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Community => Flash & Flash Accessories => Topic farted by: GinClock on November 16, 2005, 11:09:11 PM

Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: GinClock on November 16, 2005, 11:09:11 PM
[size=24]Best Gif Quality in Flash[/size]


Intro

Hello Folks, I have decided to share with you all how to obtain the greatest animated gif quality from flash.

Here we go.


Step 1- Make the Animation

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/7175/knuclesabsinthescreen3ha.png)

Get your animation ready. Make sure not to use any Movie Clips with self contained animation for it will be lost in the conversion to an animated gif.

If you plan to use this here at the LL, make the screen size 150 X 150 if you have a premium account or 100 X 100 if you have a regular account.
For the CC you will need 90 X 90.


Step 2- Publish Settings

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/1228/knucklestheother25hm.png)

Now that you have your animation you need to go to Publish Settings under File.

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/3808/knucklesscreen26ud.png)

Now uncheck all of the boxes except for gif. This will not effect you if you usually preview your movies by the Test Movie feature. If you do use Publish to preview your movies, simply recheck the .swf box after this tutorial.

Now click the only remaining Gif tab at the top of the box. Now make sure you have all of these statistics...

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/8251/knuckles36rx.png)

Dimensions- Match Movie
Playback #1- Animated
Playback #2- Loop continuously
Options #1- Optimize
Options #2- Smooth
Transparent- Opaque (Will auto set to 128 colors most likely)
Dither- None
Palette Type- Adaptive
Max Colors- 99999


Step 3- Publish

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/4491/knucklespublish4jw.png)

Go to File then Publish.

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/5585/knucklespublish1pu.png)

There you have it. Good work

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/5097/absinthespin8no.gif)
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: EnvelopeClock on November 16, 2005, 11:24:57 PM
Very cool and very helpful!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: GinClock on November 16, 2005, 11:28:17 PM
Haha sorry for macroly expanding the borders. A special thanks to Absinthe for the screen shots and to Aubergine for teaching me how to do it.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: pyroclock on November 17, 2005, 04:52:29 PM
thanks! good and helpful  :fifen:
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Finland Clock on November 17, 2005, 05:03:48 PM
I love you.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: GinClock on November 17, 2005, 05:09:38 PM
Quote from: Finland ClockI love you.
Haha. Why thank you.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: SamFisherKlawk on November 17, 2005, 05:11:13 PM
Very nice, very nice Indeed. Thanks man.

*EDIT*
I love loops like that, though I can't make em :(
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: catclock on November 20, 2005, 01:27:11 PM
I thought that this was common knowledge? Oh well thanks for showing newbs how to do it.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: CD Clock on November 20, 2005, 03:32:24 PM
Didn't work for me.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: CrustClock on November 20, 2005, 03:56:01 PM
That is brilliant. Really helpful, thanks!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: l1fty on November 20, 2005, 04:09:10 PM
Awesome.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: DurianClock on November 20, 2005, 04:39:45 PM
I usually just export it as a bmp, and then open it all in adobe imageready and make it a .gif. Now this will save me a lot of time, thanks.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: DietCherryVanilla on November 24, 2005, 11:36:34 AM
please sticky for great justice
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: GinClock on November 24, 2005, 11:37:46 AM
Quote from: DietCherryVanillaplease sticky for great justice
It is and has been for like two weeks.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: RupeeClock on November 24, 2005, 02:01:37 PM
When I export, it seems to mess up any gradients or Flash 8 filters I put in, the image doesn't look right.

But at least it can export at correct frame rates.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: GinClock on November 24, 2005, 03:02:04 PM
Quote from: RupeeClockWhen I export, it seems to mess up any gradients or Flash 8 filters I put in, the image doesn't look right.

