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How to Create an Animated GIF image using GIMP.

GIF means Graphical Interchanged Format(Bitmap image Format) i.e conversion of normal image into an animated image.GIF images end with .gif format.These GIF images play a great role in grabbing attention of the people by means of banners,images and many more.They also play a crucial role in blogging platform(Not only blogging but also other platforms like wordpress,tumblr and many more)as they help the blogger to gain more traffic by making attractive banners and images.There are many online tools as well as offline tools like GIF online converter,Photoshop etc., but some of them may not give satisfactory results.But don't worry In this tutorial i am gonna show you how to make a Animated GIF image using GIMP with in few minutes.So let's see how to do this
creating animated GIF using GIMP

Steps:

1.In order to create an animated GIF,Download and install GIMP(CLICK HERE).
2.After installation open GIMP and you will find two boxes i.e toolbox and layer options.
3.If you want an existing image to be converted into GIF you can open it by going to File>open(You can also open an image as a layer).
4.In this tutorial i am gonna use a new image to show you how to convert it into GIF. Browse to File>>New.Now select the appropriate width and height of the image and hit enter.
5.Choose a background and fill the image with your desired color.Now select the text tool from the toolbox and Type your name or anything else in it.After entering the text merge the two layers(i.e text layer and the background layer)
6.Duplicate the layer which you have merged and once again use the text tool and follow the step 5.
7.create 4-5 layers by following step 5 &6.
8.Now save the file in .xcf format(XCF-experimnetal computing facility).Xcf format saves all the data that is related to an image.
9.In order to save,save the file in .GIF format go to file and click on export and you will see a window as to save the file.Save the file to desired location and click export.Now you will see a window as shown below,adjust the delay between frames and click on Export
saving the file in .gif format
10.Finally in order to view the .gif image copy the image in to the browser(drag the file into the browser).

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That's it friends i hope you enjoyed the tutorial if you have any queries regarding any topic feel free to ask us through comments and have a nice day.

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