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darkwing2k6



Joined: Jun 28, 2007

Post   Posted: Apr 07, 2017 - 21:40 Reply with quote Back to top

Does anyone know or can confirm the Site guidelines on using Animated Gifs in Blogs/Notes?

From the Site Help page i see this-

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Picture will not be uploadable / will not be approved if:
Filesize is over 30k
It is clearly copyrighted picture and used without permission.
It includes nudity
It is other ways offensive language - including but not limited to racism, sexual harassment and religious persecution
It is uploaded to public folders and it is not picture of that particular Blood Bowl player

Its not suggested to use animated gifs on either pictures as they completely jam machines running on some systems and java versions

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Now the way i read it is that they are allowed but not really recommended and i have seen a couple of animated gifs in the forums (mainly in signatures). Is this old or out-of-date information? I have an idea that would maybe require 2 or 3 gifs so im not talking about a whole bunch but i would like to know if its a dead idea before i get working on it.

Thanks
Jim_Fear



Joined: May 02, 2014

Post   Posted: Apr 07, 2017 - 22:12 Reply with quote Back to top

Go big or go home.

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darkwing2k6



Joined: Jun 28, 2007

Post   Posted: Apr 07, 2017 - 22:35 Reply with quote Back to top

Haha funnily enough thats one of the ones i was thinking about Wink
Jim_Fear



Joined: May 02, 2014

Post   Posted: Apr 07, 2017 - 22:44 Reply with quote Back to top

To answer you actual question, the number of frames, and therefor by extension the size of the GIF file, is going to be the limiting factor.

Giving a shout out to what ryanfitz did here, you can see that one giant animated image cut into multiple smaller animated files is still doable, and functions well. If you take this multi-piece approach it will keep the byte size within acceptable limits. It will create a few extra steps for you, but anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
darkwing2k6



Joined: Jun 28, 2007

Post   Posted: Apr 07, 2017 - 23:34 Reply with quote Back to top

Thanks for the tips buddy Smile
ramchop



Joined: Oct 12, 2013

Post   Posted: Apr 08, 2017 - 00:16
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I made an animated gif once. I could watch it for hours. Underworld goblin a homing missile (like a fanatic)
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..oh this isn't a "share your Animate Gifs thread"? Very Happy
Roland



Joined: May 12, 2004

Post   Posted: Apr 08, 2017 - 08:54 Reply with quote Back to top

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m0gw41



Joined: Jun 12, 2012

Post   Posted: Apr 08, 2017 - 08:58 Reply with quote Back to top

OK me too then...

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Roland



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Post   Posted: Apr 08, 2017 - 09:17 Reply with quote Back to top

ramchop wrote:
I made an animated gif once. I could watch it for hours. Underworld goblin a homing missile (like a fanatic)
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..oh this isn't a "share your Animate Gifs thread"? Very Happy


Were you drunk? Very Happy
ramchop



Joined: Oct 12, 2013

Post   Posted: Apr 08, 2017 - 11:13
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nah. i was norse Smile
Luohghcra



Joined: Nov 18, 2008

Post   Posted: Apr 08, 2017 - 12:06 Reply with quote Back to top

ramchop wrote:
nah. i was norse Smile


So you were drunk then...

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