Library for creating animated gifs?

[ihuck]

Hi,

Does anybody know where I can find a C/C++ library to create animated gifs? I'm looking for a (hopefully) cross-platform windows/linux library that I can hook into a C++ application. Preferably open-source, but I would pay a few $s if necessary.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Ken

[nolxev]

If your target is load, save and display them, you can find a lot of code sample around the web, I found code sample at codeguru/codeproject times ago.

[ovidiucucu]

I don't think you can find any (open source or not) library for creating animated GIFs, ready just to be glued in your application.
However, you can find libraries for reading/writing GIFs, then have to sweat a little to make a "GIF animator" (search "giflib" for example).
But...
I would pay a few $s
... or more because GIF uses LZW compression which is not free:
See LZW Legal Issues (http://www.fileformat.info/mirror/egff/ch09_04.htm#CH-09-LZW-LEGAL). ;)

[DHillard]

The patent on LZW has expired. As I understand it, it's okay to implement now.

Note - Don't take legal advice from me.

[nolxev]

LZW was not free and now has expired, I never heard that matter. Is it a matter of the last years?