Animated .gif files

If you wish to view an animated GIF, you need to open it in a web browser. Many e-mail programs don't have the ability to view them. Com

If you wish to edit an animated GIF on a Mac, see this utility:

http://nyctergatis.com/gifbuilder/

If you wish to e-mail a GIF, I suggest archiving it in the Finder with control-mouse click's Archive option, and tell your Windows 2000 recipient to open the file with Winzip before viewing it in a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.

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I do have a vague memory of being able to play animated gif in Preview in the past, although I cannot remember if it was with Panther or Tiger.
I remember a little circle with a triangle in the toolbar, and just click to play/stop.
Is this feature gone all together? That sounds rather strange to get rid off such a facility??
Please let me know
Thank you

Preview does not seem to work in 10.4.11 or Leopard. Both will let you view all the images of the slideshow individually, but not in animation.

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I have read the help files. Its says
Quote: "Preview shows all the frames in the animated GIF. When you click a frame, the animation stops and Preview displays that frame." end Quote

I believe that means the animation should be working as one opens a gif.
Although I remember reading the help files previously, and a little button was there to start/stop.
I also remember having to use Safari to be able to have view the images in full speed. So that may be the reason this facility to be removed. The name Preview is misleading now.

Thank you for the information.

Of course Graphic Converter will play animated .gifs. And show them frame by frame, as well as making them from individual images or breaking out the individual frames from the animation.