Step 4: Exporting the Animation

Now that you've finished the animation you need to export it. Note: If you just save the file, it will be saved as a layered Photoshop file (.psd).

There are two options: Saving optimized and exporting.

Saving as an Optimised GIF

From the main menu select File > Save Optimised As. This will give you the option to save as an animated GIF and/or to save as an HTML page. For a simple animation, just save as a GIF.

Export an Animation

In ImageReady 8 you can select File > Export, which gives you some additional options such as exporting as a Macromedia Flash file. This is very cool!

That's the end of this tutorial. If you have any questions or comments please post a message in the Graphics Forum.