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Animated Gif issues, please help!

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Brian Merlen

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I need to turn video into an animated gif with the below requirements using photoshop. The video was cut in Avid, output as mpeg4 and imported into Photoshop...

426x240px based on a 16:9 ratio

200KB (or less)


So when I set it to that pixel count in Photoshop the output is wayyy too big. When I set it to 200kb file size the pixel count is wayyy too small. Tried playing with the color settings as well, nothing has helped so far. So anyone know of how to do this correctly? I would appreciate the help a lot, thanks guys!
 
Originally it was shot on a scarlet, while tethered to an Avid. So its j2k then output to mpeg4, then imported into CS5 PS... then needs to be output with those above settings. Both outputting it from media encoder as 1080 or the 426/240 results in the same end result, the output GIF file from PS CS5 is too large for the requirements by the client, or the pixel count is too small when we force it into their arbitrary 200kb sizing...

Basically I just need to figure out a way to get it the right pixel count/size at the same time, so far no dice though... We would be open to using Avid or Media encoder if possible instead of the many steps from program to program to program, its not like we are married to doing it in this way, just trying to get it as a GIF while being up to spec with the clients strict requirements is all... We are PC based in this studio... (but could get on a mac if we had to)
 
Are you trying to make a 256 colour gif?

How many frames required?
 
OK, been playing with CS6.

You need to import video to layers - resize HD to 426 & then export to web. In that menu, you'll get a lossy % amount and that's where you can set your target kb size.
 
24fps for 6 seconds so 144 frames... I am actually using CS5 on this bay, is that setting available on CS5? I think I can upgrade to CS6 here if needed, its not my bay but a post houses bay, pretty sure they have CS6 available though
 
Brian Merlen said:
24fps for 6 seconds so 144 frames... I am actually using CS5 on this bay, is that setting available on CS5? I think I can upgrade to CS6 here if needed, its not my bay but a post houses bay, pretty sure they have CS6 available though
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I think the save for web is on CS5. Pretty sure the import layers is too.

But, 144 frames isn't ever going to get down to 200KB and look any good. I did a test on 10 frames and got that to 396KB.

You want to be importing way less frames. I'd check what the client actually wants... as an animated gif tends not to be so many frames - maybe they mean 200KB per frame?
 
I'm going to double check that with the client, but I think the 200kb is total size, not per frame. It has to fit in an emailed newsletter is the problem...
 
Well, I don't think you'll get 144 frames in there at 200KB size... I'd try one frame every 12... and then see if I can get that looking OK at the 200KB limit.

Seems an impossible task for that frame size/amount of frames...
 
Any updates Brian? Just wondering if you got this sorted :)
 
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