Not all gif images "move."

[Epinn]

Greetings,

(A) I insert gif images (with animation) to a slide (abc). If I save that
slide as .gif and insert it to another slide (xyz), I lose the animation.

(B) If I copy slide (abc) and paste it to slide (xyz), of course I still
have the animation working.

(C) I found the following from the web:

"With an animation editor, GIF images can be put together for animated
images."

Can someone help me put the pieces together so that I understand the big
picture? Thanks!

Cheers,

Epinn

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Greetings,

(A) I insert gif images (with animation) to a slide (abc). If I save that
slide as .gif and insert it to another slide (xyz), I lose the animation.

When you save a slide as a picture of any format, PowerPoint saves a picture of
the slide as it looks in edit view, in the chosen format. It doesn't attempt
to save animations or to preserve any special qualities (ie, animation) of
images that happen to be on the page.

You get a still picture.

(B) If I copy slide (abc) and paste it to slide (xyz), of course I still
have the animation working.

In this case, you've made a copy of the animated GIF and put it on another
slide; the effect is the same as if you'd inserted the same GIF onto that slide
via Insert, Picture, From File. If it's animated, copies of it stay animated.

(C) I found the following from the web:

"With an animation editor, GIF images can be put together for animated
images."

I don't understand where you want to go with C.

 

[Epinn]

Steve,

Thank you for explaining.

YW: "I don't understand where you want to go with C."

I just wanted to include the comment. I can throw this in: Slide xyz under
(A) can be animated with an animation editor, right?

Before my discovery, I had not come across a gif file that didn't animate.
Now, I know. Thanks again. Hope everyone enjoyed the break from me.

Epinn

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

YW: "I don't understand where you want to go with C."

I just wanted to include the comment. I can throw this in: Slide xyz under
(A) can be animated with an animation editor, right?

As I understand it, yes. Or rather not the slides but images exported FROM the
slides. So you could create a series of slides where the only thing that moves
from one slide to the next is the shapes you want to animate, then export each
to GIF and use a GIF animator to combine into one single animated GIF file.

That's the theory anyhow. Haven't done it myself, so I could be wildly off the
mark.