[quote][align=center] This is to help others to learn about animated GIF, to provide links to animated GIF Collections, GIF Tutorials and to animated GIF utilities. [b]What is GIF?[/b] GIF (Graphical Interchange Format) is the most common graphics format found on the Internet. [b]What is an animation?[/b] Animation means movement of some kind. Any multi-frame image is an animation. Animation can mean flashing, partial movement, shrinking and growing, movement in any, or each, of the 3 dimensions, spinning, etc... There are many different types of animation. [b]Animated GIF Collection[/b] [spoiler] [*][url=http://members.aol.com/royalef/galframe.htm]The 1st Internet Gallery of GIF Animation[/url] - Accepts public submissions. Animated GIF89a format only. [*][url=http://www.gifanimations.com/]2Cool Animations[/url] - more than 3000 [*][url=http://www.3dflags.com/]3DFlags.com[/url] - features 3D animated waving flags from all over the world. From world flags to state and regional flags, you will be able to find a transparent animated flag to suit any page [*]x[url=http://www.wsdaents.com/]Alex's Animated Gif Shop[/url] - Over 5000 animated gifs [*][url=http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/3204/index3.html]Alien Cargo[/url] [*][url=http://www.mediabuilder.com/]Amazing Instant Online Animated Banner Maker[/url] - input text to make your own animated banners. [*][url=http://users.bigpond.net.au/stoeckel/]Angst Art Arena[/url] - virtual gallery of intense iconography [*][url=http://members.cox.net/rw51/]AniGifs by rw51[/url] [*][url=http://www.ecsull.com/]Animated GIFs by E.C. Sull[/url] - 80 + Original Animated GIF! [*][url=http://www.webdeveloper.com/animations/]Animated GIFs for Free Download[/url] - over 300 [*][url=http://www.inscot.demon.co.uk/]Animation Arthouse[/url] - clip art site containing dragons, snakes, bars, caterpillars, mandelas, spiders and others. [*][url=http://www.animation-central.com/]Animation Central[/url] [*][url=http://www.animationfactory.com/]The Animation Factory[/url] - Over 3000 Original 3D Animations. Animated gifs, clipart, graphics, icons, buttons, and images. [*][url=http://www.internetlink.co.uk/animations.htm]Animation Fun[/url] - contains High quality 3-D ray traced animations. [*][url=http://www.agag.com/]Animated Gif Artists Guild[/url] [*][url=http://www.animatedgif.net/]AnimatedGif.net[/url] - 5000 totally free animated gifs in over 40 categories [*] [url=http://www.animationlibrary.com/]Animation Library[/url] - Over 13,729 free animations [*][url=http://www.web-animator.com/]Animation Online[/url] - create your own free animated banners; select a template, enter text, and a custom banner is instantly returned. [*]x[url=http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/6603/anima.htm]Animations[/url] [*][url=http://www.glorianon.com/ani/]Animations from WebWarriors[/url] [*][url=http://www.animations-galore.com/]Animations-Galore.Com[/url][size=2] [/size]- tons of completely free clipart animations [*][url=http://www.animation-station.com/]Animation-Station.com[/url] - Free Animations and Free Backgrounds. A huge collection of animated text, animated smileys, cartoon animations and tons of other free animated Gifs and free animations [*][url=http://www.animations.com/en/index.mc]Animations.com[/url] - 250000 royalty-free GIF animations [*][url=http://www.artie.com/]ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio[/url] - 15,000 Animated GIFs [*][url=http://www.barrysclipart.com/]Barry's Clip Art Server[/url] - over 400 animated Clip Art. [*][url=http://beermespix.no-frills.net/]Beerme's Animated GIF Gallery[/url] - 2915 images [*][url=http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/]bellsnwhistles.com[/url] - Animated Graphics and Website Building Tools [*][url=http://pixelplace.com/animated.htm]BenBer Does Icons[/url] - link to BenBer's animated GIF. [*][url=http://www.bestanimations.com/]Best Animations[/url] - 2000+ of the highest quality free animations [*][url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bocajeff/]BocaJeff's Florida Retreat[/url] [*][url=http://www.graphicsbydezign.com/]ByDezign[/url] - original and collected animation graphics MIDI links. [*][url=http://www.cybergata.com/anim.htm]Cat Gif Animations[/url] - animated GIF cats galore. [*][url=http://www.clipartconnection.com/]The Clip Art Connection[/url] - Alphabet, Animals, Arrows, Astronomy, Body Parts, Browsers, Buttons, Cartoons, Email, Food, Fun, Holidays, Icons, Lines, Love, Money, Movies, Net