# Exporting as an animated gif

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-as-an-animated-gif/34644>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 4, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-as-an-animated-gif/34644 "2003-11-04T21:03:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Furious5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bb73d2/32.png) [@Furious5](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Furious5)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-as-an-animated-gif/34644/1 "2003-11-04T21:03:39Z")

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I’ve created a very simple flash movie, which I am looking to export as an animated gif.

No problem there, I can do that easy enough.

My problem is that the flash movie document bg is: #F5F6F6, when it is exported the bgcolor comes out as: #FFFFF

Any ideas, I looked at the export settings and ticked transparent but still no joy. :hair:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/exporting-as-an-animated-gif/34644/2 "2003-11-04T21:21:51Z")

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Hmm that’s weird, especiall if using “transparent” is still giving you a background.

Did you try creating a layer below all the other layers and just drawing a square (as a faux background) with the color you want, and then have that layers frame span across the total frames of your animation?