What program do you use to make GIFs?Lurk moar, etc, I know.
The Gimp.
If you have Photoshop just select save for web and you can save all layers in a project as a gif. If not then Google beneton movie they offer a pretty good free gif maker.
For Selfmade:I use Ulead GIFAnimator 2.0Old but good engouth to combine Nonanimated-pics to GIF, or optimize GIF.For Video to GIF:ACDSeePro or SUPER by eRightSoft (Freeware)