[X-Apps] How to make animated gifs?

[hart at nasw.org]

Dave didn't mention it, but the GoLive list is (usually) very friendly, 
very helpful and very tolerant of newbie questions and FAQs. There's 
also a really useful archive with good search capability. Don't 
hesitate to join and ask. Dave is one of the many helpful folks over 
there.

A couple of other ideas: build the animated gif to play through two or 
three times, but don't set it to loop endlessly. Or experiment with 
QuickTime. QT Pro ($30) automatically builds a movie out of stills. 
I've also built QuickTime movies using GoLive's QuickTime editor.

One nice thing about this is that you can give the user the option of 
moving the slider to a particular part of the movie.

If you're interested in getting into educational web sites over the 
longer haul, I'd recommend GoLive. It's cheap if you can get an 
educators discount, and worth the cost even if you can't. Worth the 
cost even if you never use half the features. Like Photoshop in that 
way.

> John
>
> The GL list is hosted at
> http://www.blueworld.com/blueworld/lists/golive.html
>
> The "looping is annoying" thang comes up when the animation is just a
> graphic element on a page with no real purpose. If you are using it to
> demonstrate a point or to educate the viewer, then offering the ability
> to replay the animation is valid. The easiest way is to loop the
> playback. Having a clickable replay button requires a movie, either
> QuickTime or Flash.
>
> Dave Tinker
> WhateverWerx Multimedia
>

Stephen Hart
http://eugraph.com