Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 321

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 311 User Guide To save an animation as an animated GIF: 1 Optimize the animation, as described in "Optimizing animations" on page 309. 2 Save the image, as described in "Saving optimized images" on page 347. Opening and importing files as animations You can use the animation features in ImageReady to edit animated GIFs, multilayered Photoshop files, and QuickTime movies. Saving animations as QuickTime movies You can save an animation as a QuickTime movie. The resulting file is viewable in the QuickTime player and can be opened in other applications that support QuickTime movie format. To save an animation as a QuickTime movie: 1 Choose File > Export Original. 2 Select QuickTime Movie from the format pop-up menu. Note: On Windows, QuickTime Movie format is only available when QuickTime is installed on your computer. 3 Type a filename, and choose a location for the file. 4 Click Save. 5 If desired, adjust the compression settings, and click OK. Opening animated GIFs You can open an existing animated GIF in ImageReady using the File > Open command. The file is opened as a stack of layers. Each layer corresponds to one frame. In each frame, the layer for that frame is visible, and the layers for the other frames are hidden. Opening existing animated GIF files in ImageReady is useful primarily for applying optimization settings to the files. The one-layerper-frame structure of imported animated GIF files may make it impractical to edit animation frames in other ways. Opening Photoshop files as animations You can easily create animated GIFs from existing one-layer-per-frame images in Adobe Photoshop file format or from a group of single-layer images. You can make each layer in a multilayer Photoshop file a separate frame in the Animation palette. The layers are placed in the Animation palette in their stacking order, with the bottom layer becoming the first frame.