Animated gifs

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 8 Feb 2011 7:09 am

About a year ago, I asked why my gifs "lost" their animation when uploaded to the Forum. Still don't know why. b0b?

jolynyk · Post by **jolynyk** » 8 Feb 2011 10:18 am

hmmm., shows up as a JPG instead of an GIF

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 8 Feb 2011 4:44 pm

You might have to upload an animated .gif to some server and put a link to it.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 9 Feb 2011 8:10 am

Cal, do you know why that is?

Cal Sharp · Post by **Cal Sharp** » 9 Feb 2011 8:32 am

Barry, I'd guess that the Forum software doesn't support animated .gif's.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 9 Feb 2011 8:49 am

Cal Sharp wrote:Barry, I'd guess that the Forum software doesn't support animated .gif's.

Is it possible to unsupport annoying bipedal alligators?

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 9 Feb 2011 10:44 am

Is it possible to unsupport annoying bipedal alligators?

You mean like "Gorn?"

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 9 Feb 2011 2:01 pm

Support for animated GIFs has come and gone a couple of times. I think it ceased after the last big meltdown of the external drives hosting the images. I'll have to check with the b0bster and get back with y'all.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 9 Feb 2011 3:50 pm

I have consulted with The Big Cheese and was told this, about animated GIF use on the SGF:

If you upload a gif, the code that adds the forum watermark converts it to JPG and the animation is destroyed.

Small animated gifs can be used as avatars.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 9 Feb 2011 3:58 pm

Thanks, Wiz, no need to ask anymore.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 9 Feb 2011 5:38 pm

See left.