Editing Microsoft GIF Animator (section)

{{Short description|Historical computer software}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = Microsoft GIF Animator
| screenshot             = Microsoft GIF Animator screenshot.png
| caption                = Microsoft GIF Animator in [[Windows 7]]
| developer              = [[Microsoft]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|1996}}
| latest release version = 1.0.0.101
| latest release date    =
| programming language   =
| operating system       = [[Windows 95]], [[Windows NT 4.0]]
| platform               =
| size                   = 523 Kb<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Gif Animator|url=https://archive.org/details/MicrosoftGifAnimator}}</ref>
| language               = English
| discontinued           = yes
| genre                  = [[Animation software]]
| license                = [[Freeware]]
| website                =
}}
'''Microsoft GIF Animator''' is a historical computer software program for [[Microsoft Windows]] to create simple [[animated GIF]] files based on the [[GIF89a]] [[file format]]. It was freely downloadable from the Microsoft Download Center but is now only available through [[MSDN]] and on third-party download sites. It was also bundled with Microsoft Image Composer and [[Microsoft FrontPage]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Microsoft GIF Animator|work=PC Mag|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|year=1997|page=150|issn=0888-8507}}</ref>

Animations can be looped, spun, and faded in and out; users can set the size and transparency of images. Automatic and custom palette creation are supported.