Saving Animated .GIF Incorrectly?

Please help! I am trying to save an animated .gif with images
that will rotate through every 1 second.
Here is what I am doing...what am I doing wrong???!!!!
Step 1: I create two frames
Step 2: I add one image to each frame
Step 3: I change the frame delay from the default 7/100 to
100/100, which should be one second
Step 4: I save the image as an animated.gif.
For some reason, despite the frame delay being correct, the
image rotates through at an incredibly fast rate. It seems to stay
at the default 7/100 frame delay and I can't correct it. Even if i
save it as a 3500/100 delay, it still rotates very quickly.
Can anybody help me? This is very frustrating!!

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Originally posted by:
smackitsakic
Please help! I am trying to save an animated .gif with images
that will rotate through every 1 second.
Here is what I am doing...what am I doing wrong???!!!!
Step 1: I create two frames
Step 2: I add one image to each frame
Step 3: I change the frame delay from the default 7/100 to
100/100, which should be one second
Step 4: I save the image as an animated.gif.
For some reason, despite the frame delay being correct, the
image rotates through at an incredibly fast rate. It seems to stay
at the default 7/100 frame delay and I can't correct it. Even if i
save it as a 3500/100 delay, it still rotates very quickly.
Can anybody help me? This is very frustrating!!
There is a bug in the Property Inspector's
Default Export Options that resets frame delays to 7,
whenever you change the options from there. So, don't even touch
it. :-) There are a couple things you could do instead:
When you save the GIF, use Export Preview first
(Ctrl+Shift+X). There, click on the Options tab and select Animated
GIF as the format. Click Export, specify a location and that should
export a GIF with your specified frame delay.
If you really want to set the default export options on the
source PNG, then use the Optimize window (F6). It has exactly the
same interface as the Property Inspector's default export options,
but it doesn't reset the frame delay when you specify "Animated GIF
WebSnap 128". Go figure...
That's how it works on CS3 here. I hope it will work out for
you as well. :-)
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else there would
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animation previews
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dreamweaver, neither
> static image on work page or animation in preview
> Please, I would appreciate a little clarity here for
this site has to be
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> tonight
> thanks for any help and explanations
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than 1KB big! So
> how
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even if I don't
> change
> anything about the image before saving? There is no
PNG file but I can
> link
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>
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