Animation Viewer
Realtime view/edit transparent animations (GIF, SAN, EAN...) and pictures (BMP, JPG, ICO...) with ease and seamless format to format conversion. Many features +portable, clone, realtime scrolling Help, custom user language translation etc.

Select animation to view in realtime / adjust basic properties



Features

A Blast From The Past
Please note this is an old program and some links and information may be out of date or inoperative, and some functionality may be reduced.

Information

App Name
Animation Viewer
Version
1.00.3600
Type
Desktop App (Standard Edition)
License
MIT
Status
Updated
Release Date
12th August 2025
Portable App
Yes
Code Foundation
3rd Generation (VUN for GUI)
Operating System(s)
Windows All and Wine for Linux and Mac
(not Win10s/11s)
SHA256 Checksum
for "av.exe"
32AC665F691FCE39015A3BCA9200159D4190BBA269AEF589F14EBF5F2841A306

Downloads

av.exe (1.35 Mb) av.zip (0.68 Mb) av.7z (0.54 Mb)

av-sourcecode.zip (2.34 Mb)
App and pascal source code
av-sourcecode.7z (1.70 Mb)
App and pascal source code

Images

Select animation to view in realtime / adjust basic properties


Select image formats to list


Adjust program settings and behaviour


A custom color scheme applied (double click scheme to apply)


Built-in help viewer


Online Help

AboutView and edit animations (GIF, SAN, EAN etc) and pictures (BMP, JPG, ICO etc) with ease. Free, fully functioning software program, with no installation or setup. Your existing computer libraries and files remain unchanged and unmodified.  Blaiz Enterprises prides itself on this respect function.

InformationOperating System
Microsoft Windows 95-11

Download Site
www.blaizenterprises.com/av.zip

Information Page
www.blaizenterprises.com/av.html

Contact
www.blaizenterprises.com/contact.html

Portal - Blaiz Enterprises
www.blaizenterprises.com

Program Features
Standard Features
Starting OutSpecific, instance realtime help is scrolled at top of window. Simply hover mouse over any part of program for help readout.

From "View" tab
Click "Animations", "Pictures" or "Cursors" link to view. Contents of folder are displayed in right panel titled "Files". Click a file to Preview, or click "Scroll Down" / "Scroll Up" link to scroll through all files automatically.

These are Support Folders with content available for Blaiz Enterprises' programs. Click "Folder C:\..." link just above Preview area to select an alternative folder.

Animation can be easily adjusted, in realtime, using one of these options (bottom panel):

Transparent - Bullet to show animation transparently, otherwise solid
Flip - Bullet to flip vertically
Mirror - Bullet to flip horizontally
Faster - Increase animation speed
Slower -Decrease animation speed
Trim - Automatically delete unused areas (wasted space) on all cells

Animation is modified in memory, and must be saved in order for changes to be permanent:
Click "Save" link to save (replace) without prompting in same format, or, click "Save As" link
to display a "Save As" window. Type a new file name and / or select alternative format and click "Save" button. "Files" list will update and automatically highlight animation.

Realtime HelpHover mouse over any part of program for instant and specific help - scrolled at top of program window.

Select "User Management" tab and ensure bullet for "Realtime Help" (default).

TranslationAnimation Viewer supports dual layer translation:
1. Custom Translation - specifically designed for user to create / maintain / personalise
2. Primary Translation - English

Custom Translation
User customisable plain text translation system. Select "Help / Information" tab > "Translation > Custom Translation" to view control panel.

This special option empowers you to create and modify a plain text, custom language translation, specific to this program (no other program is affected). This personalised translation is stored inside the current program scheme and any Scheme/s saved by this program, enabling easy backup / recovery and transportation / sharing.

Options:
Copy - Copy translation to Clipboard as plain text
Paste - Paste translation from Clipboard and replace current text
Clear - Reset translation to default

There are five translation sections:
Information, GUI Translation, Realtime Help Translation, Error Translation, Currently Unused Translation.

1. ## Information #########################
Has three parts:
a) Language description - e.g. "(Language)>German" for German
b) Acknowledgement text - e.g. "(Acknowledgement)>Translation by XYZ"
c) Text Picture (still or animated). From Animation Viewer, click "Copy As Text" link to copy picture / animation to Clipboard as plain text - e.g. "(TEP)>T4M00D00))))So9d0000)3OUu300W300)BjQu3B0Tl90~1222 2222222222222222 211222222222 22222222222112222222 22222222222221 12222222222222222 2222134444444444444 44444453344444 44444444444444533444 4444444444444444 533444444444444444 444453677777777777 777777778667 777777777777777 7778667777777777777777 77786677777777777777777778 668888888888 888888888 86#"

2. ## GUI Translation #########################
Comprised of many translation pairs:
a) Original English word / phrase - do not modify (used by Program)
b) New word / phrase - type your translation here (keep on one line)

Examples:
(ORG)>Soft Close Dialog Windows
(NEW)>"Equivalent in your language"

(ORG)>Borders
(NEW)>"Equivalent in your language"

Sections 3. through 5. are comprised identically to section 2. above:
3. ## Realtime Help Translation #########################
4. ## Error Translation #########################
5. ## Currently Unused Translation #########################

Note: Section 5. "Currently Unused Translation" will only contain translated entries, which are yet to be used by the program (e.g. prompt dialog Window).

Overview/Statistics Panel Explained:

Information:
Language - Language description (section 1.a) above

Lookup:
Tracks translation requests performed by program successful or not

Successful - English replaced with user supplied word / phrase
Not Found - English retained as no user supplied word / phrase was found
Total - Total number of translation requests

Coverage:
Statistical overview of supplied and required translations for sections 2. through 5.

Restoring DefaultsTo reset your program to default options / settings / appearance, select "User Management" tab, click "Defaults" button (bottom-right), click "Yes" to proceed and "Yes" again, to confirm.

Technological BackgroundThe new generation of Blaiz Enterprises' software is now proudly based entirely on BE proprietary engineered code foundation, consisting of three main pillars: Visual Engine, User Management and Network Management, forming a base package of systems called "VUN".

VUN Overview

Designed from need-based functionality, to a flexible, easy to use and customisable Graphical User Interface, with a solid, concise and fast code foundation.

VUN Design





1.  Display, function and execution consistency
2.  High stress stability
3.  Ease of scalability
4.  Low system dependency
5.  Ultra low System / User / GDI and graphics resource consumption
6.  Control management system - thousands of controls per GUI
7.  Low graphical overhead / demand
8.  Low memory consumption
9.  Ultra fast startup
10. High level of customisation (user)
11. High level of internal system automation
12. No Installation

VUN Technicals

Visual Engine

User Management

Network Management

General

MIT LicenseCopyright 2025 Blaiz Enterprises ( www.blaizenterprises.com )

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the Software), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.