GIF in captivate

I am trying to use a GIF file on one of my slides in
captivate3. when i view the project at the timeline all seems well
but when i publish it i get aliasing at the gif image borders and
the GIF has a transparent back ground (i tried it with 2 other
GIF's that i made in fireworks and photoshop which gave me same
results) but when i preview it it places a black background to the
gif and that is not the project background i checked. please help
here is the gif i'm planning to use
http://www.gifs.net/image/Creatures_and_Cartoons/Pokemon/Sleeping/7614
this is placed over an image for the duration it is shown...
Please Help
Thanks in advance

Hi ksugra
Unfortunately that's often the way an animated .GIF comes
into Captivate. And unfortunately as well, there is no way I'm
aware of to prevent it. You may wish to simply screen capture the
static image and use that instead.
Definitely I'd ask that you report the behavior to the
Captivate development team so they can investigate why it happens.
You may do so by
clicking
here and completing the form you should find there.
Cheers... Rick

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