Animate Gif Images Online To Create Gif Animations

November 6, 2009 No Comment

Earlier we covered how to create animated gifs using a free gif animation tool called GiftedMotion. But if you aren’t interested in downloading and installing a software to animate gif images, and are looking for a way to create animated pictures online, then Wegif is a good option.

While Gif is a popular image format like jpg or png, an animated gif is one which can have multiple image frames that can animate at different speeds. They are a Sort of mini videos without audio, which can play without requiring a separate player or plug-in. Gifs have the file extension .GIF or .gif. Gifs will animate immediately when viewed in a web browser, most email clients, and operating systems, without the need to download or install anything.

A wegif combines the gif aspects related to animation, such as multiple frames, looping, individual frame durations, with the high visual clarity, quality, color, and small file size of JPEG image compression. Wegifs can easily be converted and saved as regular animated gifs, since the gif format is still needed in some instances.

Aside form the technical differences, a wegif is itself the idea of animated photography without being tied down to a specific technology, in the same way a story carries meaning regardless of being watched on film or read from a book.

How To Create a Gif Animation on Wegif?

Go to Wegif.com and create an account
Go to the Create page and select one of the three options to create an animated gif i.e. You can create wegifs by taking snapshots from your webcam or uploading a few different photos from your digital camera and combining them into an animation right on the site. At least 2 photos or snapshots are needed in order to create an animation.
Play with changing the speed and timing of your animation and when you feel it is just right, click the Done button.

That is all!!! You would have created your own gif animations. note that your webcam must not be simultaneously used by any other program, when you are on he create page of wegif to take snapshots from your webcam.Here are a few tip to use your webcam to capture photos.

Try to keep the camera in the same spot if capturing a subject.
If panning, only move small increments in each frame.
Don’t bob up and down unless you’re intending for this effect.
If you can’t help a sudden jerk, you may want to slow down the timing for that frame.
If your camera or cellphone supports it, try switching into continuous frame mode.

Enjoy creating Gif animations on Wegif.com!!!