Do you like Computer Animations?
Create An Animation Using Software
GIFCON
by
Yuan Jiang
Nov 17, 1998
What are Animations?
  A series of pictures/frames + timing control
How to play animations?
  A player/viewer/browser
How to create animations?
  Java applets? - need programming! :-
  GIF tools? - simple! good for WWW!
What is
GIFCON?
  Tool that can construct animated GIF files easily!
What can GIFCON do?
  Assemble pictures into an animated GIF
  Disassemble an animation into a series of frames
  Convert an AVI moive to an animated GIF file
  Convert an animated GIF file to an AVI moive
  Create banners/transitions/LED Signs
Animation Wizard in GIFCON
Steps:
1. Click GIFCON icon in your Win95.
2. After the "GIFCON" program appears,
click Animation Wizard in file menu to start a new animation.
3. Setup Controls:
  set animation times -- loop infinitely or animate once?
  set palette -- for better visual effect
  set timing -- for smooth-playing
4. Click "select" button in Animation Wizard to select pictures,
for example, the following 17 pictures:
frame00.gif
frame01.gif
frame02.gif
frame03.gif
frame04.gif
frame05.gif
frame06.gif
frame07.gif
frame08.gif
frame09.gif
frame10.gif
frame11.gif
frame12.gif
frame13.gif
frame14.gif
frame15.gif
frame16.gif
into the current animation.
5. Save the animation into a file, say, "walk.gif".
6. Use Netscape or Internet explorer to view/play it.
walk.gif
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7. Where to get "GIFCON" and more information about it?  
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html
8. Handout Available
Last modified: Nov 2, 98. Comments sent to yuj2@eecs.lehigh.edu