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CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



What version of GIMP are you using? I just launched v2.8 here and opened a GIF, and it didn't do anything to the image. I did launch it under Linux, but in my experience it behaves the same under Windows.

How big a file is the GIF you opened? It isn't something ridiculously huge, is it?

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CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



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.

CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



A quick search points to GIMP's differencing engine selecting the pixels which can be dropped, and I don't see an obvious toggle for this setting in the preferences. I'm not sure if using another application to open the image and change the color profile would make any difference, but might give it a shot. If the ones that keep the full background have one color profile and the problem ones another then that might be a jumping off point.

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