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Optimisation

Optimisation : means you can make the product look the best it possibly can. You'll need to consider the purpose of the animation, how the colour, size, frame, compression and export file fit the purpose. You should use vector rather than bitmap for this. Bitmaps: when you zoom in on a raster/bitmap file, the pixels become visible as tiny squares, and the overall effect is rather blurred. Vector : vector graphics store the image information as a series of coordinates (vectors), and when zooming in on the image, it does not blur/pixelate. 10 ways to optimise and animated GIF file:  trimming animation  reducing image size  save for web reduce the amount of frames number of colours  which colour reduction algorithm to choose? Dithering  web snap, lossy, transparency and interlaced compare original and optimised versions  preview, save preset, and optimise to file size  Exporting the animation: the file format must correlate with the...