I am trying to make a large still picture animated gif I have been using Blaze Gif creator but now it crashes what is another program that will do they same thing. I am basicly trying make a slideshow that is turned into a gif.

There are many programs out there.. have you done any searching ?

photoshop can make animated gifs

So does Fireworks, and Ulead Gif Animator: http://www.ulead.com/ga/runme.htm.