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I'm new to the board but it looks like a good forum.
I have Photoshop v 5.5 and what I want to do is create a simple ani' gif, so is the bundled 'Image Ready' my best option? To do this In 'Image Ready', I understand that I should open a simple jpeg. I can then tween add frames and preview it via the optimized preview box and via the animation tool palette. Great ten frames of a bouncing ball, All I want to do is then save those frames as a gif, I can only seem to get a save jpeg option? I don't understand the help file for creating an animation in IR.
In ImageReady, your best bet is to start with a layered Photoshop file, not a jpg. You can then use the layers as the basis of your animation, and/or tweening one or more layers.
When you get your animation like you want it, make sure you have the Optimize palette open, optimize your file, using the GIF option. When you're using a psd (Photoshop format) file for an animation, that should be the default choice. (You can choose the 2 up or 4 up options so you can see what you're doing.
You can find some ImageReady tips and tutorials links here. Just scroll down to the ImageReady section.
Welcome Spoon Head! Julie has given you some great advice and has directed you to some good IR tutorial links and from there, you should be churning out your first ani in no time!
Have fun!
A layered psd file sounds a bit mad for image ready, but hey.
Not using a layered psd file sounds more mad
The whole concept of Imageready and it's animation part is the use of layers and that's one of the reasons why Imagready and Photoshop work so well together. It's a bit silly that you assume that the use of layers in Imageready sounds mad, when you never really used the program don't you think
Btw, welcome to the board and here are some links that might be of interest;