The motion(not still) GIF file

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b11_ - 21 May 2008 01:42 GMT

I am trying to put a motion(not still) GIF file onto a digital photo key
chain. The keychain specs indicate that JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, and TIFF is
accepable. Using the special software that came with the key chain, I
transfered the "motion" GIF to the computer temporarily with the intention of
transfering it to the keychain eventually but it suddenly became a still
image which is not what I want to tranfer to the keychain.

Besides the GIF type, what type should I change the GIF to so that the
"motion" is not lost when the file is temporarily transfered to the computer?

I have noticed that there is 2mb of RAW(unformated) memory on the keychain
according to what I saw in Internet Explorer. Should I format the 2mb then
directly transfer the "motion" GIF to the keychain without using the special
software that came with the keychain?

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Frankster - 21 May 2008 01:52 GMT

> I have noticed that there is 2mb of RAW(unformated) memory on the keychain
> Should I format the 2mb then directly transfer the "motion" GIF to the
> keychain without using the special software that came with the keychain?

Yeah, probably.

Motion GIFs have to be copied. If you re-save them using anything other than
a specialized GIF editor you will lose the motion.

There is a free on-line GIF editor here you can use if you just need to
resize them or somthing...

http://www.gifworks.com/

-Frank

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Mark L. Ferguson - 21 May 2008 01:57 GMT

Open the *.gif file in an app that can display the motion, like IE. Paint,
for example, won't show the motion, and I would guess neither will the
keychain.

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> I am trying to put a motion(not still) GIF file onto a digital photo key
> chain. The keychain specs indicate that JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, and TIFF is
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> special
> software that came with the keychain?

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Adam Albright - 21 May 2008 02:39 GMT

>I am trying to put a motion(not still) GIF file onto a digital photo key
>chain. The keychain specs indicate that JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, and TIFF is
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>directly transfer the "motion" GIF to the keychain without using the special
>software that came with the keychain?

Just another issue in Vista. While Microsoft's Internet Explorer can
play animated gifts, (try opening the file in it and see) it's
Explorer and Image viewer can no longer like XP did. Just another nail
in the Microsoft "programmers" coffin that seem clueless on so many
topics and have made so many mindless blunders. If they consider
animated GIFs as a "threat" then it should be a threat to their
browser too. Guess not.

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