what is it called, and how do you make a simulated 3D photo using two photos, then animated to flash back and forth? [more inside]
posted by karl88 on Nov 14, 2009 - 4 answers

I used to be able to insert animated gifs into Powerpoint and have them run when I clicked on them. Now the only way I can get them to work (following Powerpoint's own instructions) is to insert them as objects that when clicked, open in Window's "Picture and Fax viewer". Surely there's a better way? I want to make an entertaining presentation for undergraduates, not look like an old fogy who can't use new technology.
posted by acrasis on Sep 26, 2009 - 12 answers

How do I insert a GIF in its native resolution into a PDF? [more inside]
posted by king walnut on Jul 9, 2009 - 4 answers

Any tips for generating legible .gifs from Chinese fonts? [more inside]
posted by RavinDave on Jul 3, 2009 - 9 answers

[Website development filter] I have developed a site for a client. He wanted something that shows a picture with text that changes every few seconds so I created a GIF that does this. Now he says that he wants it to pause on mouseover or a click. How do I do this? [more inside]
posted by Drasher on Mar 6, 2009 - 10 answers

Help me find the Internet Poets! [more inside]
posted by low_horrible_immoral on Mar 2, 2009 - 14 answers

Why would a PNG, sent as part of an email signature, look compressed and distorted and generally horrible when included again in the recipient´s reply? [more inside]
posted by dance on Feb 20, 2009 - 5 answers

I have (several) word documents and have a need to convert each individual page of the word documents to a gif file. I am looking for a fast, efficient, batch-process way of completing this task. [more inside]
posted by yoyoceramic on Feb 11, 2009 - 9 answers

Who is this Alligator man? [more inside]
posted by ElmerFishpaw on Dec 5, 2008 - 8 answers

Does anyone know what this animated gif is taken from?
posted by joedan on Aug 13, 2008 - 4 answers

What are my options for including an auto-merged image file in the context of a website? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Feb 21, 2008 - 1 answer

Help me reduce the file size for Adobe ImageReady CS animated gif. [more inside]
posted by UnclePlayground on Sep 10, 2007 - 5 answers

Any hints on creating a transparent .gif that uses solely white content? [more inside]
posted by mattydavy on Aug 18, 2007 - 14 answers

I'm looking for an animated .gif that I saw on a recent deleted post, which showed an infant gesturing with its hand in a way that looked like it was stroking its (non-existant) beard, in a cheesy, yet menacing kung-fu-movie-master sort of way. Can you remember it and point me toward it?
posted by ijoshua on Oct 5, 2006 - 5 answers

Can anyone tell me what this animated gif is lifted from?
posted by arielmeadow on Sep 20, 2006 - 5 answers

AVI to GIF. It can't be so difficult, can it? [more inside]
posted by grabbingsand on Aug 8, 2006 - 10 answers

Looking for a way to turn the visual waveform of an audio file in to an animated GIF. [more inside]
posted by poweredbybeard on Feb 25, 2006 - 7 answers

Formula to resize an image (in PHP) so that the resulting file is roughly a certain size in bytes? [more inside]
posted by staggernation on Jan 12, 2006 - 8 answers

WebDevFilter: Why do some gifs GIFs *not* appear in Windows/IE, but do appear in Win/FireFox Mac/Safari and Mac/FireFox? Specific example inside. [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Dec 20, 2005 - 22 answers

How to convert late 1980s/1990s vintage ANM Deluxe Paint animations to animated GIFs/PNGs? [more inside]
posted by meehawl on Dec 3, 2005 - 15 answers

Who can tell me more about this animated gif of people dancing? [more inside]
posted by arielmeadow on Nov 28, 2005 - 18 answers

Japanese animated gif search filter... [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Nov 6, 2005 - 5 answers

So, on Waxy links today, I found this gif file, which, when loaded in Winamp, plays a brief, irritating song. How's that happen? When I load it into Windows Media Player, it displays as an animated gif. One file type, multiple properties. Can anyone elaborate on what's happening here?
posted by jonson on May 5, 2005 - 11 answers

I have a feeling that somewhere online is a place where I can easily create those little buttons (or banners or whatever they are called) that live at the corners of everyone's blogs. If you don't know what I'm talking about, click here for an example. What I'm imagining is a site where I can put in my text, select colors, then quickly create one of these. I'm sure I could do it in Photoshop, but the little tool I'm imagining seems so likely to exist that I thought I'd start by asking here. By the way, what DO you call those little things?
posted by abbyladybug on Mar 25, 2005 - 9 answers

I'm looking for simple GIF animation freeware/cheapware. What are your faves/dogs?
posted by ZenMasterThis on Nov 24, 2004 - 5 answers

IE question: Why is it that sometimes I can save images as their original gif/jpg format, and sometimes it'll only let me save it as a bmp?
posted by oissubke on Mar 9, 2004 - 6 answers

Is there any way to stop animated gifs from animating in Firebird? I'm just starting to use 0.7 (the last stable release), and I really like it, except that you apparently can't turn off the damn gifs. This is a deal-killer for me, I'm afraid. A gif (or several gifs, and I'm looking at you, Guardian) flashing at me is really distracting when I'm trying to read a page. (Bouncing java applets ditto, but they're another kind of problem.)

I've looked on the Mozilla boards and the answer seems to be, 'no, there's no way to stop the animation', but I thought I'd ask around just to sure. I don't want to go back to IE... [more inside]
posted by Slithy_Tove on Dec 13, 2003 - 13 answers