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- Getting Started
- Setting preferences
- Creating objects
- Creating shapes
- Creating text objects
- Creating user input objects
- Defining the viewable screen area
- Preserving the aspect ratio of an object
- Creating button objects
- Creating animation objects
- Working with objects
- Adjusting path segments
- View object properties
- Specifying shape properties
- Specify text object properties
- Specifying the stroke and fill properties
- Working with raster images
- Changing transformation properties
- Managing objects
- Converting groups to switchgroup animations
- Convert an object to a bitmap image
- Convert an object into a button
- Convert a scene to an animated object
- Using catalogs
- Using layers
- Creating animated content
- Making content interactive
- Creating events that trigger actions
- Creating actions
- Create an action to play an animation
- Create an action to stop an animation
- Create an action to play a sound
- Create an action to hide an animation component
- Create an action to show an animation component
- Create an action to load a scene
- Create an action to submit a form
- Create an action to reset a form
- Create an action to start an application
- Change interactive content
- Change the focus order of the buttons
- Exporting and testing content
- Importing Flash content
- Legal notice
Export to an animated GIF file
- On the File menu, select Export > Animated GIF.
- In the Information section, change the following settings:
Field
Description
Show Preview
Select this option to display a preview pane on the right side of the dialog box. You can preview changes before you update the image.
Update
View information on the file properties after making changes to other properties on the dialog box.
If you select Show Preview, you can view your changes when you click the Update button.
Live Update
Select this check box to update the information automatically.
Note: If your computer has a slow processor, you might experience slower processing when using Live Update.
- In the Generic Options section, select any of the following check boxes.
Note: With larger images, the cache can consume a lot of memory and, depending on how much RAM is available, might need to be turned off.
- Depending on the type of export, select the applicable options.
Field
Description
Interlace
When you select this check box, images first appear blurry and become sharper as they are downloaded. When Interlace is not selected, images appear gradually, top to bottom, as they download.
With still GIF images, interlacing allows users with slow modem connections to click past an image they are not interested in viewing without having to download the whole thing. Do not use Interlacing for animated GIFs.
Loop
Sets the number of times for the .gif animation to repeat.
Override Doc. Speed
Sets the speed for the .gif animation.
- In the Color Reduction section, set any of the following color reduction options.
- To name and save the current export settings for later use or to load a previously saved group of setting, select the Save current settings when closing check box.
- Click OK.