with artful gif animator, you can create from scratch, import from avi, edit and optimize your animated gif images to develop state-of-the-art animations for web sites. artful gif animator lets you import and export multiple graphic formats. with its easy-to-use interface, you can drag and drop jpeg, bmp, gif, ico and even avi files into the program and then edit and preview frames on the fly - while you are editing a frame, it animates the resulting picture. it offers many important add-on capabilities, such as tuning up the individual position and editing the color palette for each frame, optimizing animated gif images using five different color reduction methods, and others. all these makes artful gif animator an excellent add-on tool for adobe photoshop or paint shop pro. it is recommended for experienced web designers as well as for those who are taking their first steps in graphic design. excellent documentation is included.