Fireworks MX 2004 Making GIF animation (2)

2, the use of the "frame" panel

GIF animation in fireworks production can not be separated from the "frame" panel operation, so learn to the "frame" Panel is very important to use.

Renaming a frame: Double-click the frame's name on the frames panel to rename the frame, as shown in Figure 6-05.

Figure 6-05

Frame delay Time: There is a "7" word on the right side of each frame name. These numbers represent the delay time for each frame, where "7" indicates that the frame has a delay of 0.07 seconds. Double-click the place to reset the frame delay, as shown in Figure 6-06.

Figure 6-06

Add Frame: Click the Drop-down menu in the upper-right corner of the frame and history combo panel, as shown in Figure 6-07.

Figure 6-07

Select Add frame to add a new frame to the current animation, as shown in Figure 6-08.

Figure 6-08

Quantity-You can enter the number of frames you want to add directly.
At the beginning--add before the first frame of the animation;
Before the current frame--to be added before the frame is currently selected;
After the current frame--after the currently selected frame is added;
At the end--add after the last frame of the animation;
Re-frame: You can copy the currently selected frame, and the Settings dialog box is the same as the Add Frame dialog box.
Delete Frame: Deletes the currently selected frame.

Copy to frame: Click the item, as shown in Figure 6-09. You can copy an object from a frame to another frame on the canvas. You can also enter a "range" of the copied frames in the dialog box.

Figure 6-09

Spread to frames: This item is the same as the "Assign to Frame" feature described earlier.