You can save a movie before or after you add the background and objects; however, when you save a movie as a QuickTime movie, an animated GIF, or to the AVI format, objects are automatically combined with the background in every frame and are no longer editable.
If you want use a movie on a Web page, save it to the animated GIF file format. When you save a movie to this format, you must convert it to an 8-bit palette, consisting of 256 colors. For information on converting a 24-bit image to 8-bit Paletted color mode, see “Converting images to the black-and-white color mode.”
When you save a movie to animated GIF format, you can make a color transparent, which lets you see the background of a Web page through the movie. You can also specify the number of times your movie replays.
To save a movie
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Click FileSave as.
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Choose the folder where you want to save the file.
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From the Save as type list box, choose one of the following:
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AVI – Video for Windows
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MOV – QuickTime Movie
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MOV – QuickTime VR
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Type a filename in the File name box, and click Save.
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You must have QuickTime Player 5.0 or higher installed on your computer to save a QuickTime movie.
To save a movie as an animated GIF
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Click FileSave as.
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Choose the folder where you want to save the file.
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Type a filename in the File name box.
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Choose GIF – GIF animation from the Save as type list box, and click Save.
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In the Convert to paletted dialog box, modify the settings you want, and then click OK.
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In the GIF 89 animation options dialog box, click the Frame settings tab.
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Enable one of the following options in the Palette area:
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Use global— uses the same color palette for all frames
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Use local— uses a different color palette for each frame
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Type a value in the Frame delay box to specify the length of time between frames.
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Click one of the following buttons:
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Apply changed only— applies only the frame settings that have changed
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Apply all— applies all frame settings
You can also
Choose a color to appear transparent in the movie
Enable the Image color option, and click Select color. In the Select color dialog box, choose a color and click OK.
Refresh the image after each frame is loaded
Enable the Interlace rows check box.
Specify the number of pixels a frame is offset
Type values in the X and Y boxes to offset the current frame from the top left corner of the page. Type values in the dX and dY boxes to offset each successive frame from the preceding frame.
Specify how the previous frame disappears
Choose an option from the How to dispose list box. To make a transparent background, choose Replace with background.
Play the animation repeatedly
Click the File settings tab, enable the Loop frame check box, and enable an option in the Frame repetition area.
Specify the page size
Enable the Automatic check box or type values in the Width and Height boxes to set the background size manually.
Save only the pixels that differ from the first frame
Enable the Save difference check box.
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Changes are applied only to selected frames. Select all frames in the left window to apply changes to all frames.
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When you save a movie as an animated GIF, objects are automatically combined with the background of each frame. This means that you can no longer edit the objects separately from the image.
Save as.