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Sephiroth_IRA
Mar 31, 2010
Sorry if this goes somewhere else. I searched the forums for a GIMP or Software questions thread and couldn't find anything.

Anyway, whenever I open a animated gif in gimp it does this automatic optimization thing and removes the things that don't change in subsequent frames. This is great for reducing the file size but it makes editing the gif far more complicated. Is there anyway to disable this?

Thanks,

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Sephiroth_IRA
Mar 31, 2010
Gimp 2.8 in Windows.

I've noticed it does this with a handful of gifs but not every single one. :shrug: The first frame is always perfect but the subsequent frames are missing data. I'm assuming that GIMP is removing data that doesn't change because it still animates perfectly.

Examples:



Here's how one frame in the last one looks zoomed in.

Sephiroth_IRA fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Jun 6, 2015

Sephiroth_IRA
Mar 31, 2010

CaptainSarcastic posted:

I wonder if launching GIMP and then choosing "Open As Layers" to open the GIF might get around this behavior - it might be worth trying.

Yeah I tried that earlier and it didn't work. :sigh:

Sephiroth_IRA fucked around with this message at 22:18 on Jun 6, 2015

Sephiroth_IRA
Mar 31, 2010
:ughh: I just discovered the unoptimize button. That fixed it.

Thanks.

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