If you download this free program
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Register or Login, there's a animated Gif function available.
You just use whatever pic/pics you want as you're Avi/Sig and then save them.
IMPORTANT: if using this for an Avi you NEED to re-size it to 100x100.Upload onto here as you normally would.
Hope this helps and it's dead easy to use - even I can use it.