Fireworks CS3 Tutorial: Animating 101! Create, Save, Export
By Free Tutorials on Nov 17, 2008 in Other Tutorials
In this video we will cover just about every little thing there is to know about animating in Fireworks CS3. Everything from frame-by-frame animating to Animation symbols and tween instances, then when we are all done we are going to export it as an animated gif. Please check out the site http://www.tutvid.com
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guitarpoison | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
It won’t let me save it as .gif! Im confused =[
burgandyblood | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
im not talkin about gifs… im talkin about png… when i save my file it duznt show it UNLESS i open it WITH fireworks… but if i go my pics… i cant find the picture help me plz
TwistyPuzzleFreak | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Thanks you SO MUCH for taking the time to do this. I am in school learning web design. i am a visual learner. This is exactly what I needed. This was perfect help for my assignment. Keep up the freat work.
Thanks again.
Wanda
1howiedfan | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
use javascript for that part. Check out dhtml goodies for scrollers and tickers.
bruin03 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Fireworks apparently gives you more options for animated GIFs
bruin03 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
as in gift… its a .gif file
TheCrudSoulja | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
You said gif as in gift and the word gif as in Jiffy
macdse | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
thank you this helped ma alot do u no if u cancreate a myspace layout and get the code useing cs3 fireworks? thank you
tukamerkin | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
I got it mixed up with MySpace …lol
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
YouTube converts every file to .jpg format. Probably to stop the use of animated .gifs
KICKERMAN360 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Ah man,WTF is with youtube rejecting my animated GIF file? I’ve seen people with animated avatars, so how the hell did they do it?
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
OK, sorry, I didn’t finish watching the video before I posted that question. Now it’s working properly since I exported it from the Image Preview box instead of just saving it as a GIF file.
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Because fireworks has tools that Flash doesn’t have, and it’s a easier IMO.
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Do you mean you actually can’t save it as a GIF file, or when you do save it then open it, the GIF isn’t animated? To save as a GIF you simply select GIF from the drop down menu when you are saving it. Doesn’t get much easier than that.
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Hey I made an animated GIF for my new youtube avatar, but it plays it at full speed — there is no timing kept between the frames…what’s up with that?
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
What about morphing one symbol into another? Can’t it do that just as easy as a tween? Or does only photoshop do that?
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
I agree but the client wants it on there site and the testimonials are from local well known people.There not selling a product but a sevice.But i figured it out thanks for ur input
MasterBanks08 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
testimonials are such a low-ball way of selling a product…99% of the time the testimonials were written by the guy selling the product
AlchemistShaman | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Hey i wanted to make scrolling testimonials on my fireworks web page im making and im confused on how to add it i have dreamweaver and fire works and photoshop anyone know how
MasterBanks08 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
i still cant save as a gif file:(..will some one send me email teaching me how..it doesnt say gif when i click export:(:(
arvisdakid | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
This was really helpful, many thanks!
Nailz1911 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Why not use FLASH instead of fireworks. I am so confused here. Why wouldn’t you just use FLASH cs3, instead of Fireworks?
Poofyponcho | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
Very Nice! Thanks.
CrazyNinja98 | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply
one of the best tutorial. great job.
ghammid | Nov 17, 2008 | Reply