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General discussion

GIF files

Dec 2, 2004 12:10AM PST

I am using Windows XP pro
How can I save a GIF file so that when I want to send it to someone in an email message the animation still works? I have been saving them to "My Pictures" but the the animation doesn't work later.

Thanks,
John

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Re: GIF files
Dec 2, 2004 1:02AM PST

Open the .GIF in explorer since some applications will not show the animation.

Bob

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Re: saving and displaying GIF files
Dec 3, 2004 7:09AM PST

If you did a right-click over the GIF animation, and you saved the file as a GIF (you select "Save Picture As..." and you can see the field "Save as type" already set to GIF) then your picture saved should be the animation.

It depends upon the tool you use to view the GIF as to whether, or not, the animation appears. Not all tools can display the animation.

You can verify if the animation is there by opening it with IrfanView or some other tool that does properly display animated GIFs.