GIF's - Animation - Problem

[Bonjovicrzy]

 I have some signature tags on my site and I have mostly jpeg but the Gifs ... is animated with sparkle / noise ... some  tags are working and some is not is there a reason and can it be fixed where all it working  ...  this is my 2nd day for me working on my board so  I am very  green .. need easy directions please ... thanks .. so much ... Bev

[Joachim Müller]

there's only partial support for animated gifs by the image libraries coppermine uses. Not directly related to coppermine, but the image libraries used (GD and ImageMagick).

[kegobeer]

Until PHP releases a version that has support for animated gifs (new functions for animated gifs), there really isn't much we can do about this issue.

[Bonjovicrzy]

thank you GauGau & Kegobeer for the help and info ... my I ask do you know if there is talk  if PHP  is coming out with a veision for animation soon ?  there is alot of Paint Shop groups moving off MSN groups and getting forums and websites just for their groups and we work with animation ... thank you .. Bev

[kegobeer]

Check out the PHP site.

http://us3.php.net/imagegif

[Joachim Müller]

Actually, GD comes as a third-party app from Boutell, the PHP devs "only" coded in some functions to use the library. Considering the fact that GIFs are obsolete (mainly because of the 256-colors limitation) and that they have gone through painful experiences with the Unisys patents issues in the past, I strongly doubt that they will develop GIF support much further, but who knows...