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<p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial">Welcome to <b>gamani GIF </b><strong>Movie Gear</strong>
and its User Guide. Hopefully, this document will answer any questions you have about
using this product to its fullest. Just getting started? You might want to check
out the <b><a href="../tutorial/gmgtut.htm">Tutorial</a></b>. Enjoy!
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<td valign="top" width="40%"><font face="Arial"><a href="#Basics" name="Contents"><strong><font size="3">Basics</font></strong><font size="3"><br>
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</a><font size="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Terminology">Terminology<br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Starting">Starting</a><a href="#Basics"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Program Layout">Program Layout</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Loading Frames">Loading Frames</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Previewing the Animation">Previewing the
Animation<br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Saving">Saving</a><br>
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</font><font size="3"><a href="#Managing Frames"><strong>Managing Frames</strong></a></font><font size="2"><a href="#Editing an Animation"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Selecting a Cel">Selecting a Frame</a><a href="#Deleting a Cel"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Deleting a Cel">Deleting a Frame</a><a href="#Adding Cels"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Adding Cels">Adding Frames</a><a href="#Insert Image"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Insert Image">Insert
Frame</a><a href="#Pasting"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Pasting">Pasting<br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Drag & Drop">Drag
& Drop<br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Insertion Conflicts">Insertion Conflicts</a><a href="#Sizing Conflict"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Sizing Conflict">Sizing
Conflict</a><a href="#Palette Conflict"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Palette Conflict">Palette
Conflict</a><a href="#Moving Cels"><br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Moving Cels">Reordering Frames<br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Copying Cels to an Editor">Copying Frames
to an Image Editor</a><a href="#Image Properties"><br>
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</font><font size="3"><a href="#Frame Properties"><strong>Frame Properties</strong></a><br>
</font><font size="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Making Global Changes">Making
Global Changes</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Pick Transparency">Picking the Transparency
Index</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Move Frame">Moving and Cropping Frames</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Rotating Frames">Rotating Frames<br>
</a><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Pixels">Editing Image Pixels</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#LiveEdit">LiveEdit</a><br>
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<strong><a href="#Animation Properties">Animation Properties</a><br>
</strong></font><font size="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Editing Timing">Editing
Timing</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Cropping">Cropping the Animation</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Resizing">Resizing the Animation</a></font></font></td>
<td valign="top" width="50%"><font face="Arial"><a href="#Setting Preferences"><strong><font size="3">Setting Preferences<br>
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<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#24-Bit Color">24-Bit
Color and Alpha Channels</a>
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<a href="#Reducing File Size"><strong>Reducing (Optimizing) File Size</strong></a></font><font size="2"><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#File Size Tracking">File Size Tracking</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Palette Reduction">Color (Palette) Reduction</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Optimization">Optimization</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Reducing Frame Count">Reducing Frame Count</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Other Reduction">Other Reduction Thoughts</a><br>
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<a href="#Additional Functions"><strong>Additional Functions</strong></a><br>
</font><font size="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Undo">Undo/Redo</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Show Palette">Editing Palettes</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Unoptimizing">Unoptimizing<br>
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<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Blending">Blending
with Another Animation</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Photoshop">Importing Photoshop PSD Files</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Editing Comments">Editing Comments</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#HTML">Generating HTML Code</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Associating GIF">Associating GIF Files</a>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><b><a href="#Saving as">Saving to Various
Formats</a></b></font><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><br>
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<a href="#Changing the View"><strong>Changing the View</strong></a><br>
</font><font size="2" face="Arial"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Download Speed">Download
Time</a><br>
</font><font size="3"><a href="#Other Functions"><br>
</a><a href="#Copyright"><strong>Copyright, Licensing, Trademarks, Warranty,
Etc.</strong></a><br>
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</font><font size="3"><a href="#Registration"><strong>Registration</strong></a><br>
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</font><font size="3"><a href="#Contact"><strong>Contacting Us</strong></a><br>
</font><font size="2"><img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Technical Support">Technical
Support</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Feedback">Feedback</a><br>
<img src="indent.gif" width="15" height="2"><a href="#Updates">Updates</a></font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial"><a name="Basics"><font size="4">Basics<br>
</font></a><font size="2">GIF <strong>Movie Gear</strong> is a tool for
building GIF animations. A GIF animation is nothing more than an orde
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