Awesome Animator

Awesome Animator

Awesome Animator is a complete tool to create Flash animations with sounds, music, imported photos, and drawings you create yourself. The program lets you import lots of different files: other SWF files, so you can edit and work with an existing animation, as well as JPG, PNG, GIF, or BMP, to create an animation from your own photos, or WAV, to give an audio touch to your animations. Once you finish the editing process, which is easy to learn but rather tedious to do, you can export the result in either SWF format to be embedded in webpages, or in AVI, to be played on any appropriate program or even uploaded to YouTube. Awesome Animator offers a less complicated alternative (though with fewer features) to the big Flash editors.

Animated Gif Producer

AVLAN Design

Animated GIF Producer is a small application that you can use to create animated GIFs in just a few minutes. All you have to do is import the images you want to use for the animation, put them in order and select the duration for each one, apply some effects, and save the file as a GIF. The application supports various video formats such as AVI and MPEG, so you can also make a GIF out of an imported video without any problems. Animated GIF Producer is easy to use and very intuitive. Thanks to this application, you can make your own animated GIFs in just a few minutes.

Gear Flash Downloader

GearDownload

Gear Flash Downloader is a tool that lets you easily download SWF (flash) files from any website. All you have to do is copy and paste the URL in the program's window and click on download. In a few seconds, all the SWF files will be downloaded directly onto your hard disk. One of the advantages, or disadvantages, depending on how you see it, of Gear Flash Downloader is how simple it is, because it doesn’t offer any other option apart from changing the download folder. Everything else is done automatically, making it very easy for you.

Raid

Lion Game Lion

Raid is a good application that gives us the possibility to create and edit basic animations out of still images. The interface of the program is very intuitive, without lots of buttons that misslead you. Right-click the image you want to edit and add movement points. Although the possibilities offered by the problem are a bit basic and limited, results are really good. Raid offers good features and an easy way to perform transformations thanks to its simple and effective interface. Finally, you can find a good tutorial in the official website.

Muvizu Lite

Muvizu

Muvizu is an utility for creating and editing animated movies with which you can start producing your very own short film in a matter of just a few hours. Usually, to use these kinds of programs, you need to take a course that lasts several weeks in order to learn how to use all its features. Movizu radically changes all this. You can find 27 tutorials on its website (each one of less than 10 minutes long), which will guide you step by step throughout the creation of your very first short animated film. Movizu is a very easy-to-use application that doesn't require a lot of time to make a movie. However, at the same time you can't expect miracles. It is an intuitive program with a very convenient interface, but it has too many features and options for you to just dive right in without having first gone through the tutorials. The Lite version has the complete and entirely functional version of Muvizu, but with a basic character and scenery package, which you can add to by downloading content packets. So, you can select which content you wan tot add without having to download it all at once. Those who have experience with similar programs as well as those who are completely new to 3D graphic creation will enjoy Muvizu. You just need to dedicate a bit of time and you will get spectacular results.

Gif Recorder

Muaz Khan

Gif Recorder is a simple application designed to help any user create and edit GIF animations by recording your desktop activity. Once you've captured whatever it is on your desktop that you'd like to turn into a GIF, you can edit the GIF with the help of the editor that comes with this tool. Your recordings will be saved as GIF files and you will be able to see them on any computer or smartphone, in addition to being able to embed them on blogs, webpages, or PowerPoint presentation. If you want to show how to do certain things with a program, or how to prepare an animation, Gif Recorder is the program for you.

Sonne Flash Decompiler

Solution Software Sonne

Sonne Flash Decompiler is a tool designed so that anyone who needs to restore elements on his or her Flash files can do it very easily. This powerful editor lets you convert Flash files into .swf and .exe format, as well as edit and recover your damaged movies in .swf format. With Sonne Flash Decompiler you can restore all your Flash movies independently of the content: image, text, audio, form, or fonts. This tool shows all the video components in detail. You can also add more content to your already-created movie, replace some images with others, insert text, and edit the font and color. You can use the preview tab, separate from the main panel, to drag and drop the window wherever you want, so you can extract the Flash components and change the format.

