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Can you export a animated gif in the new photoshop cc 2015 export options

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June 16, 2015
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Correct answer divyamanian

Alas, we have not yet ported over animated gif export. We will definitely not phase out Save for Web without this functionality.

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Gio Ferox

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Unfortunately, you can't but if you have Photoshop CC 2015.5

1. Export Artboards as PSD (PSD will be layered but animation in timeline will disappear)

File>Export>Artboard to files...

2. Reanimate each PSD as desired.

3. Export with save for web (legacy) as usual.

File>Export>Save For (Web Legacy)

Hope this helps

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deanofitz

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For my job I have to design a load of different banner sizes - the way I combat this is convert my artwork into a smart object then animate it within the smart object then save for web... I find it quite a quick way doing things the only down side is if you are doing translations it can be a pain in the arse. It would be awesome if you guys could just implement animated gifs into artboards... I know it must be tricky to program in, but it would save me so much time.

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dev18

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Convert your artboard to a smart object, then crop the document to the size you intended.

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philippd40775112

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Any news regarding this topic? My daily workflow is so annoying because of this not existent feature :/

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dev18

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Convert your artboard to a smart object, then crop the document to the size you intended.

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lfconroy

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This issue still exists, the save for web in the current CC does not have nearly the capabilities to save out gifs as the old versions used to. Now these gifs I save out save at 2x or 3x the file size as the PSDs that they're created from with horrible quality. Any suggestions from Adobe?

alcafebrewer

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!!!! Workaround !!!!!

Click the preview button, a browser window opens, the GIF plays correctly. Drag that to your desktop - et voila!!!

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davidd22194246

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Thanks for this workaround! To take it a step further - when I dragged the preview to my desktop, it still had the empty artboard around the image. I pulled that file in to PS, cropped it, and then did the same Export for Web > Preview > drag file to desktop from browser. A long work around, but it got the job done. Thanks!

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sb49534982

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THANK YOU, this prevented me from having to rebuild to get around the canvas size/image size issue.

alcafebrewer

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The legacy function works, but clicking "loop forever" does absolutely nothing, so the GIF plays once and that's it.

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steveno34706659

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I use slices for animated GIFs. Those seem to work well.

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benflux

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Slices work perfectly Just add a slice around each artboard and then export > save for web (legacy) and it will export all perfectly.

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cristopherl54306229

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Seems to work, is exporting some empty spaces due to the layout of the artboards, but this is a good trick.

1.- Add slices

2.- Make sure Slice is matching the specs

3.- Go to Save for Web

4.- Optimize Menu

5.- Optimize to File Size

6.- Select Each Slice

Hope this can help!

Cheers

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tiia247

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I've been struggling to save a psd file that was previously an animated gif. It has all the frames, no 'artboards' wherever you find these, and all the options just save it as the first frame of the gif, even though I have the timeline out, the animation frames in the save dialog, STILL, I only get the 'CompuserveGif' option in 'Save As' and same result in 'Save' ONLY THE FIRST FRAME OF THE ANIMATION GETS SAVED. I have tried the legacy export for web and whatever is in Adobe Photoshop CC 2015, and am frustrated to tears, just getting the single frame gif! And, I'm not a newbie either!

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patricial56460046

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I'm having the same issue. I cannot believe how much time I have spent trying to create something so simple!

lynniemcc2

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone can help me! I was sure that in 'save for web' option there was a drop down menu that you could lower the quality of the animated gif you were saving? But I may just be kidding myself on! Does anyone know? Otherwise I'll recreate the file using the tips I've read to keep it small (I didn't create the original one).

Thanks

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dirraddir8482

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I'm using the Save for Web to export an animated GIF, and it's exporting the area around the artboard. Workaround please?