Flash :: Animated Gif

Create Non-animated Equivalent Of Animated Flash 8 Animation
Hi, I'm working with a template that includes Flash. It's bad enough I've never touched Flash before this project, but I have to actually work with someone else's engineering of one (I'm retrofitting a purchased template)! LOL

Anyway, all I want to do is to save a completely non-animated version of the animated version I've managed to perfect. The plan is to use it on sub-pages of our presentation so that people only have to experience the animation when they land on the page. Not when they're navigating around. I've already tried a couple of things including saving an image map version. All that did was present me with an error message that certain components weren't included, which is tentatomount to being non-usuable to me for now.

So, is there a way to tell Flash, "Hey, this looks great, now give me a static version of it with working links and everything!".

Thanks if anyone can help!

Dave

Animated SWF Is Not Animated When Included In Another Movie As A Clip
I have an SWF that, when run by itself, is an animation of a graphic equalizer display. But when I bring it into a new movie as a movie clip (I want to change the alpha, throw up some text, clear the txt, change the alpha, etc), the animation does not work, and all I get is the static images.

FLA is at http://www.black-diamond.com/flash_src/equalizer.fla if anyone wants to take a look at it. The one I am trying to bring it into is at http://www.black-diamond.com/flash_src/test3333.fla (the corresponding .swf to see what happens is at http://www.black-diamond.com/flash_src/test3333.swf ).

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

(Reposted because last title wasn't descriptive enough)

Animated Rollover Using Animated Gif
Hi

I am brand spankin new to this forum

I want to make a rollover button in flash using a animated gif.....
is this possible?

i will explain

I made a simple gif that would be the button in idle position.

then i made a animated gif of same picture with edges starting to glow (the glow fades in, its only like 7-8 frames) i wanted this to come on in the originals place so it looks like the word home is glowing

i cannot figure it out. I am a photoshop guru, but am still taking baby steps in flash.

the reason i made button in photoshop is beacause you can make it look a lot cooler than with vector graphics(unless u wanna spend a lot of time making it look like metal)

can someone please help!!

I will atach my gifs so u can see if you can do it!!

Animated Man
Can somebody please help with this.

http://www.btinternet.com/~lfl_powell/

The animation is created with one main MC with a static man facing left on frame 1, static man facing right on frame 2, MC of man moving left on frame 3 and another MC of the man moving right on frame 4 and all are set to stop on frame.

What i want to happen is for the main MC to intially face right (which i know i can do by swopping the static frames around) but when the man moves left I want it to then go the the left static - so he ends up facing the direction he last went.

I'm currently using this script on the main MC but is there anything else i could add to do it or an easier way??

onClipEvent (load) {
moveSpeed = 10;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
gotoAndStop (4);
this._x += moveSpeed;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
gotoAndStop (3);
this._x-=moveSpeed;
}
}

Also if anyone knows a way to stop him walking off the end of the page that'd be helpful to!!

cheers
L

Animated Gif
i have a project where my swf has to b a animated gif then inserted in DW. I am having problems exporting the animating the file once its in DW, when i preview. in other words!!!!its not animating.
any suggestions!!!!

Animated Gif?1
i have a project where my swf has to b a animated gif then inserted in DW. I am having problems exporting the animating the file once its in DW, when i preview. in other words!!!!its not animating.
any suggestions!!!!:

Animated GIF?
I have a banner a created in Flash MX. It has a background with one key frame with two movie symbols. When I try to export to an animated gif all I get is a static image of the one key frame of the main movie. How Can I export this as an animated gif?

Using Animated Gif's
I am having a problem using animated gif's in movies and then exporting them as an AVI or Quicktime movie. The animations work just fine when you save a movie as a Flash Movie but when I try and export it in the other formats the animation does not show up.

Is there something I am supposed to be changing before I export them?

Animated Gif
Can anyone please tell me how I can make an animated gif like the black and yellow (news/press release) shown on this page?http://www.animatedgif.net/sitemessages/news/news.shtml

(The image I am referring to is called newsrel_e0.gif on that page.)

Does it require using 3D software?

Thanks for the help

Animated Gif
Hi I have some problems with animated gif...and also with static ones...
I make a flash file, then I publish it as a gif...but I see a blank page when I open this gif file(an entire white page...)
why this???? I can't understand!!!!
Please help me...

Thanx [casperrr]

Animated Gif's
Hey all,
I was just wondering if anyone can help me with this. I have an animated gif, normally on my PC it says its 6 Kb, I import it into flash and it cuts it into lots of little images, and the file size of the movie goes up by about 30Kb. Ahhh!
Does anyone know how I can stop it getting so big?

Thanks
Martyn

*.swf To *.gif (animated)
can anyone help me, how to export *.gif from flash with good results. coz i notice when exported it from flash, the *.gif wil' lost its colors.

could somebody help me, please...

tanx!

What Is This Animated With?
i'm sure several of you have seen this cartoon.

i am wondering if this is animated in flash or if it's done with another program and then just imported into flash.

it's entertaining and i would like to create cartoons similar to it. i have made a few with flash now. but this almost looks 3d.

can anyone tell me what they think this was animated with?

thanks in advance.

