Jasc Animation Shop

This is a graphics design application.  So let's say you have a website and you want to animate a couple things: a loading screen, a banner, a basic gif, etc.   Jasc is an easy and free way to do this.  You start with the image and you can generate professional-looking animations with relative ease.  You can download and try the software for free so there's no risk to begin playing around with it and see what it can do.  It's not necessarily going to meet every possible graphics design and animation need, but for basic uses and for free trial software it's something you may want to check out.  This software has also been around for a very long time, so while some of the interfaces do look old they should also be tried and true. 

Windows Vista, XP, and 7 8 and 10 are supported.  This program is popular for custom modifications within some specific gaming communities.  However, Jasc as a company is no longer operating, so your options for technical support may be limited to what can be found online talking with other users.  

Features:

Easiest way to animate images

• Animating images
• Image editing: cropping, modifying, erase, paint, etc.
• Supports all standard image types including PNG, JPG GIF AVI FLC FLI
• Most commonly used for GIFs but can be used for other purposes as well
• View each frame in a GIF
• Freeze frame and modify individual GIF frames
• Pause and review GIFs
• Works on modern versions of Windows, Windows 7 and later
• See also Adobe Animate CC, a similar competitor
• The effects menu includes image transition, transition length, frames per second, image effects, and text effects
• Jasc Animation used to be bundled with Paint Shop Pro

Conclusion: might be worth checking out specifically if you need to animate small files.