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GIF Options
In the GIF OPTIONS tab you can set the color usage in GIF animations. Click OPTIONS in
the Export Animation dialog to show the GIF OPTIONS tab in the Animation Export Options
dialog.

• PALETTE COLORS: Set the preferred color palette for your animated GIF. The help guide
contains more information on the difference between these options.
• NUMBER OF COLORS IN PALETTE: This option is available only when using optimized
palettes. For simple graphics you can reduce the number of colors in the palette. This
can produce much smaller files without losing quality. You may need to experiment to
find the right balance between file size and quality.
• DITHERING: You can select between three types of dithering.
• TRANSPARENCY: Select this to make the bitmap transparent where there are no
objects.

Animation Loop and Speed
In the ANIMATION LOOP AND SPEED tab you can alter the animation rate and frequency:

• LOOP: Lets you specify how many times the animation should repeat itself.
• DISPLAY EACH FRAME FOR: If you want the same delay between each frame in the
animation enter a value here. To specify a different delay for individual frames, use the
frame tab (described above). This field reads "many" if the animation has more than
one inter-frame delay time.

Preview in Browser
You can select options suitable for the graphic and then load it into your browser so you
can preview it:

• BACKGROUND OPTIONS: Alter the background of the animated GIF to see which gives
the best result.
• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The preview page will contain useful information such as
potential downloading times when placed in a web page.
• BROWSER PREVIEW: Press this button to launch a preview in your web browser.
AVI Options

Options: Select from a range of codecs you have installed
Quality: Set the quality value of the AVI (up to 100%)

Key frame every ...: Enable/disable the outputting of key frames and set the frequency.

Transparency: Select to make the AVI background transparent.

Area to save: Setting the area to save to be DRAWING will create an AVI animation that is
only as large as it needs to be – i.e. the same as the outer bounds of the animation. This
can be useful if you don't need a specific page size.