Framerate when exporting to GIF

[henriettek35122009]

I need to illustrate flashing sequences on both a technical level (in milliseconds) and in a shareable and visual format.

When I choose e.g 25 frames pr second, I can multiply my timeline frames by 40 and have my readout in milliseconds. That's all good.

But when I then go and export as GIF it all becomes slightly misaligned (I can see it when I "play" them next to each other - They get out of sync)

I have tried using the standard 24 f/sec and I have tried more or less f/sec - Nothing seems to work!

Must I just accept, that this tool is not that accurate or is there another way?

[Preran]

Hi Henriette,

if you think this is a bug, you can use the wishlist form to let the product team know.

Feature Request/Bug Report Form

Thanks,

Preran

[henriettek35122009]

Thanks Preran

I have reported it, and I guess I just have to live with it for now.

Cheers

Henriette

[ClayUUID]

Try importing your GIF into an animated GIF editing tool and see what the frame delay is set to. For 25 FPS each frame delay should be 4 (GIF specifies frame time in hundredths of a second).

That being said, there's no reason why you should expect a GIF and a SWF running at the same time to stay perfectly in sync. There is, after all, no mechanism to keep them synchronized. They're both running in their own processes, and keeping animated GIF timing accurate to the millisecond is frankly not a priority for browser makers.