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adding audio to an imageready animation frame?


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sorry if i posted this in the wrong forum area but i've been searching the web on how to apply an audio frame to an animation i made in imageready and i can't seem to find any topics. do i need the flash software?

thanks for any input you can provide! :righton:
 
Imageready creates GIF animations. GIF doesn't support audio.
I guess you have to go for Flash.
 
well, i once saw something on internet. it was a jpeg, containing some fat kid working at burger king with a moving mouth and singing a song. so it should be possible, but i don't know how :(
 
Smashing L said:
well, i once saw something on internet. it was a jpeg, containing some fat kid working at burger king with a moving mouth and singing a song. so it should be possible, but i don't know how
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Not it's not possible. First of all jpeg doesn't support animation and secondly it doesn't support sound. To be honest, no graphics formats I know of support any sound.
 
Just so it's known here... i'd advise you look into Swish, not Flash. It's less expensive, has prebuilt effect, and supports all of the most common functions that Flash does, and appears to be fairly simple to learn/use.
 
Well, I'm not sure ANY graphics formats suport audio, but MM formats liek Flash do, try that, No idea about flash though
 
Not it's not possible. First of all jpeg doesn't support animation and secondly it doesn't support sound. To be honest, no graphics formats I know of support any sound.
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What's to say you can't just code something like javascript to display jpegs and play sounds in a sequence? ;)

You're right, I'm not aware of any graphics file formats that allow for sound per se. There are always solutions though, you'll just have to "think outside the box" as it were. :)

Maybe if you told us what you wanted to achieve tmac, we'd be able to offer other solutions for you.
 
Smashing L said:
well, i once saw something on internet. it was a jpeg
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MindBender said:
What's to say you can't just code something like javascript to display jpegs and play sounds in a sequence?
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True, but he clearly stated that it was a jpeg :\
 
If I understand your problem, here's what I do. (Of course there are limitations). You can make your gif in IR and load it on your site and then embed a wav file as back ground music. Set music and animation to autostart or whatever.

Flash does support audio and you can even edit there too. Even the Flash 4 supports audio. The advantage of using Flash is that you can coordinate the music with the animation. I have hear Swish is easier to use. Flash can be a problem unless you have a well written book by an expert. I like the "beginning-intermediate" books at peachpit.

The way I suggest, you can use IR for animation and enjoy sound too. Wav files play on almost all computers. If it is embedded as background, it streams so you don't have to wait for it to load. Well modems may take a bit longer.

Good Luck let us see it when you finish.
Joy [excited] [excited] [excited]
 
thanks for the info Joy! :righton:

I actually added audio to the image in question in Flash and it came out great. I am now in the middle of trying to learn Dreamweaver and having a semi-tough time so far but i'll get there.

I think i tried to post the image i made but wasn't allowed to. any other alternatives to posting it?
 
Tmac -- Good to hear of your success with Flash. Bravo. :} :} :}

Get a good book on Dreamweaver. I've never enjoyed the instructional material written by the producers of DW other than as a reference. For me, the instructions from outside sources are so much better and more practical somehow.

OK about posting your work. You probably ended up with a pretty big file. My suggestion is: get a free site (look in Google and Dogpile) and load your work there. Then give us the URL. Ok you already thought of that! [saywhat]. You could always hit up a friend who has a site or sometimes you can post at school.

Good luck
 
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