Please help! I am trying to save an animated .gif with images that will rotate
through every 1 second.

Here is what I am doing...what am I doing wrong???!!!!

Step 1: I create two frames
Step 2: I add one image to each frame
Step 3: I change the frame delay from the default 7/100 to 100/100, which
should be one second
Step 4: I save the image as an animated.gif.

For some reason, despite the frame delay being correct, the image rotates
through at an incredibly fast rate. It seems to stay at the default 7/100
frame delay and I can't correct it. Even if i save it as a 3500/100 delay, it
still rotates very quickly.

Can anybody help me? This is very frustrating!!

smackitsakic wrote:
> Please help! I am trying to save an animated .gif with images that will rotate
> through every 1 second.
>
> Here is what I am doing...what am I doing wrong???!!!!
>
> Step 1: I create two frames
> Step 2: I add one image to each frame
> Step 3: I change the frame delay from the default 7/100 to 100/100, which
> should be one second
> Step 4: I save the image as an animated.gif.
>
> For some reason, despite the frame delay being correct, the image rotates
> through at an incredibly fast rate. It seems to stay at the default 7/100
> frame delay and I can't correct it. Even if i save it as a 3500/100 delay, it
> still rotates very quickly.
>
> Can anybody help me? This is very frustrating!!
>

I'm using CS3 and can't replicate the problem. Frame delay works in both
the browser and FW's playback. Are you viewing the animation in a
browser or FW? Which version of FW do you have?

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I am using CS3. Just got it a few months ago.

When I view it it is simply in Internet Explorer. I have thought that it
might be an error before but uploaded it to our website and the problem
continued on our site.

It is really frustrating.

can you post a link?

smackitsakic wrote:
> I am using CS3. Just got it a few months ago.
>
> When I view it it is simply in Internet Explorer. I have thought that it
> might be an error before but uploaded it to our website and the problem
> continued on our site.
>
> It is really frustrating.
>

[q]Originally posted by: smackitsakic
Please help! I am trying to save an animated .gif with images that will
rotate through every 1 second.

Here is what I am doing...what am I doing wrong???!!!!

Step 1: I create two frames
Step 2: I add one image to each frame
Step 3: I change the frame delay from the default 7/100 to 100/100, which
should be one second
Step 4: I save the image as an animated.gif.

For some reason, despite the frame delay being correct, the image rotates
through at an incredibly fast rate. It seems to stay at the default 7/100
frame delay and I can't correct it. Even if i save it as a 3500/100 delay, it
still rotates very quickly.

Can anybody help me? This is very frustrating!![/q]
There is a bug in the Property Inspector's Default Export Options that
resets frame delays to 7, whenever you change the options from there. So, don't
even touch it. :-) There are a couple things you could do instead:

When you save the GIF, use Export Preview first (Ctrl+Shift+X). There, click
on the Options tab and select Animated GIF as the format. Click Export, specify
a location and that should export a GIF with your specified frame delay.

If you really want to set the default export options on the source PNG, then
use the Optimize window (F6). It has exactly the same interface as the Property
Inspector's default export options, but it doesn't reset the frame delay when
you specify "Animated GIF WebSnap 128". Go figure...

That's how it works on CS3 here. I hope it will work out for you as well. :-)



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The exporting image preview option worked! Thank you for the help!

[q]Originally posted by: smackitsakic
The exporting image preview option worked! Thank you for the help![/q]

You're welcome. :-)