- 1). Go to a free animated GIF website (see Resources).
- 2). Click "Choose File" (GICKR/Make a GIF) or "Upload" (GIFMAKE) and navigate to the folder on your computer where you have save the images you want to include. Double-click the first image you want to appear in your animated buddy icon.
- 3). Repeat Step 2 for each additional image. The order you select them in will be the order in which they appear.
- 4). GICKR: Choose "Custom..." from the "Size" menu and enter "48" in the box below it.
Make a GIF: Click inside the circle next to "Resize for AIM buddy icon."
GIFMAKE: Click inside the circle after "To a specific size(pixels)" and enter "48" as both the height and width. - 5). Click "Continue" (GICKR), "Create Gif" (Make a GIF) or "Generate GIF" (GIFMAKE) to create the final animated GIF.
- 6). Right-click on the resulting animated GIF image and select "Save As." Choose a location on your hard drive and click "Save."
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