Tumblr is a popular blog site that allows users to post text, videos, audio files and pictures. Like all computer files, photo files come in a few different types. One type of photo file is the GIF, ...

This portable program is a good pick if you find creating animated GIFs too fiddly and time-intensive. GIF animations are back in vogue, thanks to memes. Even without their use as humor postcards, it ...

While animated GIFs have trampled over still images, Flash animations, and even in some cases video clips as a way to inject multimedia pizazz into text-based content, animated illustrations remain a ...