# Publish gif doesn't work, only export\>movie\>gif

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publish-gif-doesnt-work-only-export-movie-gif/183834>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 30, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publish-gif-doesnt-work-only-export-movie-gif/183834 "2006-03-30T15:35:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![heffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@heffa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/heffa)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publish-gif-doesnt-work-only-export-movie-gif/183834/1 "2006-03-30T15:35:18Z")

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Hey,

I’m curious why when i try to publish as a gif it looks bonkers  
but looks dandy when exporting movie as an animated gif ?

I´m not doing anything magical just a tween and alpha fade.

Everything is on the main timelin,e nothing is hidden inside  
MC´s. I played around with the GIF settings in the publish tab  
but it eneded up looking really bad.

Cheers,  
Heffa

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**Author:** ![heffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@heffa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/heffa)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/publish-gif-doesnt-work-only-export-movie-gif/183834/2 "2006-03-31T08:38:23Z")

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I’ve seen a few other gif animations, howcome when  
exporting this fla to gif the fade looks so grainy? is there a way to  
avoid it?

i´m still baffled why F8 cannot publish the gif only export it.

/Anders