Swf -to- Animated Gif ?
hi,

i know this is probably a stupid question but can you turn a swf into an animated gif???

thanks,
Ben.

Animated Gif
I have a .fla I'd like to publish as an animated gif...easy enough...but...

The images I'm using, gifs themselves, were created with transparent backgrounds, flash supplies a background I really don't want?
I can publish the animated gif (simple flashing thing) and it works however it has a background. Anyway to eliminate the background?

OTOH, I created a backgroundless animated gif in Fireworks but can only save as .png. And I can only seem to get it to animated within Fireworks itself...any help is appreciated.

Cheers.

Animated Gif
hellow,
I import an animated gif to flash mx 2004.
The gif has background and an object in it.
I want to remove the background and leave only the object.

thank you
Dalia

Animated GIF.?
Ok I know you can make an animated GIF through flash, but how. Everytime I export it only displays the first frame, and is not animated. Probably something simple but I need some help........thanks!

Animated GIF..
is there a way to save a small flash animation as an animated gif? instead of using Imageready or nething

Fla To Animated Gif
Hello.

I have maked a flash movie in Macromedia Flash, and the site where i want to show it only will allow gif or jpg or png. How can i get my flash movie from swf to gif?

When i just export in flash the gif movie i very bad quality.

How to do?

Animated Gif
Hi
I want to make an animation tween that changes spape (zoom in) and color. The first and the last images are gif images. How can i do it. In motion tween the color changes only at the last frame and the shape tween just doesn't work (dotted line)
Thank you

Animated .gif
Ok, I was wondering how to add an animated .GIF image into a flash file. I tried importing it from a library, and just pasting it, yet nothing worked. Any Ideas?

Swf To Animated Gif
hi
i want to export my swf file to animated gif, the flash publish wont give me a animated gif with high quality,
so please tell me a way for do this job
thnx

Animated Gif?
man this thing isn't working. why do animated gifs only display the first frame? is there a way to fix this?

Code:
var jpgURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://spdg1.sci.shizuoka.ac.jp/grwinlib/english/demo/gif/dp.gif");
var navBK:Loader = new Loader();
navBK.load(jpgURL);
p_parentObj.addChild(navBK);
i am able to load in swfs, jpgs, gifs, and other stuff.. but the animated gifs only show the 1st frame!

is there a simple/complex work-around? do you have to have flash tell the gif to start its animation? or is it just not possible?

thanks!

Animated GIF's
Hey,
Just read a brief from a client saying he wants a flash movie that contains a dynamically loaded animated GIF. Is this possible?
Would it be a case of importing the individual GIF's and animating them in Flash instead?

Any help would be soooo appreciated!
Thanks
Matt

Animated Gif
hey guys, i have this animated gif that i created, i wanted to add it to my site but it doesnt look very clear. I now i could use swf and html files together but unfortunately the server i have i cant use that to create my logo.
Is there any way i can make my animated gif look somewhat better?
Thanks

Animated GIF
Hi,

I have made a small animation in Flash that I would like to export to a animated GIF. I want to use the animation on my mobile phone so I can sent it as a picture message. I use the Export to movie function but the result I get is not very good. The colors change drastically in the GIF and the edges of my shapes gets distorted too - they are not smooth any longer.

Is there any way to solve this in flash - maybe I export in the wrong way? Or maybe flash is just not intended for making animated GIF's.

I have seen very smooth and detailed GIF animation so I know it is possible to get good results with the format. Now I am just wondering whether flash is not the right tool for my purpose?

Please let me know what your experiences are - any help is appriciated.

BR
Dennis

Edited: 08/20/2007 at 12:21:32 PM by det gula

Animated Gif
when i create a 3d animated shape in swift 3d express animate it and publish it as a gif (animated option on publish) i cannot see the animation when i view the gif. I see the animation when i view the html file but not the gif.

any ideas?

thanks in advance

steve

Animated Gif
so i have been on the hunt " for the answer" of a animated gif...... my project calls for animated gifs' but when i export my flash movie into a animated gif and preview it in / DW it does'nt animate...... any opinions?????

Animated Gif
The attached gif is 4.6k and was created in flash and published as an animated gif. Is there any way I can get the file size smaller?

I have played around with the publish settings and this seems to be the best config. This is not the final gif I am working on but an example.

thanks

Steve

Animated Sky
Hey,

on the old 2advanced site there were clouds moving (in the header). Does anybody have an idea how you can pull this of? I want to try it, but I have no Idea how to get started.

Can somebody help me?

Thanx

Animated Gif
How can I produce this animation.(www.xculp8.com) It works even if you do not have flash player. What software do I use.

