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Anonymous
February 24, 2011
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Swf to Animated Gif

  • February 24, 2011
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Hey guys,

I tried everything and read multiple forums on the topic but nothing still seems to work. I am trying to save a fla file i made (a banner) as an animated gif using Flash Professional CS5. Here is everything i did and tried and i am out of ideas!

- set the publish settings to Gif and in the Gif settings, selected animated and loop continuuously (also tried "repeat 2 times")

- tried playign with all the other settings like color and all just in case checking and unchecking the option boxes in that tab.

- tried publishing straight from that tab, or saving the settings, exiting and publishing from File --> Publish

- tried using Firefox or Explorer 9 (and an older version too but dont remember which) to view the file and all i see is an empty white box on white background.

- Even tried downloading a freeware that converts from swf to animated gif to see if the browser was the problem. It didnt really work but it got two elements from the banner to display as a static image.

- Made all my animation in the main menu. Its not really complicated animation, just a timeline with a dozen layers that show things at different times. Simple color background with text appearing and disapearing. Tried creating objects and motion tweens just for the fun to see if that would stick even though ididnt really add any motion and that didnt work either.

I just dont know what else to try. Am i missing something? I jsut started using flash but got the hang of most of it and my swf banners work. But i may be overlooking something really simple that i just dont know yet...

Thanks,

Arka

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer swpryor

    I just had this problem, here is the fix:

    1) Go to File / Publish Settings
    2) Tick and click 'Gif Image' on the left to load the Gif settings

    3) Change the 'Player' at the very top of this window to be 'Flash Player 5'

    4) Publish and enjoy your working gif.

    <3

    4 replies

    saras4569
    saras4569
    New Participant
    October 21, 2015

    My flash doesn't have "Flash Player 5" It only goes down to 10.3

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    swpryorCorrect answer
    New Participant
    April 17, 2012

    I just had this problem, here is the fix:

    1) Go to File / Publish Settings
    2) Tick and click 'Gif Image' on the left to load the Gif settings

    3) Change the 'Player' at the very top of this window to be 'Flash Player 5'

    4) Publish and enjoy your working gif.

    <3

      K
      kurumlar_org
      New Participant
      July 17, 2013

      thanx it works

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      Nancy_Jahn
      New Participant
      October 10, 2013

      Just export your fla video as swf file with Flash Professional CS5, then convert the swf file to gif file.

      Ned Murphy
      Ned Murphy
      Brainiac
      February 24, 2011

      See if seting things per the information on the page linked below helps...

      http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/282324

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      Anonymous
      February 24, 2011

      Hi Ned,

      Thx for the link but nope, tried that already.

      Same result. a blank banner.

      Just noticed might be a software bug though cuz while publishing, it doesnt complete the publish bar even though it closes it and acts like the process was completed, especially that it creates all the output files i request. The SWF file works but the GIF has a problem. goes to a certain byte count all the time and stops. I guess ill have to try to reinstall the program... unless someone else has heard of this...

      Thanks

      Arka

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