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Yes yes Gimp does animations! It has different options to optimize it for .gif animations aswell. 

 

All my animations are done in Gimp. Like these:

  

 

With the right options they turn out very smooth. One thing to remember regardless which application or program you use, .gif images are color restricted. So painting the entire rainbow with a lot of contrast and a few hundred color variations might turn out in a very pixely outcome. 

Gimp has options to prevent that, but every software is limited to the format you export your image in. So keep that in mind! 

If you can't figure gimp's animations out, shoot me a message and I'll be glad to help ya. 

@Hope Woah those are top notch animations!! I probably could never figure out how to do those haha but I'm willing to experience!! Aw thank you so much, I will definitely shoot you a pm if I struggle. 

Thank you! But I'm sure you can! Don't put yourself down! Just takes a little practice, like everything in life. 

Looking forward to your future animations already.