...Animated Gif....
hello

hope y all will fine, i have animation in .swf format plz any body let me know any tool which can import .swf file and export that animated gif format.

note ( not a flash becuase flash do not make movie clip to animated gif )

Regards,
Faisal

Animated Buttons
I have created a set of animated buttons.
I Have 1 button on the screen when you run the mouse over the button 2 other buttons drop down from befind the first.
The problem is that if you mouse the mouse over the button quickly and then move it back off i can't find a way to make the animated buttons move back up.it works fine if you do it slowly.

Animated Buttons
situation: i have a series of animated buttons on the same layer (each a different MC). When the user does a rollover and rollout the buttons enlarge and deenlarge.

problem: when the rollover happens(enlarge) the other buttons can be seen on top of this button.

question: is there a script i can use that will bring this button or animation to the front by simply doing a rollover?

thank you for the help.

Inserting Animated Gif
Hi I am new to flash and need a little help. I want to insert an animated gif (already made)at the end of a movie and have just the gif repeat, and it must be clickable to open a new window.How?

Thanks

Ray

Animated Buttons?
I'm trying to figure out how to make a button animate once the cursor rolls over it. What is the best possible way to do this?

Animated Lines?
I want to create an effect that will make it look as though lines are being drawn as the surfer views the site...I tried doing it using my limited flash knowledge with motion tweens and such but with no luck...can someone please help me with how to create something that will look like this...?

Thanks,

James

Animated & Stumped
for ref:
http://www.jmrcreative.com/flash/jmr/logo.html

I have 2 pre-built movies playing in this scene.

The movie containing text is behaving as it should.

Problem: The movie of the monitor-looking-thing should continue to loop in a static position--meaning, the art inside the screen should continue to roll--once the object has settled into place (the down-to-up tween of that instance exists not in the movie itself but on the scene).

Any help would be appreciated!

Animated Buttons
I'm trying to create a button that animates when the mouse rolls over it, and then finishes the animation once the mouse rolls off of it. I've made the movie clip and placed it inside the up state of a button clip. The animation icludes a bar within the button that slides to one side and flashes when the mouse is on top of it. Once the mouse rolls off, I want the bar to return to its "resting" state. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Troy

Animated Symbols
I animated a graphic symbol but it doesnt play in my movie.
Is there a step I missed?

Animated Pictures
I want to create an animated gif. I have been told that you must put all the actions inside a movie clip and then publish it as a gif but this doesn't work correctly.

How do I get it to actually work?

Animated Buttons
Hi, can someone look at my site, (I'm realllly sorry this is a blog (a poorly set up one at that), but all I need is help with my menu): http://www.raginazn.cjb.net (I think it's half-decent considering all that I know how to do is tween and use basic Dreamweaver)

Okay, my problem is that I want the menu on the left to work the main frame, and when I click a button, I want that button to do something animated until another page is loaded in the frame. Is there a way to detect what page is loaded in the frame? I'm thinking this way because the page in the frame may be changed by something like the browser back button or some other link.

Thanks

Animated Buttons
Hi ya, i am trying to create buttons that animate when you roll over them, twhen click upon i want it to carry out another functions.

for an example pls visit

http://westwood.ea.com/

i think you need to use the tell target action, any advice? pls be very simple and thorough in any replies, Not flash Wizard me!

Animated Button
Good morning to All of us...

I need some help with animated buttons. Here is the thing
The button has a background and the letters. What I would like to do is when the HIT occours I want the background to slide out and I want the letters to transform.
Want to make them smaller.

Anyone knows how to add a clip to the HIT state???
I've tried it but I know I messed it up because its all over the place

Tutorial links are welcomed too.

Animated Sky Background
Hi,
Does anyone know how to make a "scrolling" sky background like a real sky moving across the horisont? Hope anyone can help me with some actionscripting on that case :-)

Regards
THomas

Animated Buttons
Hello im a newbie to the forum and you could say a newbie to flash (about 6 months)
Anyway i have always wanted to know how to make animated buttons. I know you can add a button to a movie clip and use that but is there a way to keep it within the button symbol?

Hope you understand what i meen, like can you add multiple frames to the UP OVER DOWN frames.

Plz Hlp.
WZL

Animated Button
Question reguarding animation and button states.

I've made a button that has animation in both it's "over" and "down" states. However, I have some problems with them. 1. For the "over" state, I have an image turn upside down but it continuously turns over while the mouse is over it. I only want it to turn over one time for the duration the mouse is over it. Also, if I remove the mouse from the button it just abruptly stops rotating upside down and returns to it's "up" state. I would like for when the mouse exits the button for it to gracefully begin to turn back upside right.
So, to the point, how do I force it to only rotate one time each time the mouse is over the button, and how can I make it so I can have the image reverse it's motion on the mouse out?

--Chris

Animated Gif

The attached gif is 4.6k and was created in flash and published as an animated gif. Is there any way I can get the file size smaller?I have played around with the publish settings and this seems to be the best config. This is not the final gif I am working on but an example.thanksSteve

The attached gif is 4.6k and was created in flash and published as an animated gif. Is there any way I can get the file size smaller?

I have played around with the publish settings and this seems to be the best config. This is not the final gif I am working on but an example.

thanks

Steve