animated gif problem

[Sam Poikail]

You didn't say what browser you were using.....

From your URL or locally, I could recreate the problem using IE6 SP1. No
problems in FWMX.

What I did to solve the problem was to add some space to the bottom of the
GIF so that it wasn't sitting flush against the bottom of the images.

That fixed the problem when viewed locally in IE. It also fixed the problem
for when it is viewed from a server over a dialup line.

Hope that helps...

Cheers
Sam

"lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bh0i78$fuk$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> wondering if anyone can help with an issue i've got with an animated gif.

the gif previews fine in both fireworks & explorer but when i've loaded it
onto the page in dreamweaver & then onto the server it shows some untidy
looking pixels under & around the 'n' of the icon logo.

>
> does anyone know why this is or what i may have done wrong or if theres a

workaround. i've checked & double-checked the frames of the animation & it
all looks clean.there also appears to be a similar glitch earlier on in the
animation.

>
> i'd be very grateful for any help.
> thanks a lot
>
> [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
>
>
>
> Referring URLs
> [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
>
>
>
>

[:::Kevin French:::]

lingo:

That is curious for sure. When I preview in IE directly from FW, I see the
same "garbage" that you are seeing when you view it on the server.

I have looked at it in FW, but I am not sure what is causing this.

Can you share you .png with us?

--
Kevin French

Team Macromedia Volunteer for Fireworks



"lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bh0i78$fuk$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> wondering if anyone can help with an issue i've got with an animated gif.

the gif previews fine in both fireworks & explorer but when i've loaded it
onto the page in dreamweaver & then onto the server it shows some untidy
looking pixels under & around the 'n' of the icon logo.

>
> does anyone know why this is or what i may have done wrong or if theres a

workaround. i've checked & double-checked the frames of the animation & it
all looks clean.there also appears to be a similar glitch earlier on in the
animation.

>
> i'd be very grateful for any help.
> thanks a lot
>
> [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
>
>
>
> Referring URLs
> [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
>
>
>
>

[:::Kevin French:::]

Sam:

I tried adding 2 px to the bottom as well and it made the problem worse for
me when I previewed from FW in IE 6.1

--
Kevin French

Team Macromedia Volunteer for Fireworks



"Sam Poikail" <indigo_wolf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bh0ksa$kem$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> You didn't say what browser you were using.....
>
> From your URL or locally, I could recreate the problem using IE6 SP1. No
> problems in FWMX.
>
> What I did to solve the problem was to add some space to the bottom of the
> GIF so that it wasn't sitting flush against the bottom of the images.
>
> That fixed the problem when viewed locally in IE. It also fixed the

problem

> for when it is viewed from a server over a dialup line.
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> Cheers
> Sam
>
> "lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> news:bh0i78$fuk$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > wondering if anyone can help with an issue i've got with an animated

gif.

> the gif previews fine in both fireworks & explorer but when i've loaded it
> onto the page in dreamweaver & then onto the server it shows some untidy
> looking pixels under & around the 'n' of the icon logo.

> >
> > does anyone know why this is or what i may have done wrong or if theres

a

> workaround. i've checked & double-checked the frames of the animation & it
> all looks clean.there also appears to be a similar glitch earlier on in

the

> animation.

> >
> > i'd be very grateful for any help.
> > thanks a lot
> >
> > [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
> >
> >
> >
> > Referring URLs
> > [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
> >
> >
> >
> >

>
>

[Bill Ray]

Haha!!! I did the same thing!

Take 2px and call me in the AM

--
BR
"foosball is th' DEVIL, Bobby Bouchet"




":::Kevin French:::" <kfrench@no_spam_mm2k.net> wrote in message
news:bh0lar$l93$2@forums.macromedia.com...

> Sam:
>
> I tried adding 2 px to the bottom as well and it made the problem worse

for

> me when I previewed from FW in IE 6.1
>
> --
> Kevin French
>
> Team Macromedia Volunteer for Fireworks
>
>
>
> "Sam Poikail" <indigo_wolf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bh0ksa$kem$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > You didn't say what browser you were using.....
> >
> > From your URL or locally, I could recreate the problem using IE6 SP1.

No

> > problems in FWMX.
> >
> > What I did to solve the problem was to add some space to the bottom of

the

> > GIF so that it wasn't sitting flush against the bottom of the images.
> >
> > That fixed the problem when viewed locally in IE. It also fixed the

> problem

> > for when it is viewed from a server over a dialup line.
> >
> > Hope that helps...
> >
> > Cheers
> > Sam
> >
> > "lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
> > news:bh0i78$fuk$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> > > wondering if anyone can help with an issue i've got with an animated

> gif.

