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# I agree!
Yay!
Woo!
How?
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:23, archived)
# I'm guessing...
Rhino....

and........

Imageready?
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:27, archived)
# I know how he did it...
but I don't know how he manages to get such reasonable .gif sizes with such high quality results 8( (especially the minivan B&W one)

What is thy optimizing secret/software, O great one?

I had to murder this to get it below 140k
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:27, archived)
# I have pretty good luck with Fireworks.
Do you decrease number of colors, etc?
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:31, archived)
# Hmmm
but i guess there's about 20-ish frames in EBs gif, and a lot more in yours?

am i right?
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:32, archived)
# You're not wrong ;)
.
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:34, archived)
# The secret of optimising-
Small number of frames
No dither
Lowest number of colours possible
As lossy as possible
Minimum image size
Check file size with transparency on or off

Next week- the secret of eternal youth
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:35, archived)
# That is what I usually do...
However, I have a sneaky suspicion that ImageReady has better compression than Fireworks (even if the quality isn't as good [or not])
(, Wed 16 Oct 2002, 23:40, archived)