MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 222

Setting the animation repetition
The Loop setting in the Frames panel determines how many times the animation repeats. This
feature loops frames over and over so you can minimize the number of frames needed to build
the animation.
To set the selected animation to repeat:
Choose Window > Frames to display the Frames panel.
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Click the GIF Animation Looping button at the bottom of the panel.
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Choose the number of times to repeat the animation after the first time.
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If you choose 4, for example, the animation plays five times in all. Forever repeats the
animation continuously.
Setting transparency
As part of the optimization process, you can have one or more colors in an animated GIF be
displayed as transparent in a web browser. This is useful when you want a web page background
color or image to show through the animation.
To display a color as transparent in a web browser:
Choose Window > Optimize if the Optimize panel is not visible.
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From the Transparency pop-up menu in the Optimize panel, choose either Index Transparency
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or Alpha Transparency. For a description of these options, see
on page 241.
Use the transparency tools in the Optimize panel to select colors for transparency.
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Optimizing an animation
Optimization compresses your file into the smallest package for fast loading and exporting,
making downloading time much quicker on your website.
To optimize an animation:
If you plan to export your animation as an animated GIF, choose Animated GIF as the Export
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file format in the Optimize panel.
If the panel is not visible, choose Window > Optimize.
Set the Palette, Dither, or Transparency options. For more information on optimizing options,
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see "Optimizing GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PICT files" on page
In the Frames panel, set the frame delay. For more information, see
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on page 216.
222 Chapter 11: Creating Animation
"Making areas transparent"
235.
"Setting the frame delay"