Ulead GIF ANIMATOR 5 User Manual page 19

Since animated GIFs are widely used in creating banner ads for Web pages, GIF Animator
tries to provide you with preset canvas sizes that are ideal for use in banner ads. Ready-to-use
canvas sizes that can be selected from GIF Animator's presets include the following:
Canvas Size (in pixels)
60 x 60
75 x 75
88 x 31
120 x 90
120 x 120
120 x 240
After you have set the canvas size and started
working on your project, you are still free to
modify the dimensions anytime you feel that
the available space is not enough for
composing your animation. Minimizing the
canvas size also helps in reducing the file size
of your animation.
To change the canvas size, use the following
commands in the Edit menu:
• Canvas Size - Resizes the underlying
canvas only. All the objects that have been
added to the project remain unchanged.
• Resize Image - Resizes the canvas size
and objects simultaneously. This command
is especially useful when you want to
resize the objects in the project
proportionately with the canvas size.
• Crop Canvas - Trims the canvas to
remove extra spaces or unwanted areas.
When objects are selected, the boundary
of the outermost objects are used as the
basis for cropping. If you made
selections on certain objects, areas
outside the selections will be trimmed off.
CREATING AN ANIMATION PROJECT
Banner type
Button
Button
Button
Button
Square Button
Vertical
Canvas Size (in pixels)
180 x 150
230 x 33
234 x 60
300 x 250
336 x 280
468 x 60
Original
After applying Canvas
Size command
Cropping canvas
based on objects
Banner type
Rectangle
Small
Half
Medium Rectangle
Large Rectangle
Full
After applying
Resize Image
command
Cropping canvas
based on selections