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Export (save for web) animated gif

New Here ,
Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

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Hi, I'm learning how to creat animated gifs. When I export and save for web, I choose my file option (GIF), preset (Gif 128 Dithered) and colors (256). I preview it and everything works. When I click save it comes up as format (HTML and image), HTML only, or images only. And the extension is .html. When I hit save, it gives me a folder called images (but there is only one file, called .gif) and then it also gives me a file with .html. How do I get it so I have just one file that is an animated gif?

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Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

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I should also note that I am using Photoshop 22.2 on a late 2015 imac.

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Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

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The HTML file should be in the folder that the folder Images is in. Images parent folder

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Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

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When I put it in the same folder as the images and then click on the html file, the gif opens in a browser. If I put it in the folder with the images, it doesn't work (broken image).

 

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I can only see the animation if I click on the html file, not on the actual gif file.

 

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Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

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Why did you move the html file into the images folder it belomgs in images parent folder. The HTML image tag has the image in the subfolder the HTLM file is in the images subfolder now that does not exists for you moved the HTML file.

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Because you said "The HTML file should be in the folder that the folder Images is in. Images parent folder".

 

When I exported save as web (legacy) and then saved, this is what I got, just like this...

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I wrote the html file would be in the image folder parent folder.  You found it and moved it.  I did not write you should move the html file.  In fact I wrote that it should be there.

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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OK, so I misunderstood you, and I moved it back out. However, it wasn't IN the image folder to begin with (apprarently that's a problem) and there was no "parent" folder (again apparently another problem), just the folder called "images" and then the html file, so what now? Can you see the picture I posted?

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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I'll repeat  the html file should not be in the Images folder. The Images folder should be in the folder that the html file is in. The way Photoshop created them. Photoshop saved  the html file into the folder you set in save for web UI, created the imsges folder in that folder, and saved the gif file in the images folder.

 

 

If you open the html file in yourr browser the Gif will be displayed if the images folder is in the folder the html file is in.

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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OK, I understand that. However, Photoshop DID NOT CREATE a parent folder. When I saved it, it only saved it as an  images folder and an html file. No matter where I save it (i.e. to my desktop, or within another folder on a another drive) it doesn't matter. Photoshop did not create a parent folder for this gif. 

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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That is correct  you pointed Save for Web to the parent folder to save into the Html file is saved and Photoshop makes an Images folder if  one did not exist where you pointed save for web to so there would be a images folder  for save for web to save the gif into. Photoshop is working correctly for you.  The only problem is you think you have some problem.  You do not.  Photoshop does not make the parent folder. You point Photoshop's  Save for web save dialog to the Parent folder to save the required files into.  Photoshop will make the folder images if it does not exists.

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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OK, but what I don't understand is if I download a gif from the internet or even from an email, it gives me just the image, not an html file and image.  And then when I send it, it's only the image, not an html link. What am I missing?

 

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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OK, I exported (save as web (legacy)) again - I chose to save it to my desktop. Please review the image. There is no parent folder. This is exactly the way it saves.

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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Your Desktop folder is the parent folder you pointed Save for web to it. You desktop now has a Images folder with you GIF in it. Your Desktop folder is images folder parent. That Patent folder your contains an HTML file that displays  your gif from the images folder.  If you double click on the html file on your desktop your browser should display the gif in the images folder.

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Feb 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

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@jlhiller wrote:

When I click save it comes up as format (HTML and image), HTML only, or images only. And the extension is .html. When I hit save, it gives me a folder called images (but there is only one file, called .gif) and then it also gives me a file with .html. How do I get it so I have just one file that is an animated gif?


 

If you want just one file that is an animated GIF, you should not select “HTML and Images” in the Format menu. Select “Images Only” instead.

 

“HTML and Images” is usually for when you have created a design with multiple pieces that needs HTML code to hold it together, such as a document where you used the Slice tool.

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New Here ,
Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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I tried that, but then I lose my animation. It becomes just an image only.

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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Also, I never touched the slice tool. I have literally two layers, that I made into frames. That's it. And they animate in photoshop and they animate in the preview (on the export screen), but when I save it, it only gives me those options. AND, it does not have the .gif extension at all. 

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Feb 18, 2021 Feb 18, 2021

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Well, I’m not sure what the problem is. It sounds like you are doing everything right. If you select Images Only, you should get one animated GIF with a .gif extension at the end. I am using Photoshop 22.2 on macOS 10.15.7.

 

After looking at your helpful screen shots, I set up a new document the same as yours: Two frames, 0.2 second delay on both. It animates in the Timeline panel, and it animates in Save for Web when the Format set to GIF.

 

The difference is, when I export, I get an animated GIF that alternates between the two frames and loops, which is what I think you want. Also, my file has a .gif filename extension. So it’s puzzling why it isn’t working for you.

 

Ignore everything about setting the save format to HTML and Images, so that you do not have to deal with the folder nesting and all of that stuff. That is all a pointless side road that you don’t have to go down, because all you want is one animated GIF file. Stick with the Images Only route and focus on troubleshooting that, because it should work.

 

One big thing that could be a variable here: Your dialog box looks like you are using macOS 11 Big Sur. There seem to have been some problems related to the filename extension being filled in on that version of macOS. When the GIF is exported, do you add the .gif extension to it, or try to play it as is? Have you tried adding the extension and then see if it loops right on the desktop or in a web browser?

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Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

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When I choose images only and change the extention to .gif (because when I go to save it still says .html even when I choose images only) and save, it still gives me just an image without the animation, even though the extension now says .gif. Very frustrating!

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Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

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If you use the pull-down menu in save for web and select GIF only. Save for web will only save a GIF file there may be an old Previously saved .html file if you did not delete it.  Save for web will not delete old files it may overwrite old files it has no delete function.

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Feb 19, 2021 Feb 19, 2021

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I've been selecting GIF in the pull down menu since the start (I was following Adobe Photoshop's "How to make an animated gif in Photoshop article". I followed it to the letter. Still having issues.

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If Photoshop is not working correctly reset all you Photoshop Tools and your Photoshop preferences. See it the solves your Photoshop issues when you restart Photoshop.  I use Windows you use a Mac there may be some Issues in Mac Photoshop versions I do not know of. There have been many changes apple has made to their OS and hardware lately.

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