May I ask what are you going to use this for? Is the clock suppose to be
accurate?

alex

clockwerker wrote:
> Hello, i need to do a special clock animation. Can you let me know if my
> following method sounds right, or if i should be using a different program or
> technique?
>
> i'm using an image of an old clock (bitmap), it will have an hour hand and a
> minute hand. the minute hand will change 59 times, and the hour hand will
> change 11 times. that's 649 frames before the image starts over!
>
> If I separate the hour hand and the minute hand into separate layers, i will
> only have to make 70 separate images. So I was going to make 59 frames with the
> minute hand layer changing and the hour hand layer staying the same. Then i was
> going to copy and paste all 59 minute frames, but change the hour hand layer to
> the next hour. I was going to repeat this process till I got to 11:59.
>
> can animated gifs even do 649 frames? will this be pretty straightforward in
> fireworks? or should i be using flash? flash with bitmaps didn't seem right to
> me. i'd rather do an animated gif since every browser will show it (like
> iphones)... and cs3 has that flash-like capability now.
>
> thanks for any advice you might have! forgive me if i'm a fool!
>