Author Topic: Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display  (Read 1224 times)

Offline munu

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Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display
« on: January 14, 2022, 12:03:17 AM »
I have an animated gif image (see attachment) that doesn't show up on my 2x2 P5 matrix display. I just get a blank screen. Other animated gif images with similar sizes and same settings (see attachment) show up just fine. Why does that animated gif not display?

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Re: Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2022, 01:24:40 PM »
Sometimes the library we use to open GIFs has trouble with certain formats.  Not all GIFs are created equal.

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Re: Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2022, 04:57:17 PM »
One hack to try is to use the video effect rather than the picture effect. Give that a try..

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Re: Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2022, 06:31:35 PM »
Or if you can open it and save it sometimes that fixes the format. I tried but had an issue with my Photoshop license

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Re: Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2022, 12:42:37 PM »
I opened and re-exported the file in Photoshop and now it works.  See attached file.

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Re: Animated GIF not Showing on Matrix Panel Display
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2022, 08:18:53 PM »
Hmm, I thought I replied to this but apparently I did click the Post button. Anyways, I did import it into Photoshop and then exported it and that fixed it. I did the same with another animation that had the same issue and the same trick helped with that as well. Thanks everybody and especially Gilrock for even having done this in PS.