AZ Paint & Animated GIF Editor

AZ Paint & Animated GIF Editor is a Compact Paint program and Animated GIF Editor. Besides tools and filters for both basic and advanced graphic works, AZ Paint implements special capabilities which are usually lacking in ordinary paint programs. The program creates, edits and saves many different file formats and allows quality conversions Between them such as BMP, JPG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PCX, ICO, CUR, ANI, WMF and EMF, etc. It also handles import/export of AVI, MNG, APNG, PSD, JP2/J2K, PICT and JNG, etc. Integrated into AZ Paint is a full version of Animated GIF Editor, geared for use by professionals and hobbyists alike. One may create an animated GIF file from scratch or by assembling pre-drawn frames. The functions range from extraction to rearrangement of frames, from palette editing to BPP changing, from image enhancing to series resizing; and from modifying settings to minimizing the animated GIF file size, etc. While equiped with various Paint tools such as Brush, Line, ARC, Bezier, Rectangle, Oval, Lasso, Fill, Spray and Replace, etc., the program also provides a whole array of sophisticated effect filters including Brighten, Darken, Soften, Sharpen, Fade, Contrast, Grayscale, Sepia, Cast, Emboss, Engrave, Tile, Gradient, Color Theme, Trace Edges, Perspective and Bevel Image, bLend In and Texture, etc. The program is highly compact, partly because it does not use any third-party ActiveX and partly because cosmetics are reduced to a minimum. Moreover, the program does not engage complicated procedural requirements.