Gif animations:

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2D or 3D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways. The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist.

Gif animations, is a type of GIF image that can be animated by combining several images into a single GIF file. Applications that support such gif animations standard, GIF89A, cycle through each image. GIF animations does not give the same level of control and flexibility as other animation formats but it has become extremely popular because it is supported by nearly all Web browsers. In addition, gif animations file tend to be quite a bit smaller that other animation files, such asJava applets.

CoffeeCup GIF Animator, which creates gif animations, allows you to create or edit animated GIFs for your Web pages. Just open the software, to create the gif animations and it guides you through making great gif animations in just a few simple steps. CoffeeCup GIF Animator can also convert JPEG and BMP graphics to GIFs automatically, as well as import an AVI file which is easier to create gif animations. You can save your gif animations as Flash too. GIF Animator makes it easy to create professional gif animations, and even Export them to Flash SWF format and the HTML code is generated automatically for easy insertion into any Web page.

These gif animations can de downloaded from the internet for free or you can also buy them. Some of the sites where you can download them are millan.net, prodraw.net, sevenoakssart.co.uk and many more.