AniTunerAniTuner.
Animated cursors
for Windows.
Little cursors. Full of life.
Free software to create, edit and convert Windows animated cursors. Turn your images into a moving mouse pointer, fine-tune its frames, then save a cursor or share an animated GIF.
Freeware · Version 2.0.0 · No registration · Portable edition available
Small pixels.
Plenty of personality.
Pick a sample and watch it move. These little animations come from the original AniTuner site and help.
GIF previews from the AniTuner website and help.
From a picture
to a pointer.
A GIF, a short AVI clip or a set of images can be the starting point for your next animated cursor.
Open the getting started guideBring your images.
Open an animation, or import images as frames. Start with GIF, AVI, a bitmap strip, BMP, JPEG, PNG, PSD, ICO or CUR files.
Give them a rhythm.
Reorder frames, adjust their duration, resize the cursor and set its hotspot — the point Windows uses when you click.
Let it move.
Save your cursor as an
.anifile for Windows, or export an animated GIF to use in your pages and messages.
Every frame.
Your little details.
Set the pace of an animation, rotate or flip its frames, and add a mouse pointer to an image. Preview the result as you work.
- Frame order and timing
- Cursor size and hotspot
- 32-bit cursors with alpha transparency
- Image editing in your own external editor
Made for Windows.
Ready for other places.
Personalize your mouse pointer, or turn its animation into something you can share in web pages, blogs, e-mails, instant messages, presentations or your own programs.
AniTuner is free software to create, edit and convert Windows animated cursors (.ani files): it makes animated cursors from animated GIF, AVI clips, bitmap strips and image files, and converts them to animated GIF, AVI clips, bitmap strips and other image formats. An animated GIF plays in a page or a message, while Windows reads its mouse pointers from .ani files that carry a hotspot, the point used when you click: AniTuner converts in both directions, so one animation can be your pointer and your picture.
.aniWindows cursors- Save animated cursors and use them as your Windows mouse pointers.
.gifAnimated images- Convert animated cursors to GIF for web pages, messages and presentations.
- Frames and other exports
- Export individual images, AVI clips or bitmap strips. Use PNG disassembly files to edit frames and rebuild the cursor.
All features
in AniTuner.
Everything AniTuner does, from the first frame to the finished cursor. Each feature links to the help topic that explains it.
Create cursors
- Open any animated cursor.
AniTuner opens and displays any animated cursor (
.ani), of any size, not only 32×32, and any color depth, from 1 to 32 bits per pixel. - Cursors from GIF, AVI and bitmap strips.
Convert animated
GIFfiles,AVIclips, bitmap strips (.bmp) and AniTuner disassembly files (.atd) into animated cursors. - Import images as frames.
Turn
BMP,JPEG,GIF(static or animated),PNG(24-bit and 8-bit, alpha channel optional), Adobe PhotoshopPSD(alpha channel for 32-bit cursors),CUR,ICO,ANIandAVIfiles into the frames of static or animated cursors. - Start from a blank cursor.
Create a new animated cursor with default parameters, then add frames from existing image or cursor files.
- Merge several cursors.
Import all the frames of another animated cursor and add them to the current one.
Convert and export
- Convert cursors to animated GIF.
Save an animated cursor, or any image set, as an animated
GIFfor web pages, blogs, e-mails, instant messages, documents and presentations. - AVI clips, bitmap strips and Flash movies.
Export the animation as an
AVIclip, a bitmap strip or an Adobe FlashSWFmovie. - Export frames to images.
Save frames as
BMP,JPEG,GIF,PNGand Adobe PhotoshopPSDfiles, or as static Windows cursors (CUR) and icons (ICO);PNG,PSD,CURandICOfiles keep the alpha channel of 32-bit cursors. - Edit frames as PNG files.
Disassemble an animated cursor into a series of
PNGfiles, alpha channel optional, plus an AniTuner disassembly file (.atd) you can edit in a text editor, then rebuild the cursor from them.
Edit frames
- Add, move and time frames.
Add, edit, copy and remove frames, drag them to a new position, change their timing and reverse their order.
- Rotate, flip and merge images.
Horizontal and vertical flips, left, right and custom-angle rotations, and image merging on one or several frames: draw a mouse pointer onto an existing image in a few clicks.
- Your favorite image editor.
Open a frame in your own external image editor and save the changes back to the animated cursor.
- Change size and color depth.
Change the dimensions or the pixel format of an animated cursor, non-square sizes included: AniTuner resizes and reduces colors itself, keeping transparency and alpha channels.
Cursor details
- 32-bit cursors with alpha channel.
