Create a “Loading Screen” style GIF in Photoshop! Download the PSD for this tutorial: http://www.tutcast.com/files/Loading.zip
Use Paint Shop Pro 10 and Jasc Animation Shop to produce animated GIF’s. The principles of animation are the same, I believe, no matter what software you happen to use. For that reason, I’ll try to keep the discussion as generic as possible. The example that follows assumes a file size limit of 512k, but [...]