> > the gif previews fine in both fireworks & explorer but when i've loaded

it

> > onto the page in dreamweaver & then onto the server it shows some untidy
> > looking pixels under & around the 'n' of the icon logo.

> > >
> > > does anyone know why this is or what i may have done wrong or if

theres

> a

> > workaround. i've checked & double-checked the frames of the animation &

it

> > all looks clean.there also appears to be a similar glitch earlier on in

> the

> > animation.

> > >
> > > i'd be very grateful for any help.
> > > thanks a lot
> > >
> > > [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Referring URLs
> > > [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>

[lingo webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

sam
thanks for the reply, i'm using ie6 & your method does sort it but the way the top of the page is at the moment, the logo is sat flush to the 2 bars. it may be i need to make it a couple of pixels smaller.
thanks again
paul

[Sam Poikail]

I know.... when I first saw your post, I was pretty sure that was causing
the problem.... my second thought was that you had probably spent some time
getting the animation and header area just so.... :O( If it helps any, I
spent a fair amount of yesterday evening and last night "tilting at pixels".

At least it's Friday....

Cheers,
Sam

"lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bh0mem$n7t$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> sam
> thanks for the reply, i'm using ie6 & your method does sort it but the way

the top of the page is at the moment, the logo is sat flush to the 2 bars.
it may be i need to make it a couple of pixels smaller.

> thanks again
> paul
>
>

[lingo webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

i've replaced the gif on the page with the png. hope this helps. the animation isnt working now although the png performs ok in fw.
thanks again
paul


[url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]

[Sam Poikail]

Image to the right of the logo now appears as a broken link.

I assume the PNG file hasn't been exported. It came down as 133K, which is
kind of heavy for a logo, esp. at 56K.

:O(

Sam

"lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bh0qtu$1na$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> i've replaced the gif on the page with the png. hope this helps. the

animation isnt working now although the png performs ok in fw.

> thanks again
> paul
>
>
> [url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
>
>

[mark haynes]

Sam Poikail wrote:

>Image to the right of the logo now appears as a broken link.
>
>I assume the PNG file hasn't been exported. It came down as 133K, which is
>kind of heavy for a logo, esp. at 56K.
>
>:O(
>
>Sam
>
>"lingo" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
>news:bh0qtu$1na$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>
>

>>i've replaced the gif on the page with the png. hope this helps. the
>>
>>

>animation isnt working now although the png performs ok in fw.
>
>

>>thanks again
>>paul
>>
>>
>>[url]http://www.iconsportsmanagement.com/example.htm[/url]
>>
>>

To all:

We do some pretty aggressive Auto-crop and Auto-difference work on animated GIFS. Disabling this usually fixes such anomallies but makes the image bigger. I've been able to trick the brower by putting 1 pixel colors at the corners of a new empty bitmap in a shared layer, but in this case, turning off the auto-crop and auto-difference seems to be the way to go. also play around with disposal methods in the Export Preview dialog's Animation tab. That sometimes helps.


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[boris the spie]

Having problems with animated Gif when I publish project. Error message telling
me that there is a problem with the animated gif xtra either not initiallising
properly or needing to ensure that it is in the xtras folder

Well it is in the xtras folder

Any ideas how to remedy this. I'd be grateful for any help

ps. not sure really what xtras to include. Is it Usual just to stick them all
on but I assume this isn't the right way to do it

[Leo Prendergast]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 8:17:41 -0500, boris the spie wrote
(in message <c0t49l$jt4$1@forums.macromedia.com>):

> Having problems with animated Gif when I publish project. Error message
> telling
> me that there is a problem with the animated gif xtra either not
> initiallising
> properly or needing to ensure that it is in the xtras folder
>
> Well it is in the xtras folder
>
> Any ideas how to remedy this. I'd be grateful for any help
>
> ps. not sure really what xtras to include. Is it Usual just to stick them
> all
> on but I assume this isn't the right way to do it
>

.... which "xtras folder" are you sure that it's in?

Do this, and see if it makes a difference: Before creating your projector, go
to the modify menu, then movies, then xtras. In the following dialogue, click
"add" and select "animated gif asset". When you publish this file as a
projector, the Animated Gif Xtra is automatically included with it - if this
does not work for you then it seems likely that your xtra has been damaged in
some way.

Leo Prendergast
Team Macromedia Volunteer
[url]http://macromedia.com/go/team[/url]