Animated gif files

My new computer came with Win 7 Home Premium. I found that when I opened
a gif file that previously had animation, the animation was no longer there.
I found
if I right click the gif file, choose Open With, and choose Internet
Explorer, the gif again
has the animation there. So, in IE I can choose Select All, Copy, and then
can paste it into an email WITH the animation intact. (using Open With,
none of the other options regained the animation except for Internet
Explorer.)

On 21 Aug 2010, "Panic" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> My new computer came with Win 7 Home Premium. I found that when I
> opened a gif file that previously had animation, the animation was
> no longer there. I found
> if I right click the gif file, choose Open With, and choose
> Internet Explorer, the gif again
> has the animation there. So, in IE I can choose Select All, Copy,
> and then can paste it into an email WITH the animation intact.
> (using Open With, none of the other options regained the animation
> except for Internet Explorer.)

Is there a question in there?

It's up to the viewing program whether to display the animation or not.
Internet Explorer obviously does. You never bothered to mention in your
first paragraph what you viewed it with, but it obviously doesn't. If
you're emailing an animated gif to someone, it's up to them to use a
program that displays it properly. You have no control over what they
use.

I like Irfanview for viewing and simple editing of images.

Nil wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2010, "Panic" <> wrote in
> alt.windows7.general:
>
>> My new computer came with Win 7 Home Premium. I found that when I
>> opened a gif file that previously had animation, the animation was
>> no longer there. I found if I right click the gif file, choose Open
>> With, and choose Internet Explorer, the gif again has the animation
>> there. So, in IE I can choose Select All, Copy, and then can paste
>> it into an email WITH the animation intact. (using Open With, none
>> of the other options regained the animation except for Internet
>> Explorer.)
>
> Is there a question in there?
>
> It's up to the viewing program whether to display the animation or
> not. Internet Explorer obviously does. You never bothered to mention
> in your first paragraph what you viewed it with, but it obviously
> doesn't. If you're emailing an animated gif to someone, it's up to
> them to use a program that displays it properly. You have no control
> over what they use.
>
> I like Irfanview for viewing and simple editing of images.

I have Windows 7 Ultimate x64, and animated gifs run in IE 8,
Firefox 2, Thunderbird 2, and irfanview.
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Crash

What happens online, stays online.

Thanks Nil. I guess I had always automatically been able to view animated
gifs on my old Windows XP computer. I never chose which program to view
them with in Outlook Express. On my new Sony All-in-one desktop with Win 7
and WLM installed, the animated gifs didn't move. I used Open With and
tried about 5 different viewers including Paint..Paint Shop Pro...MS Office
picture manager...etc.. The only one that gave me action was first opening
them in IE and then copy/pasting it in WLM. I thought I'd discovered
something great and was sharing it. Wrong.

I downloaded and installed irfanview and chose it as the program to open
gif files. Now, if I send myself an animated gif when I receive it, it
opens with animation. Thanks Nil & Dave.

>> My new computer came with Win 7 Home Premium. I found that when I
>> opened a gif file that previously had animation, the animation was
>> no longer there. I found
>> if I right click the gif file, choose Open With, and choose
>> Internet Explorer, the gif again
>> has the animation there. So, in IE I can choose Select All, Copy,
>> and then can paste it into an email WITH the animation intact.
>> (using Open With, none of the other options regained the animation
>> except for Internet Explorer.)
>
> Is there a question in there?
>
> It's up to the viewing program whether to display the animation or not.
> Internet Explorer obviously does. You never bothered to mention in your
> first paragraph what you viewed it with, but it obviously doesn't. If
> you're emailing an animated gif to someone, it's up to them to use a
> program that displays it properly. You have no control over what they
> use.
>
> I like Irfanview for viewing and simple editing of images.

Panic wrote:
> Thanks Nil. I guess I had always automatically been able to view
> animated gifs on my old Windows XP computer. I never chose which
> program to view them with in Outlook Express. On my new Sony
> All-in-one desktop with Win 7 and WLM installed, the animated gifs
> didn't move. I used Open With and tried about 5 different viewers
> including Paint..Paint Shop Pro...MS Office picture manager...etc..
> The only one that gave me action was first opening them in IE and
> then copy/pasting it in WLM. I thought I'd discovered something
> great and was sharing it. Wrong.
>
> I downloaded and installed irfanview and chose it as the program to
> open gif files. Now, if I send myself an animated gif when I
> receive it, it opens with animation. Thanks Nil & Dave.

