Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

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Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby DarkFlame on Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:15 pm

Exporting to the .GIF file format is very important. .GIF is the most easily supported video format on the Internet. This tutorial gives a comprehensive set of step-by-step instructions to help you understand how to export to .GIF.

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Before exporting to .GIF, save your animation as a .stykz to ensure the file is not lost. Then follow these simple steps to export to .GIF:
1. Click File>Export Animation
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2. Choose the correct directory (Try: My Documents>Videos)
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3. Choose the animated gif option below the filename entry box
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4. Type in a filename and press the Save button
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5. Set the frame delay to the proper delay. (Try: 4-12)
6. Set the resize of the animation. The default is 50%, meaning that the animation will appear half of it's original size. Feel free to adjust this. (The chain icon is to constrain the proportions (EG: if one is 60%, the other will automatically change as well))
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7. Press the export button
8. Upload the file to an image hosting website (Try: UploadAnimations.com) and link to it using IMG tags


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Before exporting to .GIF, save your animation as a .piv to keep from losing it. Now follow these steps:
1. Click File>Save Animation
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2. Choose the correct directory (Try: My Documents>Videos)
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3. Choose the gif filetype underneath the filename entry box and type in a filename
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4. Press the Save button
5. Set the proper frame delay (Try: 6-16) and check/uncheck the various options (uncheck merge).
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6. Press the Ok button
7. Upload it to an image hosting website (Try: UploadAnimations.com) and link to it using IMG tags.
Last edited by DarkFlame on Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby Hoboapple on Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:59 pm

Here are some mac screenies:
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby Monk on Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:04 pm

Hate to burst your bubble but their is n difference in exporting on mac or windows.
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby Chris on Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:12 pm

Synthro wrote:Hate to burst your bubble but their is n difference in exporting on mac or windows.

Different hotkey ;D
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby DarkFlame on Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:15 am

Synthro wrote:Hate to burst your bubble but their is n difference in exporting on mac or windows.

From just Hydra's pics, it looks totally different to me...
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby Hoboapple on Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:29 am

Ya mean Hoboapple's. ;D
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby stykzman on Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:45 pm

DarkFlame wrote:
Synthro wrote:Hate to burst your bubble but their is n difference in exporting on mac or windows.

From just Hydra's pics, it looks totally different to me...

The OS'es are different and sometimes things are relocated (like where you type in the name of the file to save), but the process is the same.

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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby Nate on Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:35 pm

Just make it say there's no difference, OKAY? It really ticks me off when people say that there is something about this that goes to a certain OS, and I feel like it's almost discriminating. *:x*
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Re: Exporting to Animated GIF the EASY way

Postby DarkFlame on Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:46 pm

Part of the reason i seperated it was to allow for more programs in the future, but i guess I could just combine them...

Hydra, could you get me snapshots similar to the ones I have for windows?
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