in5 Animated GIF Maker

The in5 Animated GIF Maker lets you create animated GIFs (and videos) using Adobe InDesign. Take advantage of InDesign's…

What is in5 Animated GIF Maker?

in5 Animated GIF Maker is a unique Chrome extension that takes the functionality of Adobe InDesign to the next level by enabling users to create animated GIFs and videos. Leveraging the ease of Animation and Timing tools offered by InDesign, this extension is perfect for creating engaging animated visuals for platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and email newsletters. It requires a license for in5 but allows free GIF creation. It now supports image recording, built-in optimization and even video exporting for more color control.

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By: https://ajarproductions.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 2,000+

Rating: 2.20 (10)

Version: 3.0.2 (Last updated: 2023-03-27)

Creation date: 2020-05-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
activeTab
tabCapture
storage

Size: 9.28M

Email: su*****@ajarproductions.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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# 22211 ▼ 199

Other rankings

#1884 in Social Networking ▼ 6 #5 in gif keyword 27 ▲ 3 #21 in animation keyword 12

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Extension summary

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The in5 Animated GIF Maker lets you create animated GIFs (and videos) using Adobe InDesign.

Take advantage of InDesign's easy-to-use Animation and Timing tools to create animated images for social media (Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter) and email newsletters.

The GIF Maker is free to use, but a license is required for in5. More info: http://in5.ajar.pro

Note: GIFs only support 256 colors, and in an animated GIF that color palette is shared across all of the frames. So photographic images will look grainy (and they do in all GIFs).

v2 now supports recording of images and adds built-in optimization.

v3 lets you export video so that you can open in Photoshop and get precious control of your colors before exporting to an animated GIF from there.

User reviews

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Pros

Can create animated GIFs from InDesign files with animations
Integration with InDesign

Cons

Creates large file sizes for GIFs
Demo watermark on final saved version
Glitches and issues with recording animations

Most mentioned

Creates large file sizes for GIFs
Demo watermark on final saved version
Glitches and issues with recording animations

Recent reviews

I cannot get the MP4 Gif Maker to work at all. When I save as a GIF, it has trouble with my animations. I want this to work but its not!

Sara Curynski, 2024-05-22

If you were looking to use this for display ads, keep searching. All my assets indexed came in less than 100k (with animations) via InDesign with in5 extension. As soon as I 'recorded' the gif, it was in the 1.5mb range... eons away from where it needs to be. No matter of trial and error, I could not get it anywhere near the 150k cap. I am not saying it's not a worthwhile extension into InDesign, but for display ads, it did not work for me.