Photoshop no longer loads all frames of GIFs

[Bozhidara35166578rq3n]

Hello! I have noticed that Photoshop can no longer open GIFs properly.

I use version 26.2 and half of the GIFs I make (from videos, using that very same Photoshop) can't be opened once saved for web without losing most of their frames. The number of frames stays the same as in the original GIF, but e.g. after frame 40 (of 250), the rest are basically the same single frame repeated 210 times. I use Win 11.

Could you have a look?

[mglush]

Hi! 

We are glad to help! First, there was no link or nothing attached to look at. And second, are you keeping your original file that you used to create the gif? I think what you are running into is the compression that happens when you export the file into gif format. If you have the original, why do you need to open the exported compressed file?

Let us know?

Michelle

[Bozhidara35166578rq3n]

Hi! Thanks for the quick response!

I usually don't keep the original files, I simply export my file as GIF and close it. The GIF itself is nicely animated, it has all its frames, but once I open it in Photoshop, 80% of them get lost. It doesn't happen with all GIFs I make. But this is an example of a GIF which can't be edited in Photoshop again, because the animation stops at frame 41 upon opening it, even though the GIF itself has 228 frames:

Is opening and editing GIFs no longer supported? I haven't had such issues in all my years using Photoshop before, and the issue seems to occur randomly, as many of my GIFs open in Photoshop just fine despite having 150+ frames.

Greetings

[mglush]

Someone else will have to speak to why you are experiencing the changes in the new version of Photoshop. I am not sure if the new version is compressing your file differently than from before. But I would like to make one suggestion, and that is always save your original Photoshop file. Just like editing a photo with layers and then saving it out to a jpg, you don't delete your original in case you ever want to make changes, I think the same rule of thumb applies.

Michelle