| Tutorial demystifies the GIMP Animation Package |
Mar. 20, 2006
A new tutorial that explains how to make GIF animations for the Web using the GIMP graphics application has been published on the GIMP wiki. The tutorial discusses how GIF animations are treated by GIMP, and then details how the GIMP Animation Package takes animation to the next level.
GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, open-source program used for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
GIF animations are sequences of grayscale or indexed color images with timing information attached, according to tutorial author Scott Bicknell. GIMP allows for the creation of animated GIFs by placing each image in its own layer and attaching timing information through modification of the layer comment.
"My goal is to provide a one-stop tutorial for GIMP animation that goes from complete beginner to intermediate knowledge that other tutorials skip or gloss over," Bicknell said.
To read Bicknell's tutorial, go here.
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