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Ruki-san
Ruki-san
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September 3, 2012
Question

GIFs not working

  • September 3, 2012
  • 8 replies
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so I made a gif. and it just won't move. it works fine when I open it but once I show the layers (other than the first layer), it stops moving and I can't get it to move again. it doesn't move in photoshop, nor when I save it as a gif. I need to show the layers to be able to auto tone though.. any help is appreciated because I've been stuck on this for a week.

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      Luana5EAD
      Participant
      February 21, 2022

      Double click on GIFs inteligent object thumb > Select all layers and Create a new inteligent object < Drag it to the previous page you were working on. It worked for me

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      felipel42727988
      Participant
      May 10, 2022

      Hi Guys, almost mid of 2022 and I'm having the same problem. The thing is I do pixel art, and I needed to import some GIFs in photoshop, but they didn't run and I needed to ask a friend to run it in their PS, and send it back to me as PSD. Lot of trouble right? To fix that I tried to import it in another software (I used aseprite) and it did run perfectly, meaning it's a photoshop issue, not a user issue. I exported it from Aseprite, renamed the file and imported back into Photoshop, only after that it did run (I don't know why, but it worked). 

      So what might fix it is try using other softwares for importing and exporting GIFs. But Adobe is really doing a bad job at solving this.

      Kaijukilluh2099
      Kaijukilluh2099
      Known Participant
      December 27, 2024

      If it makes you feel better you could be here in 2024 with me and still have the same problem. Im not sure why this is so hard in PS or why no one cares. Classic.

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      Creative�
      Participant
      November 24, 2021

      I'm not sure why but I was having the same problem. Plays fine in PS and at the save for web menu. But after exporting the Gif wounldn't play. Now I've made animations before but this one wouldn't work. 

      Then I exported again and the only thing different was I hit the play button just above the the "D" in DONE at the bottom of export menu (see image). Not sure if that's what did it but when I exported after that it worked wonderfully in a browser and my finder menu as well.

       

      Good Luck

       

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      noidontwanttojoin
      Participant
      October 8, 2021

      Same problem in 2021. I suspect it might be more prone to happening with large GIFs that have a lot of frames. Stephen's tutorial is fine but it's just a manual solution, it doesn't fix PS behavior. There's no way [removed by moderator] I'm doing that for 400+ frames, better just convert to MP4 and import that.

       

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      Orconvi
      Participant
      February 19, 2021

      I have the same problem.

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      stephena65379951
      Participant
      October 15, 2018

      I made a tutorial that solves your problem: https://youtu.be/Szz_Y5-hp54

      Hope this helps.

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        stephena65379951
        Participant
        September 29, 2018

        In case "manually adjust the length each image stays on the screen for" was vague I've included an "After" pic of the same file as posted previously, as well as the outcome.

        And here's the gif, although I don't know if it will play in the forum, it works in my browser. Cheers!

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        stephena65379951
        Participant
        September 29, 2018

        I've been having the same problem. I opened the timeline, and I found that photoshop on defaults to making gifs where each image plays for the entire length, resulting in a gif that "plays" but only shows the bottom image. (See attached photo.) The only real solution kinda sucks, but you have to manually adjust the length each image stays on the screen for. This really SHOULD be considered a bug, and the fact that it hasn't been fixed is making me reconsider my subscription. Also, Noel, this is NOT a user error. You shouldn't be BSing around accusing people of corrupting files just because you can't admit you don't have a clue what you're talking about, "Photoshop Expert."

        Hopefully this solves your problem, Ruki.

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          Clever_help5C41
          Participant
          July 21, 2021

          Noel is a literal idiot. 

          Noel Carboni
          Noel Carboni
          Legend
          September 3, 2012

          You must use File - Save for Web to save an animated GIF.

          Use the Timeline Panel to edit the animation.

          -Noel

          Ruki-san
          Ruki-sanAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          September 3, 2012

          I know. that's not the problem.

          it will get stuck on whatever layer I show. when I unshow all the layers the auto tone will be gone from all the layers and sometimes the entire gif (except for the first frame) will disappear.

          Noel Carboni
          Noel Carboni
          Legend
          September 3, 2012

          Check which layers are visible in each frame (i.e., click first on the frame, then examine the layer visibility for that frame).

          What may be confusing you is that some operations you do on the image could cause a new layer to be created or one of the higher layers to be made visible for multiple frames.

          -Noel

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