Free and open-source tool for screen capture and recording; enables file uploads, annotation, dark mode, 4K support, and customizable themes.
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
+29ImageMagick is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (about 100) including GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, TIFF, and DPX.
- Image Optimizer
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPhone
- iPad
- Xfce
PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.
- Image Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
+5This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
+2Glaxnimate is a vector graphics animation program which focuses on being quick and easy to use.
- Animation Maker
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
+2Create stunning HD videos with compact file sizes using this intuitive tool with presets for YouTube, HD display, and Screencast.com platforms.
- Video Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
+1Ezgif.com is simple online gif maker and toolset for basic animated gif editing. Here you can create, resize, crop, reverse, optimize, and apply some effects to gifs.
- Animated GIF Creator
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
Create privacy-focused, client-side GIF emojis with customizable glasses, styles, and frames. Uses MediaPipe for precision scaling and placement.
- Emoji Maker
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- npm
+1Create stunning motion art with AmberDraw's revolutionary animated brushes. Every stroke comes alive, transforming your digital artwork into dynamic masterpieces. Perfect for professional illustrators, concept artists, and digital painters seeking to push creative boundaries.
- Animation Maker
- Freemium • Proprietary
- iPad
+1Remember the good old 2D games and their beautiful sprites? With Piskel you can create your own in a few clicks.
- Image Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to .GIF (for viewing in web browsers, etc) or .LCF (see below). LICEcap is an intuitive but flexible application (for Windows and now OSX), that is designed to be lightweight and function with high performance.
- Screenshot Capture Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
Imagine is an Image & Animation Viewer for Windows with screen capture function.
- Image Editor
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Windows Mobile
Simple Video, Photo & Audio Editing Tools in one app. Pimosa lets you convert, edit and enhance video, photos and music files easily. Batch processing for faster work. simple tools for everyone.
- Video Converter
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
+5Procreate Dreams is an all-new animation app packed with powerful tools that anyone can use. Create engaging hand-drawn animations, motion graphics and enhance them with photos, videos and sound.
- Animation Maker
- Paid • Proprietary
- iPad
+14Gifski is a macOS app for the gifski encoder, which converts videos to GIF animations using pngquant's fancy features for efficient cross-frame palettes and temporal dithering. It produces animated GIFs that use thousands of colors per frame.
- Animated GIF Creator
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
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