image\KEYCUT.gif Shift+F12

The Frame Gallery is used to create animated GIF files. The gallery shows each frame in the animation sequence with the last frame at the top. (This makes it easier to understand the effect of the Background and Overlay flags, described below.)

Note that the Frame Gallery is only accessible in 'Animated' type documents. See Creating new documents for details of creating Animated documents.

image\FRNEW.gif New   Create a new frame

image\FRCOPY.gif Copy   Copy an existing frame

image\FRPROP.gif Properties   Frame properties

image\FRDEL.gif Delete   Delete a frame

image\FRPREV.gif Preview   Preview the current frame or the complete animation

image\FRALLV.gif  All Visible   Display all frames

image\FRALLED.gif  All Editable  Make all visible frames editable

image\FRBO.gif Background and Overlay Controls the overlaying of frames

Current frame

The current frame is highlighted in the gallery and is the frame into which all newly created objects are placed. To change the current frame, just click on a frame in the gallery.

Many operations using the Frame Gallery are more easily accessible using the Frame Gallery pop-up menu.

Tips

image\BULLET.gif If you import Xara LX documents containing layers: the Frame Gallery uses layer technology to create the individual frames. This means that to preserve the appearance of the import document, Xara LX has to move all objects into a single layer. This means that when you save the document, you lose any layer information. See Layers and Frames for more information.

image\BULLET.gif To edit all the frames in the document (including the invisible ones) click both the All Visible and All Editable buttons.

Movie

Creating Animated GIFs

Frames

Animated GIF files