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combining animated gifs

Anonymous
2012-06-08T22:18:45+00:00

I have a collection of animated gifs, and would like to combine them into one, like a longer video version to play them all in sequence.

When I try to use movie maker, it combines them but without the animation, so the combined video is just a sequence of long stills.

Can move maker be used for this task, or do I need to use some other software?

Thanks

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-08T23:00:12+00:00

    While prior versions of Movie Maker would import animated .gifs and treat them as videos, the latest version (windows Live Movie Maker) treats all .gif files as images.  In the case of animated .gifs, it only takes the first frame.

    If you want to load one of the classic versions of Movie Maker (e.g. 2.6 or 6.0), you can have it treat the animated .gifs as videos and do what you want.  Do realize that the resulting file will be a .wmv (movie) file, not an animated gif.  If you truly just want to combine several .gif files, I'd do a search for a utility designed to edit/combine animated .gifs.

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