The world of Animated GIFs is a fascinating one indeed. Anyone can create Animated GIFs, irrespective of the graphics skills one has. Usually the initial animations will look ugly and wierd, but with practice, and after viewing hundreds of animations on the web, the animations will begin to look better, until one day you will say... "I'm proud of this animation!".... This pride will be greater when your animations will be used in diferent web pages.

First of all, let us explain what an Animated GIF is. An Animated GIF is a collection of a number of images (frames), which, when compiled in sequential order, make a movie-like effect.

This small lesson has been divided into different sections, each section will cover all the different aspects of creating Animated GIFs. I hope you enjoy it. If you have any problems, do not hesitate to put them forward.

• Check List
• The first animation
• Speed Limit
• Transparency
• Transparency continued
• Reducing the file size
• No artistic inclination