Animated Gifs often need to have a transparent
color set.

That's all my simple test consisted of.

What would it take to pick a color and make
it the transparent color.

It wasn't straightforward. I wasn't able to
figure it out and there was NO assistance in
the help file.

Something like:

To set a color's transparency take the following
steps...

or

a button appropriately titled "Set Transparency".

I've also looked at "Easy Gif Animator" and
while it doesn't do everything I'd like, setting
a color's transparency is a simple painless
process.

For the record, it's not exactly straightforward
or easty in JASC Animation Shop or Ulead's
GIF Animator either.

It's a COMMON task for GIF Animation.

So, I give it a "1".

Should this program change, maybe I'll revisit it
and change my opinion.

But, as of the current version. Sorry, I'm not
paying $ 30 bucks.