GIF or PNG?

kemingMatters · 10-13-2011, 02:44 PM

If you do your animation in flash you can export to a .gif it will give you more control over the quality.

<b> · 10-14-2011, 02:01 AM

Browser support for animated PNG format (APNG) is spotty. Given the choice between animated GIFs and PNGs, I'd go with GIFs — at least until all the major browsers get on board with APNG.

Meeshee · 10-14-2011, 02:06 AM

Originally posted by <b> View Post

Browser support for animated PNG format (APNG) is spotty. Given the choice between animated GIFs and PNGs, I'd go with GIFs — at least until all the major browsers get on board with APNG.

I am using gif format but it's not solving the problem. What program do you recommend to create the art?

Meeshee · 10-14-2011, 02:07 AM

Originally posted by <b> View Post

Browser support for animated PNG format (APNG) is spotty. Given the choice between animated GIFs and PNGs, I'd go with GIFs — at least until all the major browsers get on board with APNG.

Would Adobe Flash be my best bet?

vectorzomby · 10-14-2011, 02:17 AM

regardless it'll be hard to get a gif with transparency to have nice crisp edges, especially if it's a wide range of color.

kemingMatters · 10-14-2011, 02:18 AM

If you create it in Flash it should eliminate your need for transparency, so the gif should look better.

Meeshee · 10-14-2011, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by kemingMatters View Post

If you create it in Flash it should eliminate your need for transparency, so the gif should look better.

awesome! You recommend Adobe flash?

<b> · 10-14-2011, 02:25 AM

If you don't go the Flash route, here's a link to a YouTube video for creating GIF animations using Photoshop CS3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXW2vlNu5Rs

SomeDesignBlog · 10-14-2011, 04:07 PM

If you change your matte color from white to a dark grey it will be much more seamless.

Meeshee · 10-17-2011, 09:30 PM

thanks so much to all who responded to my question! I just love this forum and everyone's input is so valuable!

I will be purchasing the Adobe Flash software since I am designing more and more graphics and websites.

PrintDriver · 10-17-2011, 11:07 PM

Just remember that Apple iWare doesn't support flash...

Paj · 10-18-2011, 03:20 PM

No need to use Flash for that.

Is there any reason it needs to be transparent? You could just export it with the background grey colour in the matte and be done with it.

kemingMatters · 10-18-2011, 03:55 PM

I should clarify, use flash to export a gif, without using transparency – but I guess you could do that in PS (never used the animation aspect of PS)

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