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This is the What's This? Help (context-sensitive) file for Ulead Animation SmartSaver program. To access topics in this help file, you can either right-click on an item of interest and select What's This? or simply click the question mark button located at the upper-right hand corner of the displayed dialog box or program window.


Total number of selected files.


This shows you each of the files you have selected to be optimized. You can remove files by selecting them here and then clicking the Remove button.


Click this button to remove a file from the Selected Files list.


Click this button to remove all the files from the Selected Files list.


Click this button to open the Browse dialog box so you can browse for new files to add to the Selected Files list.


Enter the location and name of the file you want to add to the Selected Files list.


Click this button to add a file from the File Name entry line to the Selected Files list.


Click this button to close the Select Files dialog box. All information entered into the Selected Files list is saved.


Click this button to cancel selecting files. Any information entered into the Selected Files list is lost.


Click this button to view the online help for this dialog box.


Check this option to optimize an entire folder of animation image files.


Check this option to select specific files to optimize.


Enter the location and name of the folder you want to optimize.


Click this button to open the Browse dialog box and search for the folder you want to save the optimized files in.


Check this option to include any subfolders contained within the parent folder in the optimization process.


Click this to select the file or files you want to optimize


Shows you the total number of files you have selected for optimization.


Check this option to ensure that the optimized GIF animations retain their original visual quality.


Check this option to manually define which how colors are removed from each GIF animation in order to reduce its file size. Note: This is a destructive process and may adversely affect the image's visual quality.


Check this to scan the selected files or folder for unused colors and then remove them, thereby reducing the images' overall file sizes without altering their appearances.


Check this option to manually define the maximum number of colors for each animation file. During optimization, the most common colors from each image layer are added to the global palette, which contains a number of colors equal to the number you enter into the Maximum Colors entry box.


Check this option to remove a percentage of the total number of colors available in each animation file. The remaining colors are the most common colors in each image layer.


Enter the maximum number of colors you want each animation file to contain.


Enter the percentage of each animation file's total number of colors that you want to remove during optimization.


Check this option to compensate for missing colors in animation files that contain photographic quality images. Dithering 'recreates' missing colors by blending and mixing colors taken from the animation's global color palette.


Check this option to strip the comment tags from each animation file in order to reduce file sizes even further.


Check this option to scan the selected files or folder and report the file size reduction without taking any actions.


Check this option to optimize the original source files and save them immediately after. Note: This action is destructive and you will not be able to recover the date removed from the original source files after optimization.


Check this option to optimize duplicates of the original source files and then save them independent of the originals.


Check this option to save the optimized duplicates to the same folder as the orginals. Animation SmartSaver adds the '_ss' suffix to the duplicates' filenames so you can distinguish between them and the originals.


Check this option to save the optimized duplicates to another folder.


Enter the path where you want to save the optimized duplicates.


Click this to open the browse dialog box and manually locate the folder to which you want to save the optimized duplicates.


Check this option to display the report window when Animation SmartSaver has completed optimizing the selected files or folder.


Check this option to generate a log file when Animation SmartSaver has completed optimizing the selected files or folder.


Displays the path and file name of the log file to be generated after optimization.


Click this to assign a name and location for the log file generated after optimization.


Click this to begin the optimization process.