Full support for 32-bit cursors with an 8-bit alpha channel for partial transparency; AniTuner draws them correctly even on Windows versions that cannot display them.
- A shadow for old cursors.
Turn 16-color or 256-color animated cursors into 32-bit animated cursors with a semi-transparent shadow.
- Hotspot, title and author.
Place the hotspot, the pixel that marks the exact click position, and fill in the title and author of the cursor.
- Live preview and cursor test.
The animated preview shows every change at once, and Test Cursor (
F5) replaces your mouse pointer with the edited cursor for 30 seconds. - Optimized cursor files.
Identical frames are stored only once when AniTuner saves an animated cursor.
Everyday Tools
- Browse your cursors.
Browse your folders for animated cursors and preview them before opening them in AniTuner.
- Drag and drop.
Drop an animation file from Windows Explorer onto AniTuner, and drag frames to reorder them.
- Samples and illustrated help.
Sample animated cursors ready to use and edit in the Samples folder, and a complete help with screenshots.
- Portable edition.
Run AniTuner from a folder or a USB stick without installation, and without leaving traces on the computer.
- Real freeware.
No advertising in the program, no spyware, no restrictions and no registration: install, use and distribute AniTuner free of charge, even for commercial purposes.
AniTuner is free.
For everyone.
AniTuner is a full freeware: no advertising in the program, no restrictions, no nags. No registration is required.
You can distribute, install and use it free of charge, even for commercial purposes. If you enjoy AniTuner, you can support it with a donation.
A small tool.
Room to explore.
New to animated cursors? Start with a sample, follow a guide and make it your own. This video makes a cursor from an animated GIF, step by step.
Open the getting started guide
Make animated cursor from animated GIF with AniTuner2 min 48 sec
Frequently asked questions
Getting to know AniTuner
What is AniTuner?
AniTuner is free software to create, edit and convert Windows animated cursors (.ani files): it makes animated cursors from animated GIF, AVI clips, bitmap strips and image files, and converts them to animated GIF, AVI clips, bitmap strips and other image formats. Animated cursor files contain an animated mouse pointer and are recognized natively by Windows.
Is AniTuner free?
Yes. AniTuner is a full freeware: no advertising in the program, no restrictions, no nags and no registration. Its license lets you install, use and distribute an unlimited number of copies free of charge, even for commercial use.
Read the license agreementCreating and converting
How do I make an animated cursor from an animated GIF?
Click Load new animation, or drop the GIF file on AniTuner. On one frame, select the part of the animation to turn into a cursor and the background color used for transparency: AniTuner imports all the other frames with the same settings and creates an 8-bit animated cursor. Adjust the frames, their timing and the hotspot, then save the cursor as an .ani file.
Can AniTuner convert an animated cursor to an animated GIF?
Yes. Export the animated cursor as an animated GIF, an AVI clip, a bitmap strip or an Adobe Flash SWF movie, for web pages, blogs, e-mails, instant messages, documents and presentations. Single frames can also be saved as BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PSD, CUR or ICO files.
Which image formats can AniTuner import?
BMP, JPEG, GIF (static or animated), PNG, Adobe Photoshop PSD, Windows cursors (CUR), icons (ICO), animated cursors (ANI) and AVI clips. When an imported file contains several images, you choose the frame to import; AniTuner converts the colors to the format of the cursor and keeps transparency and alpha channels.
Does AniTuner support 32-bit cursors with alpha transparency?
Yes. AniTuner fully supports 32-bit cursors with an 8-bit alpha channel, which gives partial transparency. It also turns old 16-color or 256-color animated cursors into 32-bit animated cursors with a semi-transparent shadow.
Change the color depthUsing AniTuner on Windows
How do I use an animated cursor as my Windows mouse pointer?
Save the cursor as an .ani file, open the mouse applet of the Windows Control Panel and select the Pointers tab. Highlight the pointer you want to replace, click Browse and select your animated cursor. In AniTuner, Test Cursor (F5) lets you try the cursor as your mouse pointer for 30 seconds first.
Can I use AniTuner without installing it?
Yes. The portable edition runs from any folder or removable storage device, such as a USB stick, without installation. It comes as a self-extracting archive or as a ZIP file.
See the download optionsWhich versions of Windows does AniTuner run on?
AniTuner 2.0.0 requires Microsoft Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2008, 2003, 2000, ME, 98, 95 or higher. The installer, ANISETUP.EXE, is 1557 KB and digitally signed.
Download AniTunerWhere can I learn to use AniTuner?
The help covers opening animations, importing images, editing frames, changing cursor properties and exporting to other formats, and a video tutorial shows how to make an animated cursor from an animated GIF.
Make your next cursor
a little more you.
Free for Windows. No registration required.