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How to Create Your Own Computer Animations

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By mwchambers
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Making computer animations is fun and is fairly simple. With a GIF animation you can create your own animations using GIF images and add animation to them. You can even save them and use them on your own personal website. You can download a free GIF animator and start creating your own animations today. Follow these steps to download a GIF animator and create your own computer animations.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    First you will need to download the program required to create your own computer animations. There is a link in the resources section to a free GIF animator download. Download the software and install it.

  2. Step 2

    Now you can use royalty-free or your own GIF images and create animations. Simple import the image into the program and add frames to the image. Now you can add animation to any image, even your own pictures. This is the same basic concept that cartoon artists use. Simply changing the position and adding items to the image creates an animation when you play it at regular speed.

  3. Step 3

    Now that you have created your own animation you can save it and add to your own website. You can also create your own animations for your friends to use or email.

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