Gif support

thomthom

Ah, yeah. forgot about the animation it of gifs. that'd be nice as well.
however, I'm happy with static gif support as well. just so that I don't have to convert existing textures in gif format.

Gaieus

Hm... Little trick I learnt here: rename (just rename) the gif extension to png and try that way...

remus

im guessing that trick wouldnt work for gif animations gai?

Gaieus

No, no animated gifs this way.

thomthom

Interesting.

I've found that you don't even have to rename it. Since GIF and PNG file formats got different structures I got an idea;
When you have the file dialogue window open, type in * in the filename textbox and hit the Enter key. Then all files will be listed and you can select and open your gif files.

So it appears that GIF support already exists, it's just the file dialogue that lacks the listing for the file format.

Gaieus

Hm... Even more interesting...

thomthom

So maybe this should be in the bug list instead?

Gaieus

As I remember GIF is not "officially" supported for some copyright reasons.

thomthom

Gif used to be patented and had to be licensed. But the patent expired some years ago now and is free to use.

SpaceMan

But you can create animatation maker for SketchUp texture

remus

whats that spaceman? sounds interesting...

mpowell1234567890

@thomthom said:

Interesting.

I've found that you don't even have to rename it. Since GIF and PNG file formats got different structures I got an idea;
When you have the file dialogue window open, type in * in the filename textbox and hit the Enter key. Then all files will be listed and you can select and open your gif files.

So it appears that GIF support already exists, it's just the file dialogue that lacks the listing for the file format.

How do I do it? I tried but see no animation..
Am I doing it right? * filename.gif

thomthom

@mpowell1234567890 said:

@thomthom said:

Interesting.

I've found that you don't even have to rename it. Since GIF and PNG file formats got different structures I got an idea;
When you have the file dialogue window open, type in * in the filename textbox and hit the Enter key. Then all files will be listed and you can select and open your gif files.

So it appears that GIF support already exists, it's just the file dialogue that lacks the listing for the file format.

How do I do it? I tried but see no animation..
Am I doing it right? * filename.gif

It only support static GIF images. No Animation. So it's actually a partial support of the GIF format.

mpowell1234567890

Can they add this feature to Sketchup 7 as a wishlist?

@thomthom said:

@mpowell1234567890 said:

@thomthom said:

Interesting.

I've found that you don't even have to rename it. Since GIF and PNG file formats got different structures I got an idea;
When you have the file dialogue window open, type in * in the filename textbox and hit the Enter key. Then all files will be listed and you can select and open your gif files.

So it appears that GIF support already exists, it's just the file dialogue that lacks the listing for the file format.

How do I do it? I tried but see no animation..
Am I doing it right? * filename.gif

It only support static GIF images. No Animation. So it's actually a partial support of the GIF format.