I need to make a button like this:

http://www.rons-free-games.com/index-folder/zymic.gif

What would be the best option? I would like it to be pretty much the same as that above but with my own text...

Is this possible?

It is possible but you'll need a gif animator program. They are many of those you can download from sites found in search engines. In the most basic, you'll have to design each pic individually and then arrange them in order (timing and sequence and such) then compile them into a gif.

yeah i had that thought too,

I was going to see if Adobe Flash CS3 would do it but the trial expired on my pc a while ago

What other program would you recommend?

Umm you could use Photoshop CS3 Extended ...
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my hosting gave me all of coffeecup software for free, i rarely use their GIF animator, but yes it works well.....

Who's your host?

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If you have Photoshop 7.0+, you can use imageready to animate.

image ready is build into CS3... But i use CS2 for many reasons

Im using PS7 and it came with imageready.

i use Macromedia Fireworks to do it. its prety easy by that. Macromedia is of Adobe

Macromedia Fireworks is easy to use to animate GIF files.
It is also a great graphic designing program, I recommend downloading the trial.

the best gif animation software ive seen to date , to use if your a lazy designer that is . has to be Ulead Gif Animater 3

Or flash...(but quality sux if u have gradients, only standard rgb colors work okay though)

use gif software or photoshop.you can also make animated button using java script.

use photoshop for making animated button.

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