a good tip is to never use dither
instead, make your gif a bit lossy
( mictoboy b3ta.com/calendar/event/12383, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 20:52, archived)

I was unaware of this D:
*notes for future giffing*
( MrPineapple GONNA EAT YOUR BRAINS AND GAIN YOUR KNOWLEDGE., Thu 3 Apr 2008, 20:53, archived)

dither adds fuckloads to a gif
and usually makes it look bobbins
( mictoboy b3ta.com/calendar/event/12383, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 20:53, archived)

How the fuck
do you do that in after effects..
(CoggShugger Hand me the keys, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 20:58, archived)

no idea
do you have any optimisation tools?
there should be options somewhere
that control colour depth, transparency, all that sort of mumbo-jumbo
have a look through the help, or trawl the menus for 'optimisation'

sorry i can't be more use
( mictoboy b3ta.com/calendar/event/12383, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 21:00, archived)