Fireworks Animated GIFs Imported Into Director Do Not Play Back Correctly
Issue
Director 7 has the ability to import an animated GIF for playback on the stage. Some animated GIFs work fine, but some have parts that distort or do not play at all.
Reason
Director's playback engine does not handle some forms of GIF animation optimization very well, particularly settings that allow non-changing areas to remain in the succeeding frames while changing areas are animated.
Solution
In Fireworks you may turn off the Auto Crop and Auto Difference options in the Animation tab of the Export Preview dialog. This allows animated GIFs exported from Fireworks to playback properly in Director 7.
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