What is an animated picture? How do I create one?

An animated picture is a GIF image with animation. Most mobile phones that support picture messaging are able to display animated GIF.

You can easily create an animated picture from your existing photos using txtAgif's Create tool.

Or you can use one of the many readily available image software to create more complex animations. These are just 2 popular software that you can consider.

• GIMP (freeware), Simple Animations Guide
• Photoshop, Build Animated GIFs in Photoshop

You can also google "animated gif", save any free GIF that you find to your computer, resize the GIF, and upload it to txtAgif. To resize a GIF, you can use the above software or freeware GIF Resizer.

And, if you are a cool geek, you can try the free command-line tool Gifsicle. Read our short guide on resizing.