Is there an app I can use to edit an existing animated GIF?

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I’ve found a fair few apps that create animated GIFs from a series of existing images.

Are there any apps that can take an existing animated GIF, and allow me to edit it? I specifically want to edit every frame in an existing animated GIF.

I’ve tried opening the GIF in question in Photoshop CS4 on Windows, but its animation palette only shows me one frame.

Either Mac or Windows would be good.

Paul D. Waite

Posted 2011-07-08T14:53:27.093

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A search for "edit animated gif" turns up lots of links. Have you tried one of these? – ChrisF – 2011-07-08T14:56:44.347

1@ChrisF: I haven’t seen one that lets me edit individual frames. Have you? – Paul D. Waite – 2011-07-08T15:01:31.300

2He understands that, but the trick is to get one that can extract the pictures within the gif, which is no easy trick. A lot about that out there. He wants a solution that is all-in-one. – KCotreau – 2011-07-08T15:03:41.003

1I'm still amazed that there isn't a single Adobe CS product that supports this yet. It's not exactly a cutting-edge file format...! – Shinrai – 2011-07-08T16:23:46.643

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Yes, GIMP can handle animated GIFs by bringing each frame into a separate layer.

http://www.gimp.org/

Linker3000

Posted 2011-07-08T14:53:27.093

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4Tick the "As animation" checkbox when you get the "Export Image as GIF" dialog up after clicking the "Export" button.
(This took me a little while to figure out which is why I'm mentioning it here) – kris – 2016-12-05T07:46:16.570

That it can — worked really nicely for me. Cheers! – Paul D. Waite – 2011-07-08T15:29:06.767

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