Graphics Programs Reference
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Figure 17-5. To preview an image in a web browser, in the bottom left of the Save For Web dialog
box, click the icon to the right of the Preview button to launch your computer's standard web
browser. (Once you've clicked this default icon, Elements replaces it with your preferred browser's
icon, or the one for the last browser you used for previewing in Elements.) Or you can click the ar-
row next to this icon and then choose a browser from the list. The first time you click this arrow,
you may need to pick Edit List and then click Find All to use the browser you want; Elements sniffs
out every browser on your computer and adds what it finds to this menu.
Creating Animated GIFs
With Elements, it's easy to create animated GIFs , those little illustrations that make web
pages look annoyingly jumbled or delightfully active, depending on your taste. If you've
ever seen a strip of movie film or the cels for a cartoon, Elements creates a similar series of
frames with these specialized GIFs.
Animated GIFs are made up of layers, with a separate layer for each frame. The Save For
Web dialog box creates the actual animation, which you can preview in a web browser.
NOTE
It's a shame that you can't easily animate a JPEG the way you can a GIF. Most elaborate
web animations involving photographs are created with Flash, which is another program
altogether. (If you want to learn more about Flash, pick up a copy of Flash CS6: The
Missing Manual .)
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