Animated gifs are grainy problem

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make my
animated gifs look great from flash. I have exported the layered
psd files as pngs, jogs, gifs, bitmaps, you name, I have done it,
BUT to no avail. Someone please help me, why can't the websites
just plug in my .swf files, they look awesome, yeah a little
larger. I would design in another program, but the client needs
each frame to click to a different URL. What am I doing wrong? It
looks like a color issue?

Use Fireworks......That's where the functionality from
ImageReady went...for the .gif file format.If you would like the
trial should be available by the end of next month....Beta is done
I think.One the .gif is created, import into Flash.

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Animated GIFs are ridiculously large - why?

Hi all,
I cannot figure out why the animated GIFs I am exporting are
so massive in file size. For example, I import a small 5-frame
650Byte GIF. I edit the size of the canvas to pad it to a square
(from 54x40 to 54x54, or something like that), then I save it with
the following settings:
Animated GIF
Exact Palette
0 Loss
4 Colours (5 including alpha channel)
No dither
And it comes out as 64.4KB. How can the file size increase by
100 times with barely any change? Even if I import it, change
nothing and save the file with the same settings as above, it's
still 64.4KB. Is Fireworks padding the file with unnecessary
information or something?
Thanks for any help,
John.

> But the original image is an animated GIF and it's less
than 1KB big! So
> how
> does it increase in size 100 times when I save it
even if I don't
> change
> anything about the image before saving? There is no
PNG file but I can
> link
> you to the original 650 Byte Animated GIF:
I'm confused. What is this I am looking at. What have you
done to it to
make it increase in weight?
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> But the original image is an animated GIF and it's less
than 1KB big! So
> how
> does it increase in size 100 times when I save it
even if I don't
> change
> anything about the image before saving? There is no
PNG file but I can
> link
> you to the original 650 Byte Animated GIF:
>
>
http://www.aotplaza.com/Prod.gif
>
> Is it something to do with my settings perhaps? Like
telling it to save
> extra
> information in the file?
>

Keynote 3: Transparent Animated GIF Problems

I've been trying to get an animated GIF with a transparent background to run in Keynote, but it's giving some disastrous results.
I produce the animation by rendering the frames as PNG (with alpha channel) in MegaPOV 1.2.1. Then I use the convert utility from ImageMagick 6.2.9 to make them into an animated GIF.
When I drop the animated GIF into Keynote 3.0.2, the first frame shows fine (with transparency and all). But when I animate it, the background goes red (the main color in this particular movie) and some trace of the previous frames stays. It seems like:
1. Rather than displaying the GIF frame-by-frame, each frame is getting layered onto the previous frames.
2. Keynote doesn't like the alpha channel for some reason.
Problem 1 is also present if I open the GIF in Preview (is that supposed to be the correct behavior of an animated GIF?). Problem 2 seems to be Keynote-specific.
Any suggestions for a work-around on this? The animated GIFs work fine if rendered without the alpha channel, but it'd look so much better with transparency!
iMac 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

MegaPOV doesn't have a GIF output option. The choices are PNG, Targa, PPM, and hdr (not familiar with that last one). I don't know if PPM even has alpha-capability.
So in some way, I have to convert PNG to GIF. The tools I have to do this are ImageMagick and Gimp. I tried them both, then viewed the results using several programs. Results are tabulated below -- (1) means that problem 1 from above was apparent (ie, parts of the previous frames were visible under the current frame); (2) means that problem 2 was visible (ie, the transparent parts took on some background color).
If I didn't know how to change the default white background in the program, I couldn't tell whether problem (2) occurred, since the movie made with Gimp had a white background in Keynote.
Using ImageMagick 6.2.9 to convert PNG->GIF and animate GIF:
* viewing with Safari 2.0.4 : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Preview 3.0.9 : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Firefox 2.0.0.3 : (1)
* viewing with Keynote 3.0.2 : (1), (2) -- alpha goes red
Using Gimp 2.2.11 to convert PNG->GIF and animate GIF:
* viewing with Safari : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Preview : (1), can't tell for (2)
* viewing with Firefox : (1)
* viewing with Keynote : (1), (2) -- alpha goes white
I only converted the first few frames using Gimp, since I was doing it by hand.
All of this makes me wonder whether I'm dreaming the impossible, since problem (1) is universally present. It also makes me pretty sure that problem (2) is Keynote-specific.
If there are any other tools that will convert/animate GIFs on a modern Mac, I'd love to hear about them. My UNIX-y tools seem to be failing me here. The Mac tools I remember from "back in the day" -- GIFBuilder and GIFConverter -- seem to have been abandoned around the beginning of Mac OS X. GIFBuilder won't even load my files, and GIFConverter still lacks alpha support in PNG.

