PhotoLine - Gif Anim Hints 2

[erikals]

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just one more trick on how to edit a .gif anim >
http://youtu.be/13vRYhksa3U

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[Herbert123]

Hi Erikals,

Quick question. Check out the attached file.
http://www.estructor.biz/testje/gifanim2.pld

I have two animated frames and a background layer. I'd like to overwrite the background only in the gif with the 01 and 02 frame, so it will save the changed information only. However, I cannot get it right, and I am starting to wonder if gif animations support this at all?

PS other people might be interested in this file as well, because I have created a simple layer setup to automatically remove the identical pixels between the first frame and the subsequent frames.

[Hoogo]

PS other people might be interested in this file as well, because I have created a simple layer setup to automatically remove the identical pixels between the first frame and the subsequent frames.

What's that? Wehn I select a virtual copy and select "show source layer", a totally different layer stack appears?

[Martin Huber]

I have two animated frames and a background layer. I'd like to overwrite the background only in the gif with the 01 and 02 frame, so it will save the changed information only.

I always thought, the GIF export would do that on its own. Obviously I am wrong.

However, I cannot get it right, and I am starting to wonder if gif animations support this at all?

On exporting the document as GIF, the virtual copies are losing their transparency. I will fix that.

What's that? Wehn I select a virtual copy and select "show source layer", a totally different layer stack appears?

The source layers are on a different page.

Martin

[Herbert123]

PS other people might be interested in this file as well, because I have created a simple layer setup to automatically remove the identical pixels between the first frame and the subsequent frames.

What's that? Wehn I select a virtual copy and select "show source layer", a totally different layer stack appears?

I like to manage my source files on another page, so virtual instances of those layers remain linked in another page.

With virtual layer groups it becomes easy to quickly make changes that cascade throughout the file. Very handy, clean, and easy to manage.

[Herbert123]

I always thought, the GIF export would do that on its own. Obviously I am wrong.

On exporting the document as GIF, the virtual copies are losing their transparency. I will fix that.

Martin

Many thanks!

[Herbert123]

Good news! The newest beta version exports the gif animation as expected, and only the changes are saved per frame. That really results in much smaller gif animations.