You can try Advanced Effect Maker Freeware Edition 1.5 and Photo Flash Maker Free Version 5.16 I think Advanced Effect Maker Freeware Edition 1.5 has a Water mark on the side of the animation after you have made it but they are both freeware addition`s. Here is where you can get them.
You can get Advanced Effect Maker Freeware Edition 1.5 here.
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Web_Authoring/Multimedia_Web_Authoring_Tools/Advanced_Effect_Maker_Freeware_Edition.html
And you can get Photo Flash Maker Free Version 5.16 here.
http://download.omani.ac/software/photo_flash_maker_free_version-5_16
I think i found something else that you can use.It is called particleView And you can get it here and it is free http://www.wondertouch.com/showiel.asp Scroll down the page in-tell you find the down load button`s for window`s or mac and click on it for the computer system you use.
And here is a video tutorial that can show and tell you what particleView can do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTzG6ZK0KfE&fmt=18
P.S. You may have to make your Advanced Effect Maker and Photo Flash Maker animation`s into GIF animation and use something like VCW VicMan's Photo Editor or VCW VicMan's Photo Editor or and crop them and cut out the Water mark`s.
you can use a free photo editor called VCW VicMan's Photo Editor or irfanview Photo Editor. VCW VicMan's Photo Editor can also use photoshop filter`s. I think irfanview Photo Editor can also use photoshop filter`s they are both Photo Editor`s something like gimp.I will show you a link to get some free photoshop filter`s. You can get VicMan's here.
http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/index.htm
and you can get irfanview here.
http://www.irfanview.com/
P.S. Don`t forget to get the plug-in`s for irfanview
You may need commander light to change some phothshope filter`s into 8bf file`s so they will work in gimp and vicman`s.here is where you can get commander light.
http://www.thepluginsite.com/products/picopro/index.htm
Here is where you can get the free photoshop filter`s plug-in`s.
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/free-photoshop-plugins-collection/
And you can find more free photoshop plug-in`s if you do a Google search for them.
I hope this can help you.