Flex GIF Animator

Flex GIF Animator provides graphics designers with a toolbox capable of creating animations such as banners or buttons and exporting them to a number of formats including SWF (Shockwave), MOV (QuickTime), FLC (Autodesk), EXE, AVI or image files like BMP, JPG, TGA or PNG.

One of the best features of Flex GIF Animator is the powerful brush engine that can help you achieve amazing results while working on your design. It also supports Photoshop brushes, thus you can easily import them into your projects. In order to perform retouching operations, the included dodge, light, blur or saturation modifier really come in handy.

The Effects section of the application sports several options such as form / image based effects, particle system, warp or morph. Vector graphics are also supported alongside 2D and 3D text with its corresponding 3D effects like drop shadow, glow and other filters.

You can easily capture frames from your video files and import them into your project. Flex GIF Animator helps you add images directly from your drives. The optimization process assists you in achieving the desired file size with instant preview of compression ratio and results.

Moreover, Flex GIF Animator generates HTML code for your animation in case you want to publish it on your web page. Of course, this particular application comes with drawbacks as well. The interface, while comprehensive, tends to get crowded really fast and also does not facilitate the designing process. Some effects may not work and the final product may also differ from the prospect you have in mind.

Flex GIF Animator is not the best not the worst software of its category. It sits in the middle and, while it can be the ideal tool for some users, the majority will surely look for something else when its limited performance and set of working features can’t make the magic happen.