how do i make an animated gif file take up less memory?

Question

im using photoshop

Answer 1

When you save them, you get 3 options with various degres of quality to save them. The lower the quality, the smaller the file.

Answer 2

A Gif file is like a "mini-movie". It is a series of picture that change giving the illusion of movement. To reduce the size of a GIF file, you would have to reduce either quality of the picture (making it fuzzier), the length of the animation (reduce how long it runs) or the dimensions of the picture (1 inch across instead of two inches across). To do any of these you will need an Aminated GIF editor. (Search download.com and you should be able to find a free one).

Open the GIF. You should be able to resave it at a lower quality or frame rate. (Not knowing what program you will be using, I can not give you a "click here and select that".) Or you can have it resize the individual pictures to 300 pixels to 200 pixels (or whatever is appropriate for your GIF. Or you can play through the GIF and cut part of it off (instead of doing four dances steps, they only do three).

Between those you should be able to reduce the file size (and memory usage) of the GIF.

Answer 3

You need the program which create those files.

When you save them, you get 3 options with various degres of quality to save them. The lower the quality, the smaller the file.

PaintShop Pro has an animated program.

Answer 4

Not enough RAM. Memory is RAM. Add more RAM. Only if you computer can handle it. or just reduce the GIF. Maybe your using too many programs, try closing those that hog memory.