Cyotek Gif Animator adds sprite sheet creator, WebP support

Cyotek has announced the release of Gif Animator 0.0.3.0, an updated beta of its ultra-configurable GIF creator.

The program can now export any or all of your animation frames as a sprite sheet, with your choice of columns, rows, margins, spacing and more (there’s WebP format support, too).

New Watermark and Text effects allow images or styled text to be overlaid on a frame.

You’re now able to open multiple animations at the same time via an extended tabbed interface.

The new release also sees a number of bug fixes, in particular addressing various interface annoyances. (Although you need to keep in mind that’s it’s still a beta, especially if you’re doing serious work: we managed to crash it in less than a minute.)

The various additions and improvements are all welome, but the real highlight remain the program’s more advanced features.

Our personal favourites include palette optimisation, GIF comment support, 30+ extensions (including PSD, RAW and MNG import), a method of integrating external tools, even a built-in tool for coding your own custom effects and saving them in DLL form.

Cyotek Gif Animator 0.0.3.0 isn’t for beginners, then, and it has plenty of deficiencies and issues. Still, if you’re an experienced user who needs more animation flexibility it may appeal. Take a look.