PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

160 Creating Animations
The Animation tab includes two options—one global, the other local—that you
should consider before exporting the animation.
• For .GIFs (not .AVIs), you can set a loop property for the animation as a
whole. (You can also set this property on the Animation tab of the Export
Optimizer.)
If you want the sequence to play through only once and end displaying
the first frame, click the Fixed Loop button and enter "1" in the box. Enter a
higher value to repeat the sequence a fixed number of times.
Click the Endless Loop button to have the sequence repeat indefinitely.
• If the playback of certain frames (or all frames) seems too fast, you can select
any frame and enter a value greater than 0 in the Frame Delay field. The
frame's delay factor (in milliseconds) will be exported along with the .GIF.
Sometimes all frames may require a delay factor in order to achieve proper
pacing. You can select multiple (or all) frames and enter a common value in
the Frame Delay field.
To stop the animation:
• Click the Stop button.
To export the animation as a .GIF file:
• Choose Export Optimizer... from the File menu. The animated GIF format is
selected as default.
For details on exporting, see Exporting to another file format on p. 193.
To preview the animation in your Web browser:
• Choose Preview in Browser from the File menu. PhotoPlus exports the image
as a temporary file, then opens the file for preview in your Web browser.
To flatten your frames:
• For more complex animations, your animation project can be simplified by
flattening all frames (individual frames cannot be flattened); right-click and
choose Flatten Frames. Multiple layers associated with frames are replaced by
a single layer; layer objects are no longer independent and are therefore no
longer editable.