Exporting animated gif to web shows only a transparent pane.
I have created a very simple four frame animated gif in CS6. It plays and transitions fine, but when I come to save it to web the preview pane is transparent.
I used 'create video timeline' as my timeline option.
I must be doing something basic very wrong, but can't figure it out.
Any help please!
Thank you.
In terms of replicating the problem, this is what happened to me.
I created 4 frames of animation in the Video timeline. For each frame, the image only showed for a short time and then disappeared until it switched to the next frame.
I'll illustrate the problem.
1. When the playhead is at 1, I see my image just fine.
2. When I move the playhead, the image disappears, despite all the layers still being visible.
3. I open the dropdown menu for each frame and see that the Opacity markers don't extend for the whole frame. Essentially the content disappears before it reaches the end of the frame.
4. I highlight the opacity section and hit delete, so that no change will take place.
However, you say that the animation plays just fine inside your Photoshop document, leading me to believe that I haven't solved your problem yet!
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