Clipets

Microsoft

Clipets is an app that you can use to create movement within photos, so that within a static photo there are part that move. It's like a mix between a conventional photo and a GIF. When it comes to editing the video, you can change the texture and a few other aspects of the images and the final result. So in addition to movement, each clip will have a personal touch. The best way of creating a clip is from a short video. Once you've picked a video, you choose a part of the video that you want to be visible and static. After that, you will create a new layer and choose what part you want to move. How long the animation lasts is up to each individual user, and you can also determine the time interval between the start of each animation.

MotionGIF

Wisdom Software

If you're looking for a program that makes creating GIFs easy, this one's for you. MotionGIF is a software designed to create animated files in a couple quick and easy steps. MotionGIF lets you create and edit frame by frame based on scalable vectors. The program can include other images, preset shapes, text, and up to 48 visual effects. The application's wide range of tools makes this GIF creation process super-fast. The tool has an image editor for managing and modifying the graphics you want to incorporate in your animated files, with support for 12 different formats. Its simplicity, in both its handling and interface, makes MotionGIF very easy to use for anyone who wants to create animations with no hassle. All the objects added to MotionGIF can contain transparencies in order to transition more fluidly between frames. The completely adjustable opacity will ensure quality animations that are well constructed. If you urgently need GIFs for your website, this tool will solve your problems.

SWF Visualizer

N/A

If you are looking for a tool to play Flash files, SWF Visualizer is for you. This program lets you watch any SWF file, regardless of whether you have it stored on your computer or its an URL. SWF Visualizer opens files and shows the number of frames that it is made up of so that you can begin to watch them just as you with any type of video file. In addition, this program has different controls to configure these types of files. The program is so simple that it doesn't need a lot of features. We can configure our Flash files and move them with great ease, as if it were a video file.

Animated GIF Creator

Animated GIF Creator

Animated GIF Creator is a simple tool to create animated gifs super easily based on pictures in a number of formats. This program has a very simple interface and is very straightforward in the way it works, since each of the five steps for creating the gif pops up in its own tab so you don't get lost or confused. Anyone can use it. To create a gif with this application, you need to add your pictures in step one; select the parameters you'll apply to the images in step two (like the duration of each image, the dimensions, and any transparent backgrounds you want to use); in step three you'll be able to see the properties; in step four you'll see a preview of your gif; and in step five you just have to click to finalize your creation. Animated GIF Creator offers quality results and lets you combine several pictures, even if they are in different formats, including BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, ICO, WMF, PSD, PSP, and PCD.

Amazing Slideshow Maker

Amazing-Share

Amazing Slideshow Maker lets you create little montages with pictures and videos, transitions and music and it even includes frames for every occasion. On the first tab you can choose between continuing a project that you’ve already started or starting a new one, then you’ll see different images and videos that’ll appear in order. When you pick a file, the program offers you the possibility to make small corrections before the montage. In the second tab you can find the different frame options to customize the end result and in the third tab you’ll find a ton of different stickers and animations that you can choose from. Amazing Slideshow Maker helps you create videos in four simple steps. The last of them is to pick how and where to save it. No difficult to use tools or wasting time.

WebAnimator

Incomedia

WebAnimator is a tool with everything you need to create complex animations intended for web interfaces. This program works as a hybrid between a video editor and a digital image editor, since you can use layers of various depths and animate the scene with the timeline. Although this may sound too complicated, in practice, it's actually very easy: simply select an element on the screen, define its movement, define the duration of the movement, and apply it to one of the layers you're working with. This, in addition to the large number of templates included on WebAnimator, makes creating animated GIFs for your website a piece of cake.

