how do you make animated avatars

Ya I really want to know how to make animated avatars. I also want to know how to make sigs. I always wanted to know how to make them. But never had the chance. can any one tell me whch programs I need. Please any one!!!!!
And yes it does sound stupid that I don't know how to make them.

For anything use PhotoShop. It's very expensive, but you can try a free alternative called GIMP. I still don't know if PhotoShop can handle animated gifs, but I think Macromedia Fireworks is great for the task. Fireworks is not free.

Adobe imageready which handles animation comes with photoshop.

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You can download more or less every programme from this site for FREE. I recommend the latest version of 'Adobe Photoshop'.

Without a 'Serial code' you can only obtain the 'Trial' version. With the 'Serial code' you can obtain the whole programme with no trial.

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