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For all of those who don't know how to create a .gif, here is how. You first need Gimp2. A gif consists of several frames played at a certain speed to create an animation. All frames have to have the same length and width. Since the gif will be used for the logo, the dimensions of every frame will have to be 250 x 65.

Once you have all your frames, click " F ile", then select "Op e n as Layers...". Once that is clicked, select all the images you want. I do not know if all images have to be any sort of extension. If all you want to select images quickly, click one image you want, then hold SHIFT and click another image you want - all images between those two images will be highlighted.

Once you have images you want to use, click (at the bottom-right side of the box) "Open". If you want to select more after that, simply go up to "File" and click "Open as Layers...", and select more images and click "Open". You can also individually select images by clicking a single image and then clicking "Open", instead of selecting several images.

One thing: the order in which you open all your images is the order in which the gif will go through all the images. If you want all your images to be in a line so you can hold SHIFT and select all of them, try giving each image a name and a number (e.g: A1, A2, A3, etc.).

Once that is done, click "Save", save the image under whatever name you like, with .gif at the end of the name (instead of .png, or .jpg). Now, when it prompts you, select that you would like to save the image as an animation, select "Save as Animation", and for the other one, select "Convert to indexed using default setting (Do it manually to tune the result)". After that, click " E xport".

For the next box, for " F rame disposal when unspecified", select "One frame per layer (replace)". After that, click "Save". Keep the Gimp window open, as if the .gif moves too fast or too slow, click "Save" and go through the regular stuff mentioned above, but when you get to the screen for changing the gif (it is the one after you export the image), change the milliseconds, then click "Save".

If you need any help, or something is confusing, leave a reply with your problem.