Animated Gif Problem

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

Instead of Frames to files on export, select Images only.
that should do it -
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
>
>

Problems with animated gif with ftp publishing

Hi
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think ive solved it

Help with exporting as an animated gif

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instead of converting your movieclip to a graphic:
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''dupe of - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/932846 - locking''
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Some security software (firewall) can block animated images and send a normal image instead, so can try to check the advanced settings for Firefox in the firewall if the problem isn't in Firefox.

Animated gif on multiple rollover buttons ?

I want to use animated gifs as MouseOver in rollover buttons.
Somehow when I put this together the animation only works for the
first time I do the MouseOver. - the anim gifs are not looping I
want them to restart every time I have a MouseOut and MouseOver.
I get this to work if i dont put in preload images as default
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Greetings from Sweden !

I want to use animated gifs as MouseOver in rollover buttons.
Somehow when I put this together the animation only works for the
first time I do the MouseOver. - the anim gifs are not looping I
want them to restart every time I have a MouseOut and MouseOver.
I get this to work if i dont put in preload images as default
but then I will have problems with delays instead. Do anyone know
how to solwe this problem in an easy simple to explane kind of way
Greetings from Sweden !

Animated gifs in keynote for iPad

I realized, in Excel 2011 (Mac) a ppt with links "simple" and I want to incorporate animated GIFs (or videos).
Everything works smoothly on Power Point, however, upon transfer of the Ipad and opening files with Keynote my animated gifs are no longer... animated!
Even if I try to incorporate these gifs directly on the iPad does not work better.
You know how I can fix my problem?
If the gifs can not be borne any video format to use when it is necessary that during the transition from 2011 to ppt Keynote everything works?
In advance thank you
Yo.

Remember Paper wrote:
Great solution James. As a former university level instructor, it must mean that you're old and out of touch. Gifs are an amazing new form of communication if used correctly. I too am searching for a solution for the same problem as ytomasz.
An"amazing new form of communication"? SERIOUSLY? Animated gifs are as old as the hills and came into being as a stop gap prior to other means of providing web based animation and video became practical. They are strictly amateur hour and are quite unprofessional. Perhaps you could do with a little communication training.

Firefox slows down when opening a site with animated gifs

After updating to FF4, I find that whenever I try to open a page that has multiple animated gifs on it, firefox slows down tremendously. CPU usage goes up to 50-75% and all animated gifs are moving really slow.
It's not only large animated gifs, but it also occurs on forums that have animated smilies. I never had this problem in FF 3.6 nor any other browser (IE, Chrome, Safari). If I start FF4.0 without any add-ons or plugins it does the same thing. Even with a fresh install. Does anyone have a solution to his problem? Since I can't use some of my favorite sites now with FF, without my pc slowing everything down.

Disabling the hardware acceleration worked for me!

High CPU Consumption when Displaying Animated GIFs

Hi -
Within our application we utilize a lot of the standard AJAX loading icons to indiciate that data is downloading/loading. What we've noticed, however, is that when animated GIFs are being displayed they are consuming between 5 and 8 percent of the CPU. I've confirmed it's definitely the GIF that is causing the CPU usage to increase so dramatically.
Has anyone else experienced this? Do you have work arounds? Does anyone have any idea why performance is so bad on this?
Does using an SWF instead help?
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Hello Steve.
Although I'm not really sure what you mean by "content plugins dialogue", you may be having a problem with some Firefox add-on that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?
Whenever you have a problem with Firefox, whatever it is, you should make sure it's not coming from one of your installed add-ons, be it an extension, a theme or a plugin. To do that easily and cleanly, run Firefox in [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode safe mode] and select ''Disable all add-ons''. If the problem disappears, you know it's from an add-on. Disable them all in normal mode, and enable them one at a time until you find the source of the problem. See [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes this article] for information about troubleshooting extensions and theme. You can troubleshoot plugins the same way.
If you want support for one of your add-ons, you'll need to contact its author.

Backgrounds for Animated Gifs

First let me say I am new to Captivate. I think it is an
awesome tool in creating CBT's. Here's my problem. I have an
animated .gif file it is small (only 96.0KB) I created it in Adobe
Image Ready... I want to import it into captivate and use it as a
navigation icon. The problem is the animation appears fine but
there is a black background? I can't get rid of the background. Any
ideas? Suggestion to do it differantly? PLEASE HELP!!

Keep in mind that when animated GIFs are brought into
Captivate, they are converted to SWF format, so you are ultimately
looking at a Flash animation, not a GIF animation.
The black background is a common occurrence, and in my
opinion is caused by timing issues with the original animated GIF.
Try experimenting with changes to the original GIFs properties,
specifically the frame rate, and overall time for display. Also be
sure that the "background" of the GIF is a solid (transparent)
color.
Good luck - and
welcome to the Captivate User Community!

