How to Get Animated GIFS for Web Pages

One way to jazz up a web page is with an animated GIF file. Since GIF's are based on small frame-to-frame animation, they require little memory. Here's how you can acquire some to brighten your web pages.

Instructions

1. Look for GIFs at the large search engine service sites like Yahoo and Google. These sites often have a lot of free web enhancers including animated GIFs.

2. Search individual web sites. Some small-time programmers have found their way around animated GIF software and created some of their own animations that they openly post for use.

3. For a wide selection of animated GIFs, try a clip art warehouse like CoxImages. The English/French site has a variety of animated GIFs available. Another site, CG Grasp, is in Japanese. For art from a Christian source, try AJS graphics.

4. Go to forums to see what kind of animated GIFs others are talking about. A chat room lead could find you the type of animations you're looking for.

Tips & Warnings

• If you're a little tech-savvy, software like Ulead GIF animator allows you to craft your own animated GIFs. You'll have to locate the software online, download it and install it, and read the manual file.

• It can only be assumed that freelance web designers would create any animation you want, either GIF or Flash, for a fee. If your project is specialized and has a budget, consider hired brains to make personalized animations.