Everything I make whether it's music, video, pictures, and it doesn't seem to matter what programs I use; Photoshop, adobe audition, windows movie maker, video pad editor, virtual dub and more... When making GIFs using Flash or Macromedia. I always create a file that hundreds of Megabytes. While it SHOULD only be a few megabytes. I've tested this in the past, I know I must be doing something wrong. The only thing I remember consistently getting a decent file-sized image out of is paint. Even then sometimes, when I make things in paint the file size it too big. I've tried tweaking the settings, sometimes it helps a little, sometimes not at all.
I realize I'll need to be more specific if I can get any help but I don't even know where to begin. Anyone else ever have these issues?
If you know of a way to help in just one area, feel free to help.