Animated GIF Issue - GoFuckYourself.com

OzMan84 · 07-21-2011, 04:07 AM

Alright so im trying to make an animated gif, but it loses quality. I have tried importing a color table, but as each image needs its own color palette this does not work either. Any suggestions or tips would be great.

seeandsee · 07-21-2011, 04:16 AM

coffecup gif animator

biskoppen · 07-21-2011, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by seeandsee

coffecup gif animator

OzMan84 · 07-21-2011, 05:01 AM

so that's better then Adobe Fireworks?

Chosen · 07-21-2011, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by biskoppen

Cool gif

OzMan84 · 07-21-2011, 03:24 PM

bump for the night crews thoughts

harvey · 07-21-2011, 06:44 PM

what do you mean by "it losses quality"? with gif files, you're limited to a max of 256 colors, so, unless you're working with flat color files, quality loss is a given. The more detailed the image, the more colors, the more quality loss. So really don't know if that's what you mean

OzMan84 · 07-24-2011, 04:24 PM

All I am trying to do, is animate 1 picture after another..no special effects or anything but it keeps losing quality. Does the coffee cup produce better quality then adobe fireworks?

Tempest · 07-24-2011, 04:33 PM

A gif has a single 256 color palette.. So all the images/frames in the gif have to use the exact same palette. What I've found that helps is to color reduce each image down to something like 16 bits.. then try using them... If that still sucks, what I'll do is make a collage of all the images and try various color reductions to get the entire thing down to 256 colors. At that point I'll cut the image back up into individual gif images and then use those to make the gif.

07-21-2011, 04:07 AM	#1
OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	Animated GIF Issue Alright so im trying to make an animated gif, but it loses quality. I have tried importing a color table, but as each image needs its own color palette this does not work either. Any suggestions or tips would be great. __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

07-21-2011, 04:16 AM	#2
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07-21-2011, 05:01 AM	#4
OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	so that's better then Adobe Fireworks? __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

07-21-2011, 03:24 PM	#6
OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	bump for the night crews thoughts __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

07-21-2011, 06:44 PM	#7
harvey Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 9,266	what do you mean by "it losses quality"? with gif files, you're limited to a max of 256 colors, so, unless you're working with flat color files, quality loss is a given. The more detailed the image, the more colors, the more quality loss. So really don't know if that's what you mean __________________ This post is endorsed by CIA, KGB, MI6, the Mafia, Illuminati, Kim Jong Il, Worldwide Ninjas Association, Klingon Empire and lolcats. Don't mess around with it, just accept it and embrace the truth

07-24-2011, 04:24 PM	#8
OzMan84 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 4,740	All I am trying to do, is animate 1 picture after another..no special effects or anything but it keeps losing quality. Does the coffee cup produce better quality then adobe fireworks? __________________ XferClick - 300,000 UV daily and growing quickly. Majority US, EU, CA and AU traffic. Contact me for more information ICQ: 304568058

07-24-2011, 04:33 PM	#9
Tempest Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Coast, Canada. Posts: 10,217	A gif has a single 256 color palette.. So all the images/frames in the gif have to use the exact same palette. What I've found that helps is to color reduce each image down to something like 16 bits.. then try using them... If that still sucks, what I'll do is make a collage of all the images and try various color reductions to get the entire thing down to 256 colors. At that point I'll cut the image back up into individual gif images and then use those to make the gif.