SmartSHOW 3D

AMS Software

Honeycam

Bandicam Company

Flipbook Printer

DonationCoder.com

If you know anything about the world of animation, you'll know that the first creations including moving images were made by flipping quickly through many images contained in a single book. When you change pages that have only slight differences between them at a high speed, it emulates the sensation of movement. Flipbook Printer will help you achieve this sensation by creating static images from any video. All you have to do is add your video file to the program (make sure that it's not very long), mark the key frames, and decide how many pages you want the result to be. The program will automatically create a list of images, including a cover page and an end page, which you can print immediately.

BannerShop Gif Animator

Selteco

This is an excellent visual tool to create animated gifs and banners with professional results. BannerShop Gif Animator offers you a series of services which will make the creation of your animations for web, promotion and publicity much simpler. Add effects, filters, transitions... to your designs effortlessly and optimize the results to adapt them to the web without losing quality in the process. A complete and easy to use tool, orientated towards the creation and design of web animations.

Text-Osterone

VerticalMoon

Test-Osterone is a very easy to use utility with onlyoneobjective: Create flash animationswith text, thanks to the more than 200 effects included. Test-Osterone is divided in small windows, each one with a different function. From the main windows you’ll be able to determine the text format, choosing, among other aspects, size, color or font type. Test-Osterone uses True Tyefonts installed in your computer. Once you have choosen them, you have to choose the effect you want to apply, remember it’s not going to be easy, there are more than 200 effects. Once you’ve selected the effect, you only have to save the output as .swf and you’ll have your animated text ready to be exported wherever you want.

All News To Flash

Mandomartis

SWF Easy

Sothink

SWF Easy is an easy-to-use gif and flash movie creation tool, perfect to create buttons for web pages or animated banners. The program includes a good number of templates that will make easier to create your own buttons and banners. SWF Easy uses the what you see is what you get philosophy, so you will not find any horrible surprise when exporting your creations. Once you'll have finished your creations, you can decide whether to save it as GIF, SWF or AVI. If you are getting started in the world of website creation, SWF Easy is a helpful application.

MAGIX 3D Maker

MAGIX

3D Maker is a graphic design tool to create your own titles and objects in 3D, in a way that's both easy and quick. The program's interface is very similar to that of most design applications, so if you're familiar with any of them, you won't find it hard to get around 3D Maker. You'll have dozens of design options at your disposal, such as different types of modeling, bevels, depth-of-field effects, textures, shadows, etc. Basically, you'll have enough options to do virtually anything you want with a 3D title. Once you're finished, you can export it to .jpg, .bmp, .png, .gif, or .swf. 3D Maker is a really interesting tool for all those users looking to get started in the world of 3D animation, as it's very user-friendly and offers quite decent results.

7GIF

Xtreme-LAb

7GIF is an image viewer with the unique capability of displaying GIF animations, something that was possible on Windows XP but that couldn't be done with the image viewer on later versions of the operating system. This simple tool lets you view animations while controlling the playback speed for each image that makes up the GIF file. This program stands out not just for that but also for letting you zoom in or out on any part you want or take screenshots of a particular frame, which you can export as a new image. Another good thing is that you can save the animation in its original or modified speed, or set the tool as your default application to open GIFs. If what you're looking for is to personalize your short video clips, 7GIF is the tool for you. It has a very simple interface that allows you to work with no hassle.

SSuite Office Gif Animator

Van Loo Software™

SSuite Office Gif Animator is a lightweight program that lets you create animated GIFs using different images you have stored on your hard drive. You can import images in JPG, BMP, and PNG format. The animated GIF creation process with SSuite Office Gif Animator is simple; all you have to do is choose the photos you want to use for your GIF and set the time interval between each image (measured in milliseconds). In a matter of seconds, your GIF is ready to watch. SSuite Office Gif Animator is an interesting program that stands out mainly for its ease of use and reduced size. After all, it's a program that takes up a little more than five megabytes and doesn't even require installation. All you have to do is unzip it and start using it.

Gif to Flash Converter

Program4Pc Inc.

