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BabFar
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September 4, 2018
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Colors getting dulled down.

  • September 4, 2018
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Hi! I am very new to the community but I'm hoping someone can help me. I am using a program called "GifGun", I don't know if anyone here has heard of it, but it is a program that makes any composition a gif. The problem I'm having is that my composition has png file with a nice green color but when I make it into a gif the nice green that I like turns into a darker, duller green. I'm sure you guys will have alot of questions sorry.

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    Correct answer Rick Gerard

    Gif's have only 256 colors. There is no changing that. The best option for using After Effects to generate a gif is to set up a comp that has no space between the animations. For example, a web banner with 10 frame transitions (common frame rate for gifs is 10 or 12 fps) and a 20-second hold on a graphic then another transition to another graphic would only have 1 frame between the transitions. Then you render a lossless movie from the comp, import it into Photoshop. In Photoshop you work on color management and set the timing of each frame. You set the single frame for the graphic for 20 seconds and the rest leave at the default duration. When you export the gif you'll have 42 frame gif so that's a really small file size instead of a gif with 440 frames. Your GifGun does not give you anywhere near the control you need for really professional results and is only really useful for turning movies with no pauses in the action into animated gifs.

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    Mylenium
    Mylenium
    Legend
    September 5, 2018

    As Rick already suggested, use Photoshop. You have no way of controlling the color palette in AE and optimizing your GIFs with variable frame durations.

    Mylenium

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    Rick GerardCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    September 4, 2018

    Gif's have only 256 colors. There is no changing that. The best option for using After Effects to generate a gif is to set up a comp that has no space between the animations. For example, a web banner with 10 frame transitions (common frame rate for gifs is 10 or 12 fps) and a 20-second hold on a graphic then another transition to another graphic would only have 1 frame between the transitions. Then you render a lossless movie from the comp, import it into Photoshop. In Photoshop you work on color management and set the timing of each frame. You set the single frame for the graphic for 20 seconds and the rest leave at the default duration. When you export the gif you'll have 42 frame gif so that's a really small file size instead of a gif with 440 frames. Your GifGun does not give you anywhere near the control you need for really professional results and is only really useful for turning movies with no pauses in the action into animated gifs.

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