Features, Numbers, People, Platforms, Politics, Science, Sound, Sports, Transportation, Under Construction, Weather, Words, Uncategorized [*][url=http://www.clipartcastle.com/]Clipart Castle's Animated Gif Fantasy[/url] [*][url=http://www.gberan.com/]Club Unlimited[/url] - more than 7000 animated GIF, also Tutorial for making Animated GIFs by yourself, the weekly Club Unlimited Award for excellent animation on the net, reviews from software around Animated GIFs, links to interesting sites covering the topic Animated GIFs and Page Design, a Chat-Room where you can talk live with like-minded people, a Bulletin Board where you can post your requests, the Animators Corner where to find people to make your custom animation and much more. [*][url=http://services.valdosta.edu/animation/cool.html]Cool Java Scripts and Gif Animation[/url] [*]x[url=http://www.kaleidoscapes.com/current.html]Cool Kids Gif Animation Art Gallery For Young Aspiring Artists[/url] - internet animation tutorial also their [url=http://www.kaleidoscapes.com/kc_intro.html]Gallery Introduction and Instructions Page[/url] - Great animated GIFs by kids, and a link to Royal Frazier's Animated GIF Tutorial. [*][url=http://www.coolnerds.com/]CoolNerds Web Art Links[/url] - Animated GIFs, Backgrounds, Bullets and Buttons, Icons, Letters and Numbers, Lines, Sites, Video (avi, mpeg, etc.) [*][url=http://www.islandnet.com/%7Eluree/animate/animate.html]Custom Animations[/url] [*][url=http://www.geocities.com/geodanny/]Danny's Little Collection of Animated GIFs[/url] - Not so little anymore! [*][url=http://www.geocities.com/dbmall1/]dbMall Animated GIF Collection[/url] - animated GIF collection brings your homepage alive. [*][url=http://deco-page.0catch.com/]deco-page[/url] - moving letters [*][url=http://www.desktoppublishing.com/anigifs.html]desktoppublishing.com Animated Gifs[/url] [*][url=http://www.dreamartists.com/]Dream Artists[/url] - animation and graphic collection. Also a T-shirt contest, trivia and kids games, HTML help and links. [*][url=http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/]Feebleminds[/url] - Free Animated Gifs, Clipart, Signatures, Backgrounds, Buttons, Dividers, Lines, Bars, Fantasy Pictures, Tree Pictures, Kids Gifs, Banners, Headings, Background Sets [*][url=http://www.fg-a.com/]Free Gifs & Animations[/url] [*][url=http://www.gifanimations.com/]gifanimations.com[/url] - This is the Internet's original and largest collection of free animated GIFs. more than 20,000 animations, clipart and backgrounds [*]x[url=http://www.jwp.bc.ca/saulm/html/award/jsgal.htm]GIF Animation Galleria[/url] [*]x[url=http://www.ozarksoft.com/animation/index.html]The GIF Animation Site[/url] - lots of new GIF animation. also many button sized GIF animation. [*][url=http://www.stars.com/Gallery/GIFanim]GIF Animation Tools, Techniques, Examples and Resources[/url] - Freebies, discussion, and other animated GIF stuff. [*] [url=http://www.webpromotion.com/cgi-bin/catalog.products.cgi?ProductID=PPVMME00&ref=stock.html]GIF Animation Designs by Webpromotion[/url] - many transparent animations; animated button and icon gallery. [*][url=http://members.aol.com/royalef/gifanim.htm]GIF Animation on the WWW[/url] - No scripts, no SSI, no server access...just pure GIF. First gallery of GIF animation, software toolbox, tutorial, and more. [*][url=http://www.zampano.com/gifanim/index.html]GIF Animationen im WWW[/url] [*][url=http://www.redlipstick.net/thrift/]GIF Animation Thrift Shop[/url] - A bit of this, a bit of that, but all-in-all, a whole lotta animated GIF. [*][url=http://gifs.maxximum.org/]gifs.maxximum.org[/url] - 575 files [*] [url=http://www.imagif.net/]Imagif[/url] - collection of cliparts and animated gifs [*][url=http://members.aol.com/Genschman/animgif.htm]Martin Sammlung Animierte Gifs[/url] - A collection of animated gifs, own ones will come soon. [*][url=http://www.gifs.net/animate/animate.htm]Mike Shaikun's Animated Gif Collection[/url] - 1500 [*][url=http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1085/]Mikey's Collection of Animated GIFs[/url] - collection of animated gifs for download. Over 100 animated GIFs, and growing. [*][url=http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html]Millanimations[/url] - 500 original animated gifs [*][url=http://www.myallfish.com/]My All Fish[/url] - directory of fish, animals, insects and business clips art and animated GIFs. [*][url=http://guava.futuris.net/nickp/animation/main2.html]Nick's Cool Animated Gifs[/url] - Wacky stuff, 'Under Construction' signs, Bullets, Bars/rules, Eyeballs & Mailboxes, Fiery & Flashy, Small/Icon-sized [*][url=http://www.oregoncoast.com/northwestgifshop/]Northwest GIF Shop[/url] [*][url=http://www.digitalo.com/fetix/fornication/]optical fornication[/url] [*][url=http://members.tripod.com/notasoul/]Original Animated Gifs[/url] - free downloadable animations for your web page. [*][url=http://www.camelotdesign.com/]Over The Edge Animation[/url] - collection of gif animations free for downloading. [*][url=http://www.thepigworks.com/]the Pigworks[/url] - Samples of original animated cartoon characters [*][url=http://screamdesign.daz3d.com/]ScreamDesign[/url] - Free animated gifs, images, web design, flash animation, photoshop tips, html, icons [*][url=http://www.scurrynet.com/]ScUrRyNeT[/url] - a group of original animations by Steve Curry [*] [url=http://www.showmetoronto.com/shezam/index.htm]Shezam[/url] - gallery of 3-D images created in truespace. [*][url=http://www.angelfire.com/oh/gifsnstuff/]Steph's Gif's-n-Stuff[/url] [*][url=http://surfer-net.com/]Surfer-Net.com[/url] - Almost 33000 GIF Animations Available [*]x[url=http://www.cybernettix.vuurwerk.nl/]TOP150 Animated Gifs[/url] [*][url=http://www.uselessgraphics.com/]uselessgraphics[/url] - Free Animated Graphics, animated gifs, e-greeting cards, free animated images [*][url=http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/what1.html]USNO Master Clock Animated GIF Clocks[/url] - use server push to send the time out in synchronization with the USNO Master Clock. [*]x[url=http://usa.venus.co.uk/weed/agifs/]Venus Animated Gifs Archive[/url] - A collection of 2000+ animated GIFs, all credited, indexed alphabetically and by subject, with pages arranged for speedy downloads [*][url=http://www.victoriana.com/animate/animated.html]Victorian Animated Gifs[/url] [*][url=http://www.wizhat.com/]Web Wizards World[/url] - resources for web designers. [*][url=http://webwizards.hypermart.net/]Web Wizard's World Animation Library[/url] - resources for web designers. [*][url=http://5eggs.com/whatspins/]What Spins[/url] - animated GIF collection of the spinning earth, planets and others [*][url=http://users.bendnet.com/brianhovis/]The Wonderful World of...[/url] - A brief tutorial of how to make GIF animation as well as many software tools to make your own HTML pages. [/spoiler] [b]GIF Utilities[/b] [spoiler] [*][url=http://www.wsoft-lab.com/products/agif/index.htm]Active GIF Creator[/url] - create fabulous animated GIF images for the Web. You can even create movies using pictures or graphics created or edited in any image editing program, including Windows Paint, Adobe Photoshop and dozens of others. [*][url=http://www.creabit.com/gif/]Advanced GIF Animator[/url] - is a powerful tool for creating animated gif images. With this excellent program, you can create pictures, banners, buttons, and even movies. You can use built-in image editor or any stand-alone graphics editor, including, but not limited to Windows Paint, PaintShop Pro or Adobe Photoshop to create image files that will be assembled into GIF animation. [*][url=http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html]Alchemy Mindworks, Inc.[/url] - Software, books, and other resources including the [url=http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html]GIF Construction Set for Windows with Animate Wizard[/url]. - A favorite program of mine for creating animated GIF. [*][url=http://www.abacre.com/gifanimator/index.htm]Artful GIF Animator[/url] [*][url=http://www.selteco.com/bannershop/][img]http://www.selteco.com/getbsga.gif[/img][/url] [url=http://www.selteco.com/]Bannershop GIF Animator v5.0[/url] - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP [*][url=http://www.liatro.com/product/babarosa.php]Babarosa Gif Animator[/url] - An award-winning, powerful and easy-to-use tool for building and optimizing GIF animations [*][url=http://www.coffeecup.com/]CoffeeCup GIF Animator[/url] [*][url=http://www.crystalgraphics.com/]CrystalGraphics[/url] - Create animated logos as .avi files. Convert avi files to animated GIFs using the [url=http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html]GIF Construction Set[/url] [*][url=http://www.cydsoft.com/#CyDGIFStudio]CyD GIF Studio Pro[/url] [*][url=http://www.equilibrium.com/]Debabelizer Pro[/url] [*][url=http://www.blumentals.net/egifan/]Easy GIF Animator[/url] - is powerful yet very easy to use software for creating and editing animated GIF images. With its special features you can add stunning visual effects to your animations, prepare them for your web page and do much more. Easy GIF Animator