Safari 4.0.X and Animated GIFs

I have a web site that makes use of animated GIFs that I've created with Adobe Photoshop (7 and more recently CS3). They worked fine when I viewed them with earlier versions of Safari, but not with Safari 4.0.X (i.e., any vers. 4 issued so far including 4.0.3). They either change after a long delay (60 sec. instead of designed 5 sec.) or not at all.
Other browsers seem not to have this problem, but I haven't tried them all.
In trying to solve this problem I've discovered some interesting things:
1. When I create an HTML page using Dreamweaver on my desktop, add an animated GIF, and open it with Safari 4.0.X the GIF animates as designed,
2. When I access a page from my web site the GIF doesn't animate as described above. However, if I close that page and access it again, the GIF animates, presumably because I'm viewing the cached page on my computer.
3. Animated GIFs on other sites seem to work (maybe they didn't use Photoshop?).
4. I sent a Bug Report to Apple on vers 4.0.1 but the problem is still there on 4.0.3
My question is why the different behavior in 1. and 2. above, and why hasn't Apple fixed this problem that seems to be newly created with vers. 4.0.X?

star-fish wrote:
I think the main problem is that your gifs are massive. Animated gifs should be quite small, and not have more than 256 colours. Try resizing one as a test, say 25% of what it currently is and see if that changes anything.
If it doesn't, try making an animation on http://gifworks.com and uploading it to see if that's any faster.
As an aside, you don't need tables on each individual page - just 'center' your text and image. Tables are designed to be used for tabulated data, and create problems for people using screen readers if they aren't.
Also, you may want to remove the . in image and page title names, because those could cause you problems too. Renaming your pages and images so they reflect what's on them more accurately is good for search engines too.
Thanks for your reply, star-fish. I agree my animated GIFs are large, and my page design may not be optimum. However, when I access them with other browsers such as FireFox 3.5.2 and Internet Explorer 5.2, which I did just a few minutes ago, they begin animating in the designed 5 or 6 seconds instead of 50 to 60 secs or more with Safari 4.0.3. Also, they animated in the designed time with Safari 3. So, something is different about Safari 4.0.X, either intentionally or unintentionally.

Adjustment layers not 'sticking' on animated GIFs

I'm trying to adjust brightness/contrast and saturation over about 30 layers on an animated GIF. Everything looks great until I do a save for web and click on the animate box. At that point, the color/changes drop off completely. It shows up fine when it's just the one layer being shown. And it seems to be showing up on all the layers when I'm in the main edit window. I keep looking and making sure I have the 'this adjustment affects all layers below,' and I do. I even tried saving a GIF with the other setting turned on and I got the same thing.
Anyway, I exported a few GIFs, thinking maybe the adjustment layers would kick in as it saved, but nope. Neither layer saved into the exported GIF.
I'm sure this is just a simple setting I'm missing, but I'm banging my head against the desk at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Thanks! I'm still trying my best to sort out why the adjustment layers drop off when I go to animate the GIF ... BUT I did duplicate the adjustment layers -- one for each frame -- and then clicked on the adjustment layers and selected layer and merged them one at a time and it worked. It's still more tedious than I hoped, but not as tedious as trying to adjust each layer on its own and having to input the same exact settings for each layer.
I would still be interested in anyone else's take/advice on applying adjustments to all the layers in an image at the same time and having it cary through to 'save for web.' Animated GIFs are so simple in theory, but I'm finding them to be absolutely one of the most frustrating and tedious things to try and edit/create.

Animated GIF won't animate or not even show at all

I have been using animated GIF with no problem so far but now with iWeb 08 sometimes it works with certain GIFs documents or sometimes won't with other GIFs documents. Why ? And what can I do about this ? What is the solution ?
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Well Bababooey if you're comparing yourself to a Apple Genius Bar then you should already know my answer, your snarky remark get a snarky reply. Why would I go to a salesperson to fix my computer problem when I can go directly go to the source itself. I used to sell Apple computers over 8 years ago and was apple certified before the Genius bar existed. If I am to go about fixing an issue I can't fix on my own I will go to the source itself meaning Apple's programmers and developers - being UI UX Developer myself I know they should have QA'd all platforms and troubleshooted any arising issues.
This was also the first time in the 20 years I've been using a Mac that I even attempted to go on this forum which i thought would put me in connection with a certified Apple representative. This turned out to be a complete waste of time just being a public forum with no Apple employee involved. I was hoping to find a quick fix but in turn I was only frustrated with stupid responses such as yours that were in no way an answer to my original question.
BTW I fixed the issue on my own and without your help or Apples help. I'm glad if all forums point here regarding this issue because I now have the answer. The answer I was looking for from someone earlier was as simple as this {Download Maverick and reinstall the platform - it will take an hour to do but afterward 10.9.2 was installed and my computer is now able to shutdown and restart without having to do a hard boot.} No more software update bar at top and no problems with my drive which I told both you and Grant - I know my computer better than you and I've probably been using them longer than you.
So again Babowa you were so wrong...... and I am right.
Again anyone having the same problem, I suggest reinstalling Maverick and you'll be suprised 10.9.2 will work fine.

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