Flash is failing me

[Biblo]

Does anyone know a good reliable way of creating high quality gifs without getting bollocks colours etc?

[TremcladClock]

Set the colour range like so:

[Biblo]

Set the colour range like so:

nope, didn't help

i have a photo within the gif. this is the main source of the problem

[TremcladClock]

nope, didn't help

Well, if you're not seeing any difference whatsoever using this configuration, you're doing something wrong.

Keep in mind that you must use the Publish function in order for the configuration to take effect. The File -> Export method will override the custom configuration.

[Biblo]

Well, if you're not seeing any difference whatsoever using this configuration, you're doing something wrong.

Keep in mind that you must use the Publish function in order for the configuration to take effect. The File -> Export method will override the custom configuration.

yeah i know that,

srsly! i copied your selection exactly, i was pretty close to it anyway, no difference whatsoever

[DWARFINATORclock]

yeah i know that,

srsly! i copied your selection exactly, i was pretty close to it anyway, no difference whatsoever

YOU LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DillClock]

you can always animate in photoshop

[PropagandaClock]

YOU LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kaijuclock]

you can always animate in photoshop

aoeiwalkgdmvcx!!!!!!!!! WHAT? SINCE WHEN???!?!?!

[DillClock]

aoeiwalkgdmvcx!!!!!!!!! WHAT? SINCE WHEN???!?!?!

since cs3

[Kaijuclock]

since cs3

im still on cs2, looks likes i needs to upgrade

[iced tea clock]

i have a photo within the gif. this is the main source of the problem

yes, that is the problem, since a gif can only have a maximum of 256 diffrent colors per frame. the adaptive palette setting, with a 99999 in the input box, doesn't change that.

[TremcladClock]

yes, that is the problem, since a gif can only have a maximum of 256 diffrent colors per frame. the adaptive palette setting, with a 99999 in the input box, doesn't change that.

Well SHIT.


Left: Adaptive 99999
Right: Default 255 colour array

[iced tea clock]

Well SHIT.


Left: Adaptive 99999
Right: Default 255 colour array

first of all, 256 different colors are a lot for a computer generated image (like the one you got there) but not enough for a realistic photo

in the default mode, flash only uses the default 256 color palette (which contains colors like yellow or pink, that you wouldnt need for your picture there... but only few shades of red or brown, while you would need more and other ones for your image)

in the adaptive mode flash scans your image and adds every color it finds to the palette... this way, you get all the shades of red that you need for your picture and still stay in the 256 limit

in a real photo though, there are usually more than just 256 different colors

[TremcladClock]

in the adaptive mode flash scans your image and adds every color it finds to the palette... this way you get all the shades of red you need for your picture and still stay in the 256 limit

Yeah, and it looks better as opposed to sucking. QED.

By all means, export your gifs using a default 256 colour palette, granddad.

Also: why are you trying to reinvent the wheel here? I know what a bloody adaptive palette is and entering "999999" is just going to snap down to the highest number of available colours.

[iced tea clock]

Yeah, and it looks better as opposed to sucking. QED.

i never said anything else...
my point was, that its almost impossible to get a good looking gif out of a realaistic photo


EDIT

Also: why are you trying to reinvent the wheel here? I know what a bloody adaptive palette is and entering "999999" is just going to snap down to the highest number of available colours.

Ok so about what are we discussing then?
I just answered to his post, where he told us, he is using a photo, that this just won't work well, no matter what export settings he uses.
And not, that using the adaptive setting, would be senseless...

[TremcladClock]

I just answered to his post, where he told us, he is using a photo, that this just won't work well, no matter what export settings he uses.
And not, that using the adaptive setting, would be senseless...

Well, offering some form of advice, that being the only method I know of increasing GIF quality, is a preferable choice in comparison to accepting the grim truth that your photo GIFs will always look like rubbish.

[iced tea clock]

Well, offering some form of advice, that being the only method I know of increasing GIF quality, is a preferable choice in comparison to accepting the grim truth that your photo GIFs will always look like rubbish.

sure, but the gif optimizing advice was already provided by your post at the threads beginning ;D

[PropagandaClock]

whats wierd is I just tried to export my logo in a .gif because Newgrounds demands it be that way

And I got shitty quality
And I followed your options by the book

Never been this shitty in quality before...

[TremcladClock]

whats wierd is I just tried to export my logo in a .gif because Newgrounds demands it be that way

And I got shitty quality
And I followed your options by the book

Never been this shitty in quality before...

Then you didn't follow my instructions by the book.