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Animated GIF--Loop Just Once?
I created an animated GIF in Adobe Fireworks. It's a gauge with a needle that moves from the 6 o'clock position to the 12 o'clock position, using 16 frames ('states' in Fireworks parlance). I set the animation to run just ONCE; the needle rotates from 6 o'clock and stops at 12 o'clock. I tested the animated GIF in my Web browser and it works as expected.
When I insert the animated GIF onto a Storyline slide, however, the animation loops forever. It loops in Preview mode and also when I publish to Web (HTML) output.
Does Storyline recognize and respect the 'looping' setting contained within an animated GIF file?
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- GIFs didn't replay on revisited slides that were configured to reset to their initial states
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Hi Joseph,
If you'd like to share another example, please feel free to send it along to our team here. We can also keep you updated via the case in addition to the forum thread here.
Dominique, I have submitted this as a bug to get fixed.
Hi Joseph and Dominique,
I do see the issue is filed with our QA team, and that they're taking a look at it. I don't yet have an update to share, but once we have information we'll post here in the forums and then those users that mentioned submitting a case will also receive information via their case as well. Thank you both for your patience with this particular issue and please let us know if there is anything else we can assist with.
This isn't like normal help desk support.
Joseph, you may want to revisit the first couple of posts in this discussion because there is at least one workaround that resolves the issue while we're waiting for a fix, and it works really well. See this comment:
Others have had success with converting animated GIFs to MPEG4 videos using various tools, so there’s a second possibility. We’d all love for this bug to be fixed, me included. But realizing that no software is ever perfect, workarounds are a de facto part of the elearning author's life. Best wishes.
Thanks, Bob, I did create my own workaround by using MP4s instead of GIF, but it kinda defeats the whole point of using alpha channel animated graphics to use MP4 because the alpha channel is lost.
Hi Joseph,
Just to clarify, we don't share dates or timelines in regards to bug fixes, new releases, features etc. in the forums or any other public venues, but it is something our team is keeping track of internally and once we have information to share it will be posted here and made available to all.
If you have any further questions, we're happy to assist and appreciate the feedback in regards to our bug process and how we communicate that in the forums.
...then try the workaround I previously suggested, which involves lengthening the display time of the last frame in your animated GIF, thereby making it easy to set its endpoint on the Storyline Timeline.
Bob, I appreciate you providing the workaround, but I have come up with my own workaround which is not elegant but is a patch that will last until they fix this issue...
Is this issue still on the table to be corrected? Thanks.
No it's not yet fixed.
