Simplest way to create animated GIFs for this forum?

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Thanks, but what torture!?!?! :wink:
Which one to pick?

Come on, tell us your favorite. :smile:

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Has anyone used GIF Brewery?

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Hey Dan,

It's a freebie, so I just tried it out. It seems pretty easy to use and fairly full-featured.

After 15 minutes of playing with it I give it a thumbs-up – not perfect, but not bad at all.

I own copies of ScreenFlow, SnagIt, and GraphicConverter but haven't used any of them enough in creating animated GIFs to comment at this time.

-Chris

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Thanks.

One of the biggest concerns to me is file size. This forum has a limit on attachment file size, and that limit applies to images as well.

I don’t remember what the limit is, but I ran into it with one animated GIF I was working on. IIRC, the Animated Gif was created by SnagIt, but it might have been ScreenFlow.

So, as I said, file size should be taken into account when considering options.

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I agree, file size is an important consideration.

I have created a number of SnagIT videos, which then can be saved as animated GIFs. So far I have not had any forum rejections, due to file size or otherwise.

Having said that, I think that LiceCap produces a very small GIF. I've used it a long time (before SnagIT feature was available) with great success.

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