But at least it can export at correct frame rates.
It's not amazingly advanced for a flash export, but it does it's best.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: PirateClock on November 24, 2005, 03:10:01 PM
look at my avi, how sexy it is.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: TheChap on November 30, 2005, 03:39:22 PM
Thats really helpfull, and especally because I'm in the process of making an avy, thanks!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: voidSkipper on December 09, 2005, 01:56:00 AM
so THATS why my gifs look so bad! thanks very much man!  :fifen:
Title: It reely helped
Post by: Dog on December 14, 2005, 10:49:17 AM
I'd give it :fifen:
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Silly Putty Clock on December 14, 2005, 09:20:18 PM
How do I open the GIF?
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: badtoupeeclock on December 21, 2005, 02:10:19 PM
About the gradients being messed up: You can fix that if you check dither solids, and set dithered to "diffusion"
 :)
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: BitterClock on December 26, 2005, 11:32:34 AM
Thanks. That helps an awful lot.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: FrostShell on July 19, 2006, 06:57:01 AM
This tutorital is good except the gifs it creates are freaking huge. Fine and dandy unless you want to make an avvy or save bandwith, in which you would have to use a gif editor/animator to do. One with an optimization feature would be best.
Title: Cool!
Post by: Metal on July 29, 2006, 05:35:47 PM
Awesome it was realy nice to learn that! :)
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: DarkBerry on November 19, 2006, 08:52:34 AM
that helped a lot man thanks

now i can finally make good flash animated gifs of good quality:)
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Bong Clock on January 15, 2007, 12:47:42 AM
gifs can only go up to 256 colors so you dont really have to put in 9999
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: KrylonClock on May 13, 2007, 01:24:52 PM
You win one free internet. Congratulations!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: AnchorClock on May 16, 2007, 02:11:46 AM
GinClock, you are a genius!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: BunnyClock on May 25, 2007, 08:18:57 AM
sorrry for the bump but when i export a .gif it messes up my framerate. How do i fix this? Or what is the regular .gif frame rate? Perhaps i could already set it at that frame rate in flash to see how to get the best results!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: KinderEggClock on May 25, 2007, 10:29:23 AM
Quote from: BunnyClockClock;828947sorrry for the bump but when i export a .gif it messes up my framerate. How do i fix this? Or what is the regular .gif frame rate? Perhaps i could already set it at that frame rate in flash to see how to get the best results!

The tutorial shows that he is at 30fps. So i guess it works best in that.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Atom on September 24, 2007, 03:58:50 PM
Wow, 2 years and I never knew this, thanks a lot! I have one question though, does this increase the files size drastically? Or does it just stay around 40 - 20 kb.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Beret on January 07, 2008, 04:39:14 PM
Quote from: Johnny Rocketfingers;828947sorrry for the bump but when i export a .gif it messes up my framerate. How do i fix this? Or what is the regular .gif frame rate? Perhaps i could already set it at that frame rate in flash to see how to get the best results!

I have the same problem, and it doesn't change at 30 fps, it stays the same as any other fps.:confused:
 
EDIT: I Made this:
 
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: ChocolateBarClock on August 16, 2008, 11:24:59 PM
nice!(http://www.cyberstrike.net84.net/hoemec.psd)
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: SpongeClock SquarePants on April 23, 2009, 09:07:25 AM
just now i looked this up and used it
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: LimewireClock on May 06, 2009, 03:44:08 AM
Been needing to know this for a while, thanks!
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Sinister Clock on May 06, 2009, 09:27:55 AM
Older browsers will limit GIFs to 12FPS, newer ones, like Firefox 3, will go as fast as your processor can handle. Although by now you should all be using APNG.
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: SpongeClock SquarePants on May 08, 2009, 02:27:02 AM
Quote from: Sinister;1573362Older browsers will limit GIFs to 12FPS, newer ones, like Firefox 3, will go as fast as your processor can handle. Although by now you should all be using APNG.

yes, but you realize sometimes clients etc. demand gif right?
Title: Best Gif Quality in Flash
Post by: Sinister Clock on May 08, 2009, 07:25:54 AM
Quote from: SCSP;1574434yes, but you realize sometimes clients etc. demand gif right?

Are you suggesting that anyone in the Clock Crew is employable!??!??!?!