Exporting as Animated GIF

Exporting as Animated GIF

Exporting as Animated GIF

You can export as an animated GIF.

Exporting an Animated GIF

You should save your file first in Canvas X Draw format (.CVD).

To Save as Animated GIF:

  1. Choose File | Save As.
  2. Select GIF Animated as the file type.
  3. Enter a name for the file.
  4. Click Save.
  5. In the Animated GIF Options dialog box, select the animated GIF options.

Animated GIF Options

Transparent Background

Makes the background transparent.

Auto Crop

Optimizes the size of each frame and the document. The Auto Crop feature will create the minimum size needed to accommodate all of the objects in the document.

Interlaced

The image will load into a browser a little bit at a time. Activating this feature creates the effect of improving an image over a slow connection.

Anti-aliasing

Objects from the Canvas X Draw document will be rendered with an overall softened effect.

Individual Palette Per Frame

If selected, each GIF frame will contain its own palette. This will create a larger GIF image; however, this setting is suggested if you are creating complex and colorful animations. If this option is not checked, then all frames will have a common palette. The color palette maximum is 256 colors.

Erase Previous Frame

Each frame will be erased and the area will be restored to the background before the next frame is displayed during playback.

Differential frames

This option searches for the smallest frame possible in the set that contains all of the changes from a previous frame. After the search, it creates a new rectangle which becomes the new frame.

If the Erase Previous Frame option is checked, then this particular option will be unavailable.

Infinite Loop

Activating this option will cause your animation to run (loop) continuously.

You may specify the number of times that your animation will run. To do this, simply enter the number of times to “loop” your animation in the Times box.

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