There is a program called gif-builder (Mac OS 9 and 10) that is free
and uses a variety of input types to make an animated gif which then is
platform-independent. Sadly the link is broken
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/235 but if anyone needs it I can
email you mine.
Also if you have quicktime pro (PC version also exists) it is very
simple to string together pictures to make quicktime movies.
HTH
William G. Scott
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
and The Center for the Molecular Biology of RNA
Sinsheimer Laboratories
University of California at Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California 95064
USA
phone: +1-831-459-5367 (office)
+1-831-459-5292 (lab)
fax: +1-831-4593139 (fax)