Animated GIF. problems in Captivate

I have been trying to bring in an Animated GIF. into my
Captivate presentation.
When I import the animation using Insert> Animation it
converts the animated gif to a swf file.
In the preview screen it shows my animated gif with multiple
colors flashing over and over. It is doing this to all of the
animated gifs that I am bringing in. My fps is set to 10 within
Captivate.
Is there frame restrictions or file size restrictions that is
causing this error when bringing in an animated gif. Any
suggestions?

Hi mikeygilbert23_nap and welcome to our community
Unfortunately, there are a few different methods used to
create animated .GIFs. One would think all of them would be created
simply using different images. Largely this is true. But some
animation programs allow you to choose different methods for the
way the screen is painted between frames. Sounds like you may be
seeing this behavior.
Not sure what to advise as to how to work past it though.
Sorry. Hopefully one of the others has a clue.
Cheers... Rick

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Greetings
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alex
revbear wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I would appreciate some help.
>
> I am new at creating animated gif's, and am experiencing
a problem with them
> when I try to view them in a browser.
>
> I am working in Fireworks 2004, the following is what I
do.
>
> Create first frame.
> Insert simple arrow.
> Create second frame
> Insert simple arrow with diffrent color
> Third frame same but diffrent image.
>
> Set the Optimize Panel to Animated Gif, transparency set
to No tranparency.
>
> Click on File, Export.
> Type the name of the file in File Name box.
> Select "Frames to Files" option for Save as type option.
>
> In my folder where I saved the files there are now three
gif files.
>
> When I open the file into the following browsers IE 7,
6.0 or Firefox it
> remains as a static image in the browser with no
animation, the same is for
> viewing it in Window Explorer Preview Pane.
>
> In Fireworks however the animation plays perfectly.
>
> I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me
what I am doing wrong or
> why they created animated gifs are not playing in the
browser.
>
> Regards
> Dave
>
>

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quote:
Originally posted by:
r_cronier
I am creating a rotating banner with fireworks and I have
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