Problems exporting gif with colour and opacity gradient

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I'm creating a skyscraper advert with both a colour and opacity gradient. After
I've exported the image to gif format the quality is bad. Whatever I do, I
can't seem to increase the quality of the image.

Once the image has been exported it's only 7k, which I'm sure is the problem,
but I can't find the setting to change this.

The image is here. http://tinyurl.com/6n3rya

I've changed the Optimize setting several times, but still no joy.

Thanks

[SiamJai]

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The problem is the export format. GIF is an indexed format, thus it's not
suitable for images that contain gradients. JPEG would be a great format for
preserving gradients, but it doesn't support opacity. The only export option I
can think of that retains both gradients and opacity well, is PNG32. The catch
with that is the large filesize.

SiamJai
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I now use CS3, the last version of FW didn't have this problem.

I need to create an animated gif, and have set the colour and opacity gradient
as a background, when you export the animated gif, the image quality is poor.

Can I animate the PNG32 format?

Thanks SiamJai

[pixlor]

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No, you can't "legally" animate a .png. There's a plug-in, but it was not
approved by the group in charge of the official .png format. If you need to
animate a color gradient and an opacity gradient, your best choice is probably
Flash, not an image.