Expert: Amy - 10/2/2006

Question
Hi Amy,

What i'm trying to do in Illustrator is insert a blinking gif and it will no animate whenever i insert it. How can i get the gif to animate in my document?

Thank You,
Stephanie  

Answer
Hi Stephanie.

You can insert gifs in Illustrator but you'll never see the animation.

Animated gifs can only be viewed in programs used to make them like ImageReady or GifMation. They can also be viewed in web pages or opened directly with browsers like Internet Explorer or Netscape.

You can create graphics for web pages using Illustrator but any animated gifs must be inserted into the html code using a web page editor like DreamWeaver or FrontPage.

Hope this helped!
Amy