optimize GIF
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- fyoucher10
Get rid of small details and gradients, if possible. Those create more colors, which in turn creates higher file sizes. Clean shit up, sometimes an area will look like a solid color but when you zoom in it's a bunch of similar colors. Textures and shit like that create large file sizes. I usually go back in and delete similar colors in the color palette, one by one. You should use dither, just don't set it to max. The file size jump occurs at 100 and 99 dither threshold. Adding lossiness drops file size significantly but can also make it look like pure shit at the same time. Essentially, you just want to use less colors.
Fireworks is the best program to use b/c that's what it's for but PS 'Save For Web' isn't bad either, plus it's quick if you're already in PS.