MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS MX 2004-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual page 250

Exporting an animation
After you create and optimize an animation, it is ready to export. You can export an animation as
an Animated GIF, as a Flash SWF file, or as multiple files.
If your document contains more than one animation, you can insert slices on top of each
animation to export each using different animation settings, such as looping and frame delay.
For information about exporting to multiple files, see
For information about exporting animations as Flash SWF files, see "Working with Macromedia
Flash MX 2004" in Working with Other Applications on the Fireworks Support Center at
www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/.
To export an animation as an animated GIF:
Choose Edit > Deselect to deselect all slices and objects, and choose Animated GIF as the file
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format in the Optimize panel.
For more information on optimizing, see
on page 235.
Choose File > Export.
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In the Export dialog box, type a name for the file and choose the destination.
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Click Save.
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To export multiple animations with different animation settings as animated GIFs:
Shift-click the animations to select them all.
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Choose Edit > Insert > Slice.
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A message box appears, asking if you want to insert one slice or multiple slices.
Click Multiple.
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Select each slice individually and use the Frames panel to set different animation settings for
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each. For more information about animation settings, see
on page 211.
Select all the slices you would like to animate, and choose Animated GIF as the file format in
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the Optimize panel.
For more information on optimizing, see
on page 235.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) each slice and choose Export Selected
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Slice from the context menu to export each slice individually. In the Export dialog box, type a
name for each file, choose the destination, and click Save.
250 Chapter 12: Optimizing and Exporting
"Exporting frames or layers" on page
"Optimizing GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PICT files"
Chapter 11, "Creating Animation,"
"Optimizing GIF, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PICT files"
251.