once you have your images ready, launch GIMP and open the first image in the series. Then, go to File > Open as Layers… and select all of the other images you want to include in the animation. GIMP will then open all of those images as separate layers within the first image.
Now that all of your images are open in GIMP, go to Filters > Animation > Playback… This will open up the Animation Playback dialog box.
In the dialog box, make sure that the “Repeat Forever” option is selected and then click “OK.”
Next, go to File > Export As…. In the Export Image as GIF dialog box that opens, make sure that “Use delay entered above for all frames” is selected and then click “Export.”
GIF will now export your animation as a GIF file. You can then upload it to your website or social media account.
The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.
