Simulate a banner rotator with an animated GIF

Question

I've been using a faulty DotNetNuke banner rotator and I just want to have one image transform into another over and over. Can I do this with an a animated GIF, and is there a tool to help?

Answer 1

I would probably use GraphicsMagick for this:

gm convert -delay 200 -loop 50 frame*.gif animation.gif

Which would give you a delay of 2 seconds between each frame and a looping image.

If you so desired you could also use ImageMagick with essentially the same syntax.

If you're on Windows there are also some other options that are less powerful but more user friendly:

• UnFREEz
• Animated GIF banner-maker