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I know that, yet convert.exe was blocked by default in Comodo Firewall, Tiny Wall and some antivirus software. That was causing my export problems. 

Try run AFX in Administrator mode, make sure your composition's name doesn't include any special characters and don't forget to add exceptions to your firewall.

Hey is there a way to export Gif with transparency? I would love to avoid feeding Photoshop with image sequences. Nothing compares to GifSquid/Cuddlephish combo

Thank you for your swift response!
Added whole GIFSquid folder (inside ScriptUI Panels) to exception, convert.exe to trusted files + set to Administrator but still no luck.
Closing completely Firewall and Antivirus made no difference.

UPDATE (Problem Solved!)
It seems there was a problem with both Avast antivirus and Comodo Firewall you can add the whole folder to be trusted and it doesn't work.
I tested few free alternatives that work and can recommend:
Firewalls: TinyWall or Simplewall
Antivirus: Bitdefender Antivirus Free or Kaspersky Cloud Antivirus
Solution: Add convert.exe to exception and something that was not mentioned here,
do the same with cmd.exe ( ! ) (you can set it for an hour or time span needed to convert file if you don't want to allow connections permanently)

It's all good now,
Thank You :)

Description for dither modes would be helpful or even better link to the source with all modes listed and example gif next to them.
Here's what I found after testing all of them (ffmpeg 4.3.1):
The best quality overall will give you TURBO mode but the file size is significantly larger. You will preserve the most information and it resembles your composition the most.
If you're looking for small size:
Dither set to none is the best but still not as good as TURBO mode
Dithers:
When it comes to details preservation o4x4 wins over h4x4a in my case
o8x8 more artifacts (every surface will get some gradient)
hbx6a, h8x8a - blocky effect
c5x5b, c5x5w - grid effect
c6x6b, c6x6w - combination of blocky and grid effect

Hi, unfortunately I can't get Gifsquid to work without turning on Turbo mode. I tried everything I could find in previous posts. I installed new beta version from 4 days ago and still the same problem. Updating ffmpeg to the newest version didn't help as well :(

Here is my GIFsquid.log (not working):
convert.exe: UnableToCreateTemporaryFile `E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\nabeuprmxfull.avi': No such file or directory @ error/delegate.c/InvokeDelegate/1876.
convert.exe: UnableToOpenBlob `C:/Users/Mario/AppData/Local/Temp/magick-13732pkjotHz6EYya.pam': No such file or directory @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2705.
convert.exe: NoImagesDefined `E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\GIFsquid_Output/nabeuprmxfull.avi-2020-08-17_23-44-49.gif' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3257.

and squidyavi.bat (not working):
cd\
cd "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels\GIFsquid\"
GIFsquidavi.bat 30 2500 "E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\nabeuprmxfull.avi" "E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\GIFsquid_Output" 0.5 475x "" "nabeuprmxfull.avi" false
exit

CUDDLEFISH no problems at all but the size is a killer, at least with longer clips

GIFsquid.log (TURBO - working):
cd\ 
cd "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels\GIFsquid\"
GIFsquidavi.bat 30 4500 "E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\nabeuprmxfull.avi" "E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\GIFsquid_Output" 0.5 475:-1 "" "nabeuprmxfull.avi" true
exit

and squidyavi.bat (TURBO - working):
cd\ 
cd "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe After Effects CC 2019\Support Files\Scripts\ScriptUI Panels\GIFsquid\"
GIFsquidavi.bat 30 4500 "E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\nabeuprmxfull.avi" "E:\PROJECTS\AFX\NotABeatEmUp\GIFsquid_Output" 0.5 475:-1 "" "nabeuprmxfull.avi" true
exit