Flash export as a gif
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- Projectile
I've made an animation in Flash, but the developer wants it as an animated gif.
How do I do this if the animation is inside various movie clips?
I can't even copy the keyframes onto the primary timeline, because I have resized movie clips so they end up the wrong size (and I can't resize 50 keyframes without fucking it up)
wtf can I do to turn this thing into a gif? Anyone??
Thanks
- microkorg0
Sorry to say but movies in movies animation won't export as a GIF.
You're going to have to open Photoshop and take screengrabs of the animation from the Flash and construct your animated gif in Photoshop.
- After Effects can also read and render an SWF, though I've not done this since the CC version came out.evilpeacock
- docpoz0
maybe try a desktop video capture application.
- chrisRG0
Not ideal, but you could play the file whilst recording the Screen, then convert it to GIF
- monospaced1
I found a gif recorder that you can place over any animation on-screen and record directly to GIF. It's pretty awesome!
http://www.cockos.com/licecap/
You're welcome!
- Projectile0
Wow now I create a new one that's all on the primary timeline and it turns the white background pink! WTF flash?!! I've tried with a white box behind; not transparent... 256 colours.. wtf else can I do!!!
- deathboy0
Can u export as a flv/f4v/mov and throw into afterffects or photoshop and save out a gif from there? I think the FLV just basically turns it into video...
- feel2
you can set your movieclips to graphics - play once, so they play along with the timeline, you just need to add as much frames as they need.
that way you can export images sequences and build a gif, or directly to gif, but flash gif exporter is shitty
- Daithi0
Export as a QT Movie, and then use something like GifBrewery (Mac only) to convert to GIF.
You can also Publish to GIF from the Publish settings, but the results can vary.
Had to do this myself a couple of times recently. Movieclips not on the timeline cause a whole lot of trouble.
- fate0
If all your animation is on the main timeline, here's how you get the best quality.
Export as a PNG sequence. Open it as a sequence in Photoshop, then do Save for Web to create your Animated GIF.
That will give you the highest quality.
If you have animation that isn't on the main timeline (and is instead nested in MovieClips), then like other have said you really need to use a screencapture program to record video of the animation. Then take that Quicktime file (or whatever you record it as) and convert that out as an Animated GIF.
- fadein110
Exporting a gif from Flash will be enormous and not allowed on most sites if a banner ad, like others have said you are going to have to rebuild it in PS.
- or just record it quickly with a simple, tiny appmonospaced
- like the amazing one you linked?timeless
- LIKE it, suremonospaced
- fyoucher10
Someone may have said this already but here's how (I do it for my reels probably a few hundred times).
Export as video. It'll export everything, even nested and animation-scripted movie clips. Make sure all of the Quicktime settings are correct (especially size, because it may default to your last used size). If you're having issues exporting (like it fails), try adjusting how long it exports for (i.e. set it to export 20 seconds), and then choose if it's using ram or using HD. Depending on how long or complex it is, you may have to use HD option. If you need alpha transparency, select that option in the QT panel that pops up. Export as QT.
Then once you have the video. Use After Effects to do whatever to it (trim, scale it, etc). Then export as GIF out of AE.
Sometimes a PNG sequence works but with nested clips it has issues a lot of times.
- fyoucher10
Oh, and one more thing:
If you're looking to export a specific clip that's nested in a bunch of other clips AND keep all of the resizing that occurs. Just GUIDE those layers that you don't want being exported. Right click layer and turn into a guide layer.
- vaxorcist0
is there a file size limit?
Most of these screengrab methods result in a HUGE file...
maybe some AE work and/or lots of photoshop manual labor... make sure they know its a LOT of work, but maybe a chance to say "hey, is there another way to get the same idea across?"
why? people may think "the work" has already been done in flash, and all you have to do is "convert" it... but that's probably not the case unless you can deal with a HUGE file