Using an animated GIF in Final Cut Pro X

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Using an animated GIF in Final Cut Pro X

Good afternoon.

For a project I am working on, I need to import an animated GIF file into FCPX and have it running whilst video plays. Seems easy enough, and it will only be very small, but very important. As in, there is no way to avoid putting it in there. Unfortunately, FCP does not support animated GIFS, only stills, and I can't have that. So what are my options? Something that should be noted is that it's a diamond shape, and I'd like it to remain its transparency.

Thank you in advance for your help 🙂

Final Cut Pro X, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 3, 2012 10:20 PM

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Karsten Schlüter

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Jun 3, 2012 11:11 PM in response to CassieLou

anim.gif is no video format.

I just tested it: you can convert anim.gifs with Quicktime7pro, choose proRes as codec to keep transparency.

but 'quality' is super low ... gifs have low/no resolution ... 😉

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CassieLou Author

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Jun 11, 2012 10:11 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

I should have said this sooner, but thank you 🙂

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Apr 17, 2014 9:34 PM in response to CassieLou

I actually found a solution to this problem with .GIFs.. After you have a .GIF saved onto your computer, you can find a site like this one (that I used): http://www.online-convert.com which allows you to insert your .GIF file into the video option and convert it to .mov. It's quite convenient, so that .mov files can easily import to Final Cut Pro X.

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