1)Open GIMP, from menu File-New. Set the width and height to 640x400.
2)Choose a color and apply it to backscreen of template with "Bucket Fill Tool".
3)Choose a color as must be appear compatible with the background by "Text Tool" and choose the field of your text, start to wright. We added three letters. After it finishes, set the size of text.
4)Please right click to Text layer on Layers Window and choose "Duplicate Layer". Duplicate one more from same layer.Erase one letter from second text layer, erase two letters from third text layer. 5)Select Filters --- Animation --- Blend. You can press the OK button in the pop-up box or you can change some settings.
6)After we press the OK button, the software will try to create a new file in the panel below for us. We will use new file.
7)File --- Export As and save as a gif. Your animation is ready now...
Our blend animation:
If you wish to watch our video about how to prepare a simple animation(blend) with Gimp: https://youtu.be/MjZO2jSxpBs
Applied in Linux Mint 17 and GIMP 2.8.10
Date of Article: 21.02.2016