GIFTool is a tool for GIF89a transparent option and interlace mode. For instance 'giftool -B -i *.gif' converts all images to interlaced GIF files. GIFTool is shareware. Use the -info option to read the licensing information. Two options are recommended. You can specify them after "make clean". make RETVALUE=yes This option, suggested by Sergei Chechetkin , causes GIFTool to provide a return value so may be used in pipes or with programs like make(1). make MALLOCSIZE=yes This option, suggested by Hidetoshi Shimokawa , increases the size of a malloc, to avoid a segmentation fault when pre-reading some images. You can specify both options such as 'make RETVALUE=yes MALLOCSIZE=yes'.