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What is the best GIF animator?

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DVDvideosoft.com has a free GIF maker. You can drag and drop a video, mark where you want the start and end of the GIF, click and it's done in seconds.

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Can I use video to create a gif in GIMP?

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You could, but it would require splitting the video into still frames. Once you have those pictures, do as the tutorial describes.

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When exporting as an animated .GIF file, only one of the frames (layers) is rendered. Why?

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Maybe you haven't animated it properly. Try and watch the tutorial again and create the .gif file again.

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Could your directions be outdated as of 1/23/18? The directions don't seem to conform to what I have.

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They aren't outdated, I just did it on the latest version as of 5/5/18. Try another piece of software if it doesn't seem to conform to what you have.

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Can I use my created GIMP files in a PowerPoint presentation?

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You need to export it as an image or GIF first. Raw xcf files can only be read and opened by GIMP.

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