You need two downloads (both free).

Infranview 3.61(or above) can be download http://www.irfanview.com/

UnFREEz 2.1 can be download here

This is an 800kb gif made with the above tools!

Okay, some things to think about:

All your photographs must be the same size . . . so open with Infranview . . . just click on "Image" in the menu and select "resize," choose the size you wish and click "okay."  Save the photograph to a new folder.

So now you have your photographs all the same size and in one folder . . . well they must all be in gif format for this process to work.

So open Infranview again and click on "File" in menu then "Batch Conversion / Rename B."  Select your file with the resized images and press the button "select all" you will see them move to the conversion box.

At the bottom check the box "Batch Conversions" and click on "Options" button . . . select "gif."

Now select a file using the browse button where you want the new files to go . . . then press start button . . . process runs for a few seconds and you can then close infranview.

Now making the gif . . . open UnFREEz 2.1 and drag from your folder . . .  the converted photos one by one and then select your speed and loop option if you want . . . then click "make gif" . . . select a file to send it to . . . and that is it!

Go to file with gif and open it . . . it is simple . . . if it does not look good or too fast just go back to UnFREEz and change speed and save as another name.

Have fun everyone . . . But remember if uploading to MSN communities file has to be less than 1MB and you must check the option do not resize.

This tutorial is by Victoras and may be copied and distributed as long as a link is added back to this page.