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February 29, 2024
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GIFs keep getting messed up when I try to put them in Premiere Pro

  • February 29, 2024
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There's a video that I'm wanting to make that utilizes GIFs, but every time I import a GIF into the video sequence, it keeps screwing up somehow. The GIFs I'm using have just 3 frames to them, so they're consequentially only about 1 second in duration, and they also have a small resolution. However, when I try to play them in the sequence, it keeps only showing the first 2 frames, the 1st frame dragging for longer than it should, and the framerate of the GIF seems to just be slower in general. There are other GIFs in this sequence that have 5 or 6 frames, and I can tell that they get a little messed up as well, but it's still relatively manageable. The GIFs with the 3 frames, however, turn out much worse, and I don't know how to fix it.

 

I originally tried this in Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 with no success, and then I tried using Adobe Premiere Pro 2024 and the issue still persisted. The GIF files on my computer play completely normally when I open them in a photo-viewer, but when I import them into Premiere Pro, the framerate just gets really terrible and it doesn't show all the frames, always lagging for much longer than it should on the 1st frame. It's weird because it didn't always used to do this; Premiere Pro used to play GIFs completely fine, at their proper framerate and without lingering on the first frame. But now, I'm having this issue, and I don't know why.

 

Does anybody know what I can do to fix this? I tried looking online for answers and nobody was having this same problem, so I had to ask it myself here. If you know what I can do to make GIFs play normally in Adobe Premiere Pro, then please do inform me on what I need to do. I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Thanks,

Roman

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Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 29, 2024

Make a freeze-frame (export frame) of each GIF frame and use that instead.

Participating Frequently
February 29, 2024

As I said, the GIF is 3 frames long and keeps being shortened down to 2 frames. I can't export each GIF frame if Premiere Pro is refusing to show all of them.

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 1, 2024

That'll only be a temporary solution. I'm looking for a permanent solution - one that hopefully doesn't require me to use other softwares. This issue with GIFs in Premiere Pro didn't used to happen, and now, one day, they did. It's gotta be something that's fixable within Premiere Pro itself.


Delete the Media Cache and Media Cache files:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-clear-your-media-cache-in-30-seconds-in-premiere-pro-2020/m-p/11017257/thread-id/260446?page=1

If that doesn't work, try resetting the preferences:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-reset-trash-preferences-in-premiere-pro/td-p/8236158?page=1

If that doesn't work, try resetting the Workspaces:
Reset a workspace
Reset the current workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.
1. Do one of the following:
• Click the Workspace menu icon and select Reset to Saved Layout.
• Choose Window > Workspace > Reset to Saved Layout.
from here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/workspaces.html

If that doesn't work, try Preferences > Audio Hardware and set Input to None.

If NVIDIA graphics, make sure to use a Studio Driver from NVIDIA (NOT the Game Driver), but not the latest version - it has issues with Premiere Pro

If that doesn't work, try creating a new project and import the old one into it.