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Article #15940Re: animated GIF file size
From: Phil Singher
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 18:57
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 18:57
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Candace, Without seeing the file, it may have to do with how you're keyframing the animation. If you change an object's position (for example) gradually over five frames, upon export to GIF, you're exporting five different sets of pixels for the animated area. Animated GIF is not a "tweening" medium. The trick is to use the Hold Keyframe feature (see the Timeline menu). You won't get any transition between the first and end keyframes, but you'll only export two sets of pixels. All the other standard GIF filesize stuff applies -- use flat colors, limit the number of colors exported in the Export palette, horizontal lines are cheap while vertical lines are expensive, etc. --Phil S.
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