Question re Flash to Animated GIF 1

[flasher40]

Hi,

I developed a simple animation for my home page. It simulates a title being "typed" out one letter at a time the way it would look if keyed in a program like MS Word. Once the words are "typed," the .swf version of the animation stops, and the title remains on the screen.

After creating the .fla file, it occurred to me that it might make sense to export the file as an animated .gif so that folks without the Flash plugin could see it.

However, as far as I can tell, I have only two options for creating the animated .gif version: either have the animation repeat, or have it disappear after it finishes.

Is there a way to convert to an animated .gif so that the animation occurs once and then the title's words remains on the screen instead of disappearing?

Thanks!
Bill

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Set the Animation Repetition to 1.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[flasher40]

Kenneth (and anyone else who wants to comment),

I tried your suggestion, but the result is the same. You can view a comparison of the .gif and .swf versions at:

http://bmbweb.home.comcast.net/temp_animated_gif.html

The flash file is at:

http://bmbweb.home.comcast.net/home_pg_typing_title.zip

Thanks,
Bill

 

[oldnewbie]

Do you have some gif construction set or gif editor application, in which you could maybe add a stop action at the end of the gif?

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[flasher40]

I figured it out. Just needed to realign the layers in the flash file so they all ended at the same spot on the timeline.

Thanks again, guys!
Bill

 

[kennethkawamoto]

It disappears because towards the end of your Flash timeline your text disappears. I know you put a script to loop but when Flash exports to animated GIF scripts are ignored. Think about it, your loop script for example, otherwise Flash will have to create GIF animation with infinite number of frames which is plain impossible.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk