Active GIF Creator 3.1 Review
With Image Tools Group Active GIF Creator you can create fabulous animated GIF images for the Web.
Program features:
- makes animated GIF- files from set of BMP, JPEG, ICO, PCX, PNG, TGA, PSD- files and Windows Metafiles;
- imports frames from other GIF- files;
- manages list of images;
- edits images using internal image editor or script editor;
- duplicates, merges, crops, resizes, rotates and flips frames;
- defines GIF- files global parameters: GIF size, logical screen size, background color index, number of loops in animation;
- defines offset, transparency, interlacement, delay, title and value "how to remove" for each separate image;
- applies effects to whole image or to its rectangle part;
- puts particles on image;
- adds and removes text commentaries;
- edits color palettes;
- supports clipboard operations for images (in BMP format);
- exports and imports AVI- files and ANI- files;
- exports and imports bitmap strips;
- creates 2D and 3D button images;
- uses image collections;
- creates animation scripts;
- optimizes size of GIF- files;
- shows GIF size and download time for different speeds of modems;
- allows to preview your GIF- file on Web pages with different backgrounds;
- adds hidden signatures to GIFs to protect them from unauthorized use;
- creates GIF- files from command line in batch mode;
- saves images of GIF- file as a set of BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF or TGA- files;
- saves created animation as a project in a file with extension .agif;
- creates maps for tag <MAP> in HTML;
- supports multi-language interface.
Requirements: No special requirements
What's New: * Vista-compatibility.
* Script editor:
- feature added: new object type "text";
- feature added: object rotation, flip horizontally and vertically;
- improvement: transformation from script to frames provides better optimization;
- interface improvement: popup menu on page Script.
* Button editor:
- improvement: export of button image provides transparent background;
- interface improvement: background color on screen fills full area.
* New options in command line mode: global attributes "color reduction" and "dither mode".