Paint Shop Pro doesn't do animated gifs, at least the older versions
don't, but Animation Shop, which is included with PSP, does.
--
Crash

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
~ W. Edwards Deming ~

Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
> Panic wrote:
>> Thanks Nil. I guess I had always automatically been able to
>> view animated gifs on my old Windows XP computer. I never chose
>> which program to view them with in Outlook Express. On my new Sony
>> All-in-one desktop with Win 7 and WLM installed, the animated gifs
>> didn't move. I used Open With and tried about 5 different viewers
>> including Paint..Paint Shop Pro...MS Office picture
>> manager...etc..
>> The only one that gave me action was first opening them in IE and
>> then copy/pasting it in WLM. I thought I'd discovered something
>> great and was sharing it. Wrong.
>>
>> I downloaded and installed irfanview and chose it as the
>> program to
>> open gif files. Now, if I send myself an animated gif when I
>> receive it, it opens with animation. Thanks Nil & Dave.
>
> Paint Shop Pro doesn't do animated gifs, at least the older versions
> don't, but Animation Shop, which is included with PSP, does.

Paint Shop Pro hasn't included Animation Shop for several
versions now (possibly PSP 9 was the last to do so), sometime
after Corel took over. It was briefly a separate product but
they no longer produce it.

Ann Watson wrote:
> Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:
>> Panic wrote:
>>> Thanks Nil. I guess I had always automatically been able to
>>> view animated gifs on my old Windows XP computer. I never chose
>>> which program to view them with in Outlook Express. On my new Sony
>>> All-in-one desktop with Win 7 and WLM installed, the animated gifs
>>> didn't move. I used Open With and tried about 5 different viewers
>>> including Paint..Paint Shop Pro...MS Office picture
>>> manager...etc..
>>> The only one that gave me action was first opening them in IE and
>>> then copy/pasting it in WLM. I thought I'd discovered something
>>> great and was sharing it. Wrong.
>>>
>>> I downloaded and installed irfanview and chose it as the
>>> program to
>>> open gif files. Now, if I send myself an animated gif when I
>>> receive it, it opens with animation. Thanks Nil & Dave.
>>
>> Paint Shop Pro doesn't do animated gifs, at least the older versions
>> don't, but Animation Shop, which is included with PSP, does.
>
> Paint Shop Pro hasn't included Animation Shop for several versions now
> (possibly PSP 9 was the last to do so), sometime after Corel took over.
> It was briefly a separate product but they no longer produce it.

Thanks for the info. That's probably why I'm still using PSP 5. :-)
--
Crash

"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth."
~ Otto von Bismarck ~

On 21 Aug 2010, "Panic" <> wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

> On my new Sony All-in-one desktop with Win 7 and WLM installed,
> the animated gifs didn't move.

Windows Live Mail displays animated gifs just fine for me.

"Nil" <> wrote in message
news:Xns9DDBF01CAF7EDnilch1@130.133.4.11...
> On 21 Aug 2010, "Panic" <> wrote in
> alt.windows7.general:
>
>> On my new Sony All-in-one desktop with Win 7 and WLM installed,
>> the animated gifs didn't move.
>
> Windows Live Mail displays animated gifs just fine for me.


You are lucky and likely the only person on the planet who can see the
animation in WLM before you send it elsewhere :-)

When open an animated Gif in Windows Explorer, or add an animated gif to a
message, I can't see the animation itself, just a static image, unless I
check it in IrfanView or Paints Shop Pro's Animation Shop, or Internet
Explorer.
Microsoft, in their wisdom, stopped showing animations as a security measure
apparently. Very annoying, but then WLM is full of annoying 'improvements'.

Grenou

Grenou wrote:
>
>
> "Nil" <> wrote in message
> news:Xns9DDBF01CAF7EDnilch1@130.133.4.11...
>> On 21 Aug 2010, "Panic" <> wrote in
>> alt.windows7.general:
>>
>>> On my new Sony All-in-one desktop with Win 7 and WLM installed,
>>> the animated gifs didn't move.
>>
>> Windows Live Mail displays animated gifs just fine for me.
>
>
> You are lucky and likely the only person on the planet who can see
> the animation in WLM before you send it elsewhere :-)
>
> When open an animated Gif in Windows Explorer, or add an animated gif
> to a message, I can't see the animation itself, just a static image,
> unless I check it in IrfanView or Paints Shop Pro's Animation Shop,
> or Internet Explorer. Microsoft, in their wisdom, stopped showing
> animations as a security measure apparently. Very annoying, but then
> WLM is full of annoying 'improvements'.

Nil didn't specify when WLM showed the animation, before sending, after
sending, or on receipt. I use Thunderbird, and it shows the animation
after sending (in the "sent" folder) and upon receipt, but not before
sending. It's just listed as an attachment. Is WLM different?
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Crash

"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth."
~ Otto von Bismarck ~