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#1 2009-06-07 09:59:35

The-Whiz
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.GIF Files not working

I made an animation on my computer with 489 frames and when I tried to upload it to Scratch(the application) The .gif file I had saved it as showed up as a blank icon. When I clicked upload it, nothing happened. Please tell me why this is happening. By the way, I know it's not the size; I couldn't upload a .gif file I made with only 24 frames into Scratch. The only way I can seem to get it on Scratch is to upload individual frames one by one. I am REALLY not anxious to do that 489 times.

I am using a Mac running OS 10.5.6. Here is what it looks like:

How do you upload a screenshot to here?

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#2 2009-06-07 12:07:54

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Please answer!

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#3 2009-06-07 13:10:54

Paddle2See
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Re: .GIF Files not working

I haven't done a whole lot with animated GIF's but the one or two I worked with worked okay...I just dragged them from my desktop and dropped them on an open Scratch project and they were automatically separated into costumes. 


You can also do the drag and drop approach with individual images...select a whole group of them and drop them on an open Scratch project.  It really speeds up the importation project.


http://i39.tinypic.com/2nav6o7.gif

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#4 2009-06-07 13:12:45

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Re: .GIF Files not working

Oh OK! I did it one way before that seemed to work, just not with this one. I didn't know about the other ways. Thank You!

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#5 2009-06-07 13:18:09

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Nope. Can't get that to work either.

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#6 2009-06-07 13:19:11

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Re: .GIF Files not working

Where do you drop them ?

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#7 2009-06-07 14:33:00

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Re: .GIF Files not working

erm... Press import on a sprite that ALREADY EXISTS


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#8 2009-06-07 14:59:44

Paddle2See
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Re: .GIF Files not working

The-Whiz wrote:

Where do you drop them ?

Drop them on an existing sprite...or on the costumes area of an existing sprite.  Or drop them on the backgrounds area of the stage.


http://i39.tinypic.com/2nav6o7.gif

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#9 2009-06-07 15:32:31

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Tried That

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#10 2009-06-07 15:36:57

Tag4eva
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Maybe the file of the GIF is to big.

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#11 2009-06-07 16:15:54

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Yeah, that could be...but this also happened with a 24-costume animated .gif.

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#12 2009-06-07 16:18:53

Tag4eva
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Re: .GIF Files not working

The-Whiz wrote:

Yeah, that could be...but this also happened with a 24-costume animated .gif.

Are you using Scratch 1.3.1 or the preliminary version of Scratch 1.4?

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#13 2009-06-07 16:25:41

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Scratch 1.3.1

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#14 2009-06-07 16:27:30

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

I don't want to download 1.4 yet because it might mess up some of the projects I have in development.

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#15 2009-06-07 16:52:24

mkolpnji
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Some GIFs just aren't compatible with Scratch, there's nothing you can do...
Sorry  sad


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#16 2009-06-07 17:11:27

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Oh... It has 796 costumes! I HAVE TO UPLOAD EVERY ONE BY HAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#17 2009-06-27 11:10:55

GEEKORAMA
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Ouch.  Sorry.

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#18 2009-06-27 13:10:34

The-Whiz
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Re: .GIF Files not working

Yeah... Kind of a problem, isn't it?

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