Trick or Treat is the second gif Iīve presented at PsC.With the first "No Pain-No Gain" I had No problem.Two layers,the accepted parameters and under 125 KB.Well in this second one, after I did all this work on the PSD file,go to Image Ready, prepare the gif and optimize it with the given parameters,( 550 x 450 ) I realize it needed 4 layers for the "trick" to work properly and it came out HUGE.So I reduce it down in size so its below 125 KB go to upload it and its refused because it canīt be less than 550 W and 350 H.(Which I can understand or people would be posting 10 x 10 animated cartoon avatars for entries).Here arises a problem.When the file gets to 125 KB or less it reduces to less than the allowed parameters ie.) > 550 W x 350 H.What to do - NOT POST the GIF.
I didnīt want to waste all that time effort so I posted a jpeg of 2 of the 3 parts of the "trick".I donīt know if anybody actually knew what I was getting at,but I got a couple of votes,although no comments or ???
The file posted here is 550 x 461 and 554 KB. Any comments or help with ultra optimzation methods for gif size.) reduce the KBīs without reducing too much the W x H parameters, or any HELF (refer to my Beach Boat entry for details) would be highly appreciated very kindly.
For the boy swimming - "Wink"I tried a gif again.I managed to post it at a size of 550 x 361 and 122.5 KB.However I had to exclude 2 entire layers of "action" for it to meet the requirements.Itīs simplified but itīs posted.
Also,could anyone tell me if the advantage account would
allow for a gif of this size or just jpeg up to 1280 x 960 and 512
KB.
Thank you kindly. Luis