GIF's can be both static images or a series of images that make up an
animation. When the image viewer does not support GIF animations, only the
first frame is displayed. The GIF format is not a default format in the
Media Type Authority in TMS, and should only be under a single type (Image
or Video). However, you could make a separate type called "Animated Image"
to hold this format, if you have a hard time deciding.
My TMS has GIF as an image, and I was able to drag and drop an animated GIF
from Wikipedia into a TMS record. However, the generated thumbnail is
static, and when I open the image in TMS's image viewer it is static as
well. The better choice would be to have the GIF open in an external
viewer. In the Media Authority, right-click on the GIF node and select
"External". While the image will still appear static as a TMS thumbnail,
you will get the animation when you double-click on the media (my default
viewer was iexplorer).
Hope this helps, and thanks for the Friday distraction. ~Chad
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Diane Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So, has anyone tried to attach a GIF as a media record file? Someone on
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> http://manuscripts.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/closure-it-can-be-complicated/for anyone who is interested), and we thought it would be great to be able
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> I’ve very little experience working with GIFs, so am not even sure if they
> are considered an image or video in terms of adding it to the Media Types
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