Years ago when I first got interested in website design and network marketing, I purchased a copy of PaintShopPro 5 I think it was, and it came with a animated GIF creator that I used for making advertising banners. Now, years later, and using the open source software Shotcut, I’ve been re-learning how to make animated GIFs using it. Here’s a youtube video how I made the animated logo for this site using a screen shot, then using mspaint, and finally animated with Shotcut: