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Jerry Overstreet
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gif converts to jpeg

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I have a gif tag animated image that opens fine in my computer file, but when I post a link to it online, it converts to a still jpeg tag. Is this the norm?

I don't see it available on the original host site where it was first posted anymore, so maybe that's the issue?
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No, that is not normal. How and where are you posting the link and where is the actual file residing?
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It's an image I saved to my computer from another site.

When I post the link to it here from my photo files, it comes up as a jpg. v. the gif file that is on my computer.

When I checked the original site some time back, the image had been deleted and I'm not sure I remember where it was hosted.

It's not all that important, I was just wanting to post it to the forum here when people have questions about the split tuning feature and how to use it.
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Can you post a link to a private home computer? I don't think so. Have you tried uploading it to the forum? I believe GIF files work on the forum. If you want to just link to the file, you most likely need it residing on a website.
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I heard from b0b about this issue and it is a software bug in the image upload plug-in.
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Post by Jerry Overstreet »

Thanks. Like said, it wasn't a major problem. I can definitely live with things like they are.

Anyway, I would hope that animated images wouldn't slow things down here, but I don't know about that.
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Post by Wiz Feinberg »

Jerry Overstreet wrote:Thanks. Like said, it wasn't a major problem. I can definitely live with things like they are.

Anyway, I would hope that animated images wouldn't slow things down here, but I don't know about that.
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