PicGIF for Mac Editor's Review

Create animated GIF's from your life pictures with this handy Mac tool.

Some of the simplest movies that you can create are simply made from stills and stitched together with special tools.  I've done this throughout my computing career for a number of different reasons.  However, that's mostly been on the Windows side of the house. Thankfully, you can do this just as easily on the Mac side of the world, and that's one of the reasons why I really like PicGIF from PearlMountain Software. It’s an animated GIF tool for your Mac, and its really easy to use.

PicGIF for Mac is an easy to use and intuitive GIF maker that allows you to create animated GIFs from your photos and videos on your Mac. One of its really cool features also lets you edit existing animated GIFs. The program is simple and easy to use, and it makes animating your pictures a lot of fun.

One of the coolest things about PicGIF is that it doesn't matter what format your source photos are in.  If you're Mac can open them, then Pic GIF can use them to make an animated GIF.  The app also works with common video formats, allowing you to quickly and easily string videos together into a longer, larger movie that can be played over the web or by other computers.  It’s a great way to quickly and easily share special moments with family members and friends who happen to live far away.

App Pro’s: Supports multiple still and video formats, easy to use

App Con’s: Requires OS X 10.7 Lion or later

Conclusion: PicGIF is a great application. Not only can you take control of the entire animation process, but you can set the picture size, fill mode, frame delay and playing sequence. Because its on your Mac, you can do most of the things that you would expect you can do with pictures on a Mac.  It supports full drag and drop, has a text editor that will allow you to add text to your animations as well as giving you complete font control. You also get a real time preview of the animation. The app is amazing.