Adobe Cs4 Flash animation template

Adobe Cs4 Flash animation template

Hi Dustin,

Flash animations can be fun and entertaining and publishing animated GIF's from Flash shouldn't be that hard either. As long as you have the Flash Reader software (even the free one). Before you do that however, make sure that everything has been set correctly or as you desired, such as the right size for your animated GIF, the playback options, transparency and the correct palette settings, etc.

In the GIF tab, the "Match Movie" should also be checked if you want your Flash movie and the image to be published to be of the same size. In the "Playback" options, select "Animated." Those are just some things you might want to check first before you can publish or play your Movie Clips using your Adobe Flash software.

Now, you can start publishing and playing your movie clips that have animated GIF's from Flash. The way to do it is:

1. Launch Adobe Flash.

2. If you already have an existing Flash file, Open the link. Double-click on your file.

3. You can also go to the "Flash Document" link which can be found in the middle of the "Create New" column.

4. To add the animated GIF, scroll the timeline indicator to the keyframe. The timeline should now be on Keyframe 1.

5. Choose "Insert Blank Keyframe" after you right-click on the keyframe. The keyframe should now have a hollow circle before it.

6. Or, if you are adding the animated GIF into keyframe 1, go to: File – Import – Import to Stage.

7. Browse to your animated GIF then double click it.

8. Drag it into position on the stage.

9. Click File – Export – Export Movie from the fly-out menu.

10. Select where you want to publish the Flash file on your computer.

11. Save the file and type a name in the File name box.

Your movie clips or published SWF (your converted FLA Flash file) with the animated GIF's will now appear in your chosen location and you can now play it.

Hope this helps.

Regards!