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This quick tour shows you the basic principles of creating, editing and optimizing a GIF animation with Active GIF Creator (AGIF). GIF-file consist of multiple image (frames). These images are created with the help of internal image editor or any graphic application such as Windows Paint, Adobe Photoshop and so on. Animation in GIF format is realized as a sequence of images which differs slightly from each other.

Getting started.
Customize toolbar. After installation of Active GIF Creator standard toolbar contains set of tools by default. With the help of dialog window View/Customize Toolbars it is possible to place any set of tools to standard toolbar.
Load of legacy GIF-file. Select File/Open or click the toolbar button.
Load of bitmap strips BMP, AVI-files and ANI-files (animated cursors). Select File/Import.
Creation new animation. Select File/New or click the toolbar button. Than select Image/New or click the toolbar button and add empty image to GIF. Opens standard dialog image size. You need to set necessary image size and to begin one's work. You can use previously created subimages or select images from collections supplied with the program.

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