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[illusionist]

How do u convert swf to gif and when done what is the file size of the gif and will it still be animated for just a still?

[Goldfiles]

I think macromedia flash will let you save your work as a .gif And yes it will be animated.

[illusionist]

wow that was !fast! i just pressed submit and back to lounge and zap already answered...thanks buddy!

[Goldfiles]

No problem. Not only can you save as .gif but you can also save your work as a .html

[illusionist]

awesome! Thanx again buddy

[madmouser]

Flash will let you save a .fla file as an animated .gif instead of a .swf.

[illusionist]

K how do i save fla as animated gif? when i save sav as i only have option to save as .fla, when i export them as image they are not animated when i export them as movie i get around 27 gif files when i save it???

[madmouser]

File>Publish Settings
check "gif" and uncheck everything else.
You'll now have a tab that says "gif" next to the "formats" tab.
Click on that.
Click "animated" and the other parameters you want, like number of times to repeat, size, transparency, etc.
Click on Save or "publish."
If you click on "publish" it will save it as a xxxxxx.gif
If you click on Save, you then need to go to File>Publish Movie and save it where you want it. It will save it as a .gif.
Put it in the html page the same way you would any .gif.
You will only see the animation when you preview the page in a browser.

[Virago]

As for file sizes, swf will generally be much smaller than an animated gif. I admin a board where an advertiser submitted a 245K ani-gif. After a few complaints, the advertiser re-worked it as a swf and the identical ad was then 65K, resulting in a savings of nearly 75% on their bandwidth charges for serving the ad, as well as faster download times for those on dialups.

[fission]

also when you export as a gif, the quality goes...

[illusionist]

Thanx fellas...got it working....but "man" the quality sucks!!! Is there a way to get good quality gifs?

[illusionist]

also when i keep the file as swl ppl need flash to see right?

[madmouser]

Originally posted by illusionist
Thanx fellas...got it working....but "man" the quality sucks!!! Is there a way to get good quality gifs?

It depends on what it is what settings you need to use.
I'd suggest posting it and let everyone take a look and see if it would be better to keep it as a swf.

[cactus]

If you first saved as .fla(you can edit/modify the file) then publish your file and then saved as a swf(Export movie), the swf will act as the Flash player.

Flash will also create an HTML page with the same name as the .swf file. Just copy the code and paste it to your actually page that you want the movie to play, of course the .swf file should be in the same folder also.


Regards

[DoG||RealFun]

Hi I made something with flash but he saves it as fla and i need it in animated .gif how can i do that ???