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Q) - When I save an animated gif to "my documents" why is it not animated anymore ?

How to add gifs to emails and saving images to your computer
A) - When you save an animated gif to your documents it will not appear animated, although it still is. You will need to create an image folder to see the gif animated.

Q | What is an animated gif?

glitterbank.com - Frequently Asked Questions
A | An animated gif is essentially a .GIF file that has two or more individual frames and is designed to play those frames at a set interval, thus animation. It is an extremely popular format for web site graphics due to its extremely small file size as well as it stability with a majority of web browsers and computer platforms. Animated GIFs can be used on websites, in PDF’s, in PowerPoint presentations and a variety of other places.

What's an animated GIF?

Proaxiom Internet Enterprises (P.I.E)
animated gif is a *.gif file that displays a series of pictures, like a flip book, giving the impression of movement.

Why don't my animated GIF files animate in the Photo Gallery?

Windows Live Photo & Video Blog : Frequently Asked Questions
The Photo Gallery is designed for management of photos. The GIF format is not widely used for photos, but we included limited support for it due to the fact that some users have photos in this format. However, we did not implement the animation feature. You can use Internet Explorer to view your animated GIF files.

Can you store transparent and animated GIF's in the Notes database for a site?

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This was a useful technique in Internotes Web Publisher and TILE. You would store all the special GIF and JPEG files as attachments in the Using document for a database. When the web site was generated, these files would then be detached and placed in the same directory. This way, there is only one copy of these images which you'd reference in custom HTML for the site for generating backgrounds, etc.

Q | I want a (insert name) animated gif – do you have them?

glitterbank.com - Frequently Asked Questions
A | The primary focus of glitterbank.com is the glitter/jewel letter or word generation and tutorials on creating animation. We are in the precess of adding some unique comment gif's and you can find the at more stuff. If you have a special request please let us know and we will do our best to add it. If you are looking for something specific, you can also use the Google search box above and type in something like “animated gif (insert name)” or “glitter (insert name).

Q) - How do I send animated gif images using a Mac computer?

How to add gifs to emails and saving images to your computer
A) - The current Apple email program in OS 10.3 Panther doesn't support animated GIF files, at least when sending them to someone, though it does receive them. However, there is a new email client program for Mac OS X called Thunderbird available at http://mozilla.org that does support animated Gif's and it really works great, you simply drag the Gif image into the email body and click send.

Q) - How do I save a Gif or Jpeg image ?

How to add gifs to emails and saving images to your computer
A) - In Internet Explorer right click on the gif or jpeg image. From the drop down menu select "save as" or "save target as". This will save the image to your default folder, which in most cases is the "my documents" folder. In Netscape right click on the gif or jpeg image. From the drop down menu select "save image as".

Q:What is a GIF?

Frequently Asked Questions, Help
A GIF (the original and preferred pronunciation is DJIF) is one of the two most common file formats for graphic images on the World Wide Web.

How can I install an animated gif?

Resco Photo Viewer for Palm OS: FAQ
Run Resco Viewer. The file should be in the Synced folder (where from you can drag it to another folder if you wish)

Q) - When I tried to save one of your gif's my only save option was BMP, ( bitmap )?

How to add gifs to emails and saving images to your computer
A) - Well, there are no bitmaps on Feebleminds. The bitmap save option comes about because of a bug in Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer has a cache. This cache is where all the web pages are stored from the web sites that you visit. The cache enables you to view all the pages you have recently visited offline. Also, because the pages are already stored in the cache when you re-visit a site the pages will load a lot quicker.

Why can't I save my image as a GIF (or whatever)?

GIMP User FAQ
The two most likely problems are related to image type and layers. For instance, your image type must be "Indexed" for GIF, but "RGB" for TIFF. Try a different image type (look under the "Image" menu). If you have more than 1 layer in your image, you probably need to merge the visible layers, and/or "flatten" the image. Both operations are available under the "Layers" menu or from the "Layers" dialog. Flattening will destroy any background transparency.

Can I use animated Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) files for eCopy ShareScan OP connector buttons?

Support: Frequently Asked Questions
eCopy does not recommend the use of animated gif images for connector buttons. Animated gifs require significant imaging resources on the MEAP -enabled device and degrade overall performance. If using the Remote logon feature, all users excluding Domain Administrators, must be explicitly added to the users list within Action>Display User within the Services Manager.

How do I create an animated GIF from a SIMM model?

Frequently Asked Questions
SIMM 2.0 contains a new utility for saving TIFF images of the model window. This utility can save either a single image or a sequence of them (e.g., to capture an entire motion sequence). Once you have the set of TIFF images, you can use a third-party application to assemble them into an MPEG or Quicktime movie, or an animated GIF. Determine the number of frames that you wish to work with. From this number, choose a reasonable angle increment value.

What is the difference between an animated Gif and a Flash animation?

goGrimes.com
A .gif is a type of image file. An animated .gif are multiple images layered together with instructions to rotate from one image to the next. All standard browsers will display animated gif images. A Flash Animation is a small movie and requires that the Flash software be installed on the client computer.

How do I capture a Sim animation as an animated GIF?

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Basically, SimPose-ium doesn't generate animated GIF files directly, but generates all the files needed for a 3rd party tool to make the GIF. In the file selection dialog box, select/create the name of the first image to be created. If SimPose-ium is displaying an animation, screen capture will generate a series of bitmaps - one for each frame. If you select the name XXX.bmp, the files will be called XXX0000.bmp, XXX0001.bmp etc.

Q: Why does cursor blink when it points to an animated icon?

Aston FAQ: frequently asked questions about Aston usage
This might be a problem with your video card. Try updating its drivers and if that doesn't help, use two-color (black and white) cursors. Q: My video player (TV tuner, game) doesn't seem to work correctly when running Aston but everything is OK when I switch back to Explorer. Most probably this has been caused by transparent elements of Aston. Try using a simple Theme without transparent elements, like Aston Desktop (installed by default).

Q:How do I create one of these JPG's or GIF's, then?

Frequently Asked Questions, Help
You need a decent computer paint or image processing program for this purpose. It must be able to scale images, and save them in JPG or GIF format. Some programs, like the lame paint program that comes bundled within Windows, sure can't do that very well...

Where should I save documents?

Lake Forest College > Computing Frequently Asked Questions
When you are working in the library computer labs, save your files to the "My Documents" folder. This folder is backed up each day and is a very reliable place to store your documents and files. Do not leave your documents on the Desktop-they will be deleted.
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