how to create an animation using images? - animation

I have a handfull of images that I want to put into a simple program that shows me what the animation will look like?
I know photoshop could do it, but I am looking for something simple. All I want to do is add images to the program and it just shows me what it looks like in sequence. I had a look at some tools, but they all seem soo complicated. Has anyone got any programs they can recommend?
Thanks

Cool Simplest Solution! which i have used many times
PowerPoint
Open the powerpoint presentation.
Select "File"->"Save As" (File being the large round office button)
Either click on "Save As" or click on "Other Formats"
Select where to save (this will save as a folder of images)
Under "Save type as", select "GIF" and click Save
A prompt will appear, select "Every Slide"
A prompt will tell you that it has been saved.
GIMP
Open GIMP
Select "File"->"Open As Layers"
Navigate to the folder of images which you created above.
Select the slides you want to open. Hold down "Ctrl" and click to select several files, or click on a file and then hold "shift" and
click on one further below to select those in between.
Select "Open"...Gimp will now load the images.
Select "File"->"Save As"
For the "Name", make sure it ends in ".gif" such as "example.gif" and click save
An Export File Dialog will pop up:
9 Another dialog will pop up:
10 Hit Save and you're done.
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As seen here.
I also searched around and had trouble finding this.
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