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Work with existing animations



You can use an existing animated GIF by importing the GIF into a Fireworks file or by opening the GIF as a new file.

When you import an animated GIF, Fireworks converts it to an animation symbol and places it in the currently selected state. If the animation has more states than the current movie does, you can choose to automatically add more states.

Imported GIFs assume the state delay settings of the current document. Because the imported file is an animation symbol, you can apply additional motion to it. For example, import an animation of a person walking in place and then apply direction and motion properties to have the person walk across the screen.

When you open an animated GIF in Fireworks, a new file is created and each state in the GIF is placed in a separate state. Although the GIF is not an animation symbol, it does retain all the state delay settings from the original file.

After the file is imported, you set its file format to Animated GIF to export the motion from Fireworks.

    Import an animated GIF

    1. Select File > Import.

    2. Locate the file and click Open.

    3. Click and drag to place the file on to the canvas.

    Open an animated GIF

     Select File > Open and locate the GIF file.

    Use multiple files as one animation

    Fireworks can create an animation based on a group of image files. For example, you can create a banner ad based on several existing graphics.

    1. Select File > Open.

    2. Shift-click to select multiple files.

    3. Select Open as Animation and click OK.

      Fireworks opens the files in a new single document, placing each file in a separate state in the order in which you selected it.