can handle any type of GIF animation; it provides high compression and great quality for your animated GIFs. [*][url=http://anark.com/products/default.asp]Anark Studio 2[/url] [*][url=http://www.kamit.com/gifconverter/obtaininggifconverter.html]GIFConverter[/url] - for MAC [*][url=http://www.peda.com/ggg/]Gif gIf giF[/url] - for MAC,Win 3.1/3.11/95/98/ME/NT 4/2000. A small shareware program for producing GIF animations from screen captures. [*][url=http://www.boxtopsoft.com/gifmation.html]GIFmation[/url] - for Macintosh and Windows NT/95/98/2000 [*][url=http://www.gamani.com/]GIF Movie Gear[/url] - for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP [*][url=http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/%7Eeddietwo/gifsicle/]Gifsicle[/url] - UNIX command-line tool for creating, editing, and getting info about GIF images and animations [*][url=http://www.handmadesw.com/Products/Image_Alchemy.htm]Image Alchemy[/url] - for MAC/Win95/NT/DOS/OS/2/UNIX [*][url=http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/%7Eaminet/aminet.cgi?string=ImageFX]ImageFX[/url] - For AMIGA [*][url=http://www.imagemagick.org/]ImageMagick[/url] - a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in over 68 major image formats including TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, Photo CD, and GIF. [*][url=http://www.irfanview.com/]IrfanView[/url] - is a very fast freeware graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003 with Multiple (animated) GIF support, Multipage TIFF support and Multiple ICO support. [*][url=http://www.crayonsoft.com/]MagicViewer[/url] - For Windows 95/98/Me, NT 4.0 or 2000. Lets you easily view, batch convert, optimize and edit image files. [*][url=http://www.kfs.org/%7Eabw/code/multigif.html]MultiGIF[/url] - a cross-platform utility for creating animated GIF images [*][url=http://www.optiview.com/]OptiView[/url] - OptiView reduces GIFs, JPGs, and BMPs up to 90% without sacrificing quality. Crop, resize, rotate, adjust colors, and compress in one integrated online editor. [*][url=http://www.cloanto.com/]Personal Paint 7[/url] - for AMIGA [*][url=http://www.boxtopsoft.com/]PhotoGIF[/url] [*][url=http://www.ulead.com/]PhotoImpact and Ulead GIF Animator[/url] - Windows 95/NT 4.0 [*][url=http://www.rubberflex.com/]RubberWeb[/url] [*][url=http://www.micrografx.com/simply3d/]Simply 3D 3[/url] - Cannot find server or DNS Error 4-11-2004[/color][/size] [*][url=http://www.peda.com/smaller/]A Smaller GIF[/url] - is a program for reducing the size of animated GIFs without affecting their appearance in any way. [*][url=http://www.mit.edu:8001/transweb.html]TransWeb[/url] [*][url=http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/]UnFREEz[/url] - a high-speed Windows application that will take any number of images, saved as separate GIF files, and create a single animated GIF from those images. [*] [url=http://www.matchware.net/en/products/visualgifanimator/default.htm]Visual GIF Animator[/url] [*][url=http://www.group42.com/webimage.htm]WebImage[/url] - an image manipulation program used to enhance, optimize, and create graphics for the World Wide Web. Support for GIF, JPEG, and PNG, allows conversion of graphics to standard web formats. Image content can be optimized for increased compression and decreased download time. [*][url=http://www.totallyhip.com/webpainter.asp]WebPainter[/url] [*]x[url=http://www.msg.net/utility/whirlgif/]WhirlGIF[/url] - a small command-line program for generating multi-image GIF animations from a sequence of GIF image files. [*][url=http://www.winfli.com/]Winfli[/url] - a Windows program for viewing fli flc animation files within Windows. Winfli also allows you to convert these animations to animated gif for use on web pages [*][url=http://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/xanim/home.html]XAnim[/url] [*][url=http://www.xara.com/]Xara[/url] [/spoiler] [b]GIF Tutorials :[/b] [spoiler] [*][url=http://alamopc.org/pcalamode/misc/anigif.htm]How to Make an Animated GIF by Richard Weers[/url] [*][url=http://members.aol.com/royalef/gifmake.htm]Making Animated GIFs[/url] - A step by step tutorial on how to create animated icons that can be viewed within web pages. Links to the appropriate tools are included. [*][url=http://www.webreference.com/dev/gifanim/]Optimizing Animated GIFs[/url][/spoiler] [b]Credits to :[/b] Luke of Angelfire.com [quote]Note : This compilation may not provide you a COMPLETE list of gif resources.[/quote] [quote]Mods if this has already been posted you may delete this [/quote] [/align][/quote]