Ulead GIF Animator 5 - English (Box)

Ulead GIF Animator 5 is the industry's most robust and affordable GIF animation tool. Easily create fast-loading animations for your Web site and PowerPoint presentations.

Intuitive Interface

Get around fast using a simple tab-based interface with Edit, Optimize and Preview mode

Object-based workspace supports True Color source objects
Tab-based workspace with Edit, Optimize and Preview modes
Object Manager controls a common pool of objects for all frames
Frame Panel provides filmstrip view for easy object animation
Preview animation directly on the composition workspace
Full floating/dockable interface

Easy Composition

Create dynamic multiple object animation with drag-and-drop precision

Animation Wizard walks you through creating an animation sequence
Add image, text, animated text and PhotoImpact path objects

Add live text objects with character-level formatting control

Object tweening for automatic trajectory across frames

Reuse GIF Animator UGA project files which retain source objects

Use roundtrip auto-updating with objects in external image editors

Dynamic Effects

Apply various text effects, video effects, transitions and even Photoshop compatible filters

Add animated text effects with move-in and move-out paths
Animated text objects are always-editable at the character level
Add shadow, neon and glow to animated text effects in real-time
Apply various video transitions and video filters
Take advantage of Photoshop compatible filter plug-in support
Control object properties, such as transparency and shadows

Powerful Optimization

Ensure fast-loading animation with the latest image compression techniques

Optimization Wizard automates compression based on presets

Advanced options optimize for target file size or compression ratio

Before-and-after animated previews display real-time optimized results

Batch optimize GIF animation by folders or by selected files

Flexible palette options for full control over colors

Apply the latest compression techniques, including lossy GIF support

Flexible Output

Export to a wide variety of file formats, including Flash, AVI, MPEG and QuickTime

Create True Color AVI, QuickTime, MPEG and AutoDesk Animation
Save as raster-based True Color Flash animation
Generate HTML files to display GIF animation in Web browsers
Send self-playing animated greetings with personalized messages and music
Output animation frames as sequentially numbered JPEG or PNG files

Use GIF Animator With:

- Image Editors: Round-trip updating in Ulead PhotoImpact, Jasc Paint Shop Pro^TM, Adobe Photoshop® and other popular image editors

- HTML Editors: Perfect companion for Microsoft FrontPage® and other HTML editors

- Microsoft PowerPoint®: Add cool animations to your presentations

- E-mail: Send custom animated greetings with music

- Macromedia Flash^TM : Output your animations in Flash file format

System Requirements:

Intel® Pentium® compatible processors
Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® NT 4.0 SP5 or higher, Windows® 2000, Windows® Me
64MB of RAM
20MB of available hard drive space
CD-ROM drive
True Color or HiColor display adapter and monitor
Windows® compatible pointing device