Exporting gif animation frames

[aridzone]

Bill

I think this is a xara problem because other software like Irfanview and the one suggested by ShapeShifter have no problem.

[Soquili]

I see the same missing portions of each frame in GIF Movie Gear. It may share a similar algorithm for displaying animated gif frames.

[GerryI]

Yes, the program that created that animation has automatically generated all of the frames except for the first one as overlay frames by subraction of the previous frame from the current frame. To create new frames from it you will need to have all the images aligned correctly on top of each other (do they all come in at the same pixel size, if not then alignment may be tricky) and then export all of the frames from the back up to the point you want. If the import in DP does align them all nicely then you can use the page and layer gallery to hide all except the back one, export, show the next, export, etc. Certainly not as nice as the automatic export of each layer...

Gerry

[Soquili]

Thanks Gerry the frames are the same size in Designer Pro and in GIF Movie Gear. Aridzone wants a way to export each frame as an individual graphic and I suggested using DP's ability to export each layer as a file. This resulted in the discussion about the missing pixels. Irfanview and GIF Frame Extractor create files without missing pixels. Adobe Image Ready displays each frame without missing pixels. Is it logical to assume Irfanview, GIF Frame Extractor, and Image Ready perform some 'overlay' technique to show/extract frames with all pixels intact?