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1. Re: Slow down animated gif
groove25 Dec 5, 2012 6:19 PM (in response to bluellipse)I just tried a quick test of a 4-state animated GIF in Firefox and Safari, and both browsers respected the state delay.
Have you tried using File > Image Preview to export the GIF, and checking or setting the timing within the Animation options? Keep in mind that the units are 100th of a second, so 15/100 will be just over 6 frames per second, and 30/100 will be just over 3 frames per second.
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2. Re: Slow down animated gif
bluellipse Dec 5, 2012 6:41 PM (in response to groove25)Thanks for your reply. Could my issue be that I am using CS5? I don't have the same dialog box that you are showing.
I check what you said and it's looks great in Fireworks, but stills zooms along in the browsers that you mentioned.
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4. Re: Slow down animated gif
bluellipse Dec 5, 2012 7:13 PM (in response to groove25)Thanks I tried that. Fun pink character!
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5. Re: Slow down animated gif
groove25 Dec 5, 2012 8:06 PM (in response to bluellipse)Are you on a Mac? If so, you can use Preview to view the GIF's contents. Inside Preview, choose Tools > Show Inspector (Command-I), then select the More Info and GIF tabs. From here, you can view the delay time for each individual frame, if one has been specified.
Incidentally, the pink character is a graphic (by Cory Thoman) from this tutorial on creating animated GIFs inside Photoshop's Image Ready: http://www.illustrationinfo.com/2008/09/12/create-animated-gifs-in-imageready/
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6. Re: Slow down animated gif
bluellipse Dec 5, 2012 8:20 PM (in response to groove25)Thanks for that tip. I see that the timing is not what I set it at. I set it at 20 and image preview reflects that, but in Preview it says 7. Any ideas what may be happening?
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7. Re: Slow down animated gif
groove25 Dec 5, 2012 8:29 PM (in response to bluellipse)No idea at all. If the state delay has been set at 20/100ths in Fireworks, it should appear in Preview as .20 for each frame.
My main suggestion is to make sure you've selected all frames when applying the state delay, as each is set individually. That, and you could try setting a larger value (e.g., 58/100ths) in Fireworks and see if that changes the value in Preview, to something closer to what you're aiming for.
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8. Re: Slow down animated gif
bluellipse Dec 5, 2012 8:39 PM (in response to groove25)When I exported the gif animation slice I selected current state only. Is that correct?
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9. Re: Slow down animated gif
groove25 Dec 5, 2012 9:16 PM (in response to bluellipse)I'm not sure about the use of slices in conjuction with the creation and exporting of an animated GIF, as slices are primarily intended for use in creating HTML layouts. Instead, I'd use the Crop tool at the outset to adjust the boundaries of the graphic. Alternatively, the Image Preview dialog includes some nice Export Area options (under the File subheading).
I suppose slices could be used to generate smaller sub-graphics in a larger image animation... Whatever works, I guess.





