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      remus
      last edited by

      yeah, gif spport would be cool, would make applying short animations (billboard adverts etc) to surfaces really quick and easy.

      http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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      • thomthomT Offline
        thomthom
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        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.

        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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

          Gai...

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            remus
            last edited by

            im guessing that trick wouldnt work for gif animations gai?

            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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              Gaieus
              last edited by

              No, no animated gifs this way.

              Gai...

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                thomthom
                last edited by

                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.

                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                  Gaieus
                  last edited by

                  Hm... Even more interesting...

                  Gai...

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                    thomthom
                    last edited by

                    So maybe this should be in the bug list instead?

                    Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                    List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

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

                      Gai...

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                      • thomthomT Offline
                        thomthom
                        last edited by

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

                        Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                        List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                          SpaceMan
                          last edited by

                          But you can create animatation maker for SketchUp texture

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                            remus
                            last edited by

                            whats that spaceman? sounds interesting...

                            http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                              mpowell1234567890
                              last edited by

                              @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

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                                thomthom
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                                @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.

                                Thomas Thomassen β€” SketchUp Monkey & Coding addict
                                List of my plugins and link to the CookieWare fund

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                                  mpowell1234567890
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                                  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.

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