Animation - GIF does not tween

[handrawn]

you did remember to limit your tween palette to 256 colours ?

[browj2]

XAR animation file attached. Play the preview to see how it should work, then export to GIF to see that tweening does not work. This was brought to my attention on the Magix.info forum.

GIF animation not tweening.xar

[Boy]

I'm using XDP 15.1 and have the same results as you. However, when exporting to .AVI (tick 'Make background transparent' in the Animations Properties/AVI Options) tweening works. You, then, can convert the animation to a .gif, either online or using an appropriate video converter/NLE app.

[browj2]

@Boy

Thanks for checking. As we both indicated, the animation works fine when exported to AVI but not GIF. I would expect proper tweening when exporting to GIF, otherwise I would say that this is a bug. Since I have not upgraded, I'm hoping that someone with the latest version will check this, and if it is a bug, raise a ticket about it.

Using an external program is a workaround that should not be required.

[handrawn]

it does not tween in pro+ you just get the stop motion effect

I am not sure gif's have ever tweened in a xara program

[handrawn]

I have checked in version 11 - again it shows tween in preview but not in the gif export

[Acorn]

I have just checked back to XX5.1 and there has never been a GIF tweening. To me this makes sense and you are creating a a step-by-step, timed animation that was originally the sole province of animation way back.

Yes tweening is clever but your GIF is 15kB against the default AVI of 80MB.

You could use the Blend Tool and create your own tweens and stuff each into a frame but this is way too tedious.
My route would be GreenSock animation - https://greensock.com/docs/v3/GSAP/Tween, but if you have to mesh with a video that might complicate things.

Acorn

[Boy]

As we both indicated, the animation works fine when exported to AVI but not GIF.

Oops, didn't read your OP carefully enough.

Using an external program is a workaround that should not be required.

You're right, of course, but Xara has so many tools that need maintenance, updating or even upgrading that I don't wait around for them anymore to take action. I placed the AVI file in Pinnacle Studio 24U and exported it as a gif file, maintaining transparency. If I remember correctly, you're using Magix Movie Edit Pro, don't you? Might also work.

[handrawn]

out of interest - how smooth is it, and how big is the file ?

[wizard509]

out of interest - how smooth is it, and how big is the file ?

Appears to be about 20kb I ran it in XDP18 preview, browser preview and, IrfanView and it worked in all three, but no tweening that I could tell.