Gif to Flash Converter is a small, easy to use program that converts GIF animations into videos or static images in several formats. You can use it to convert any animation you've seen online into a much more manageable video file that’s easier to play or edit, it can also be useful in capturing a specific image from an animation. The bottom line is that whatever use you want to give it, Gif to Flash Converter will carry out your commands in seconds. The options available aren’t that many. You can choose the output format (AVI, SWF, or image), as well as the colors used, the image quality, and the frames per second of the animation. Other interesting options are the ability to divide the animation at a specific moment, and re-size it so as to adjust its dimensions to any mobile device, such as a PDA, iPod, or PSP.

Thundersoft GIF to Video Converter

ThunderSoft

If you're a fan of GIFs, now you have a tool to convert them to video files. ThunderSoft GIF to Video Converter is a software designed to change your GIF animations to videos, and you can even use it to convert your JPEG and bitmap files, as well. Animated GIFs will become good-quality videos, with all the frames in the file being extracted and adjusted. It can also include background music and background color (if the GIF has a transparent background to begin with) and adjust the frames and bit speed, among other functions. The program supports most video formats, such as AVI, WMV, MP4, FLV, MOV, or MPEG, so you can export them in an extension compatible with whatever device you want. ThunderSoft GIF to Video Converter also lets you convert your GIFs in lots and add a custom logo.

LICEcap

Cockos Incorporated

LICEcap is a useful and original tool which allows you to create animated GIFs by capturing the windows that you have open at any particular moment. The size of the GIF depends on the size of the window in question. You can increase or decrease its size by increasing or decreasing the size of the window you want to capture. You can even personalize it to the point that you have the option of choosing the maximum number of frames per second included in the GIF or adding any text you want. You can chose your own video sequence or your favorite clip from a Youtube video. Completely personalize your GIF with LICEcap and give free rein to your imagination, creating endless animations.

Easy GIF Animator

Blumentals Software

Easy GIF Animator is a tool used to create animated GIF images very easily. With this editor you will be able to quickly create animated buttons and banners based on the selected images. Easy GIF Animator allows you to set up several aspects of the GIF file, for example, we will be able to choose the time that will take to change from frame to frame of the image. In addition, for pictures with different size, you can respect the original size or resize them to maintain the same size for all the frames. It also includes several filters for your images, transitions and a text editor to add text to your pictures before including them in your animated GIF. And now it includes a new interface, very clean and intuitive, so your work will be even easier.

MythusFlashDown

Mythusoft.com

Instagiffer

Instagiffer

If you're a GIF fanatic, Instagiffer is a tool designed especially for you: you can use it to create animations directly from YouTube videos without even having to download them. You can also use the program with videos that you have stored on your hard drive, or even with a screencast. Give your imagination free rein with Instagiffer, and create GIFS no matter where the video comes from. Your animations will be easy to make, since you only have to specify the start time and duration that you want each animation to have. Selecting start time and duration is measured in minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second, so you have complete control over your final product. Instagiffer also includes additional options that enable you to change the quality and aspect of the GIF until you are pleased with the results. With this tool, you can change the number of frames per second, modify the overall size, add effects, and even add text to the GIF.

Yasisoft GIF Animator

Yasisoft

Yasisoft GIF Animator is a tool that lets you create animated GIFs from scratch and that can be as detailed as wanted to be, either by a progressive image merge or the traditional frame by frame animations process. Using Yasisoft GIF Animator is surprisingly easy since its user-friendly menus can be used as a guide during the creation process. In order to start editing the animation, you just have to import an image, which you'll use as an initial frame. Once that's done, you can add and modify elements and characteristics of this image into new frames (which work similarly to the picture editing program layers) as well as create your own drawings or moving elements. You can always check the animation status on the Preview window and quickly modify any element that might be out of place. Yasisoft GIF Animator works well as a basic digital image editor that can be used to apply filters or draw on any of your pictures.