I'm looking for a free program that allows me to record my screen and save the 'video' as an animated gif.

This will be useful when making instructions / steps to do something

Requirements:

• free (preferably open-source)
• make a gif that lasts for about 10 seconds
• runs on Snow Leopard - 10.6.8 (if possible, Win7 as well :)
• saves file locally - not uploaded automatically to a website

Note: I'm not looking for a program that converts images into an animated gif, but more of a 'on-the-spot' video maker and converter (ie. I want the program to make the video and make it as a gif - to upload to websites etc.)

I'm looking for a free program that allows me to record my screen and save the 'video' as an animated GIF.

This will be useful when making instructions / steps to do something.

Requirements:

• free (preferably open-source)
• make a GIF that lasts for about 10 seconds
• runs on Snow Leopard - 10.6.8 (if possible, Win7 as well :)
• saves file locally - not uploaded automatically to a website

Note: I'm not looking for a program that converts images into an animated GIF, but more of a 'on-the-spot' video maker and converter (i.e., I want the program to make the video and make it as a GIF - to upload to websites etc.).