What do I need to create gif-anims?

GIFBox .. PPaint... ?

Also ImageFX is great for the job.

whirlgif

i got imagefx from superbundle, but i don't have an idea on how to use it.
can anyone give a hint?

IFX generally loads most images as 24 bit. so, if you are starting from scratch in IFX to make a GIF, you will start out with a 24 bit image - do whatever imaging you need to do there and when you are all done -

THEN convert to CMAP. start at 256 colors if it looks like there's some complexity to your pic. then you can save it as a gif. and if you want transparencey know what color register the transparent color is supposed to be. although the GIF saver has a "FIND" thing which seems to work ok. at least for me.

maybe i should write a How-To for those new to this.

hmmm.

yeah a how-to should do it, hopefully.
i don't really get imagefx to work, but whirlgif fed with fxpaint could do the job, too.
but you really should spend some time on a how-to *hint, hint*