If you guys really start bringing out a programm for every task I would regret buying Affinity Photo and Design BIGTIME.
Having a program for every task bloats the software in RAM because the core is loaded multiple times.
also the workflow will be very unintuitive, changing program every few minutes, animating something, need to change something, need to change between program to change brushsize, back to animator, see it still doesn't fit, get back to photo, change brushsize, bla bla.. The more you have to make breaks or think about how it is done, the more you loose the flow.
Making an extra animation persona would be bearable, but a seperate program would shoot the process of creative work.
GIMP is able to make animated GIF
Krita is able to make animated GIF
Corel Draw is able to make animated GIF