GIF animation as the project image
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    GIF animation as the project image

    by jayqeuaun » Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:18 am

    Hi,

    My project is live on Kickstarter and doing well. Right now my biggest question is how to use a GIF animation as the main project image, so that it shows up both in Kickstarter project search listing as well as play on the campain page, ahead of the video.

    I tried adding a GIF animation to a dummy project that I created and in the project preview, the animation was just a static image.

    Any help please?

    Thanks in advance.

    BTW, the project is: http://kfe.fnd.to/usb93


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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by Rimboldin » Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:15 pm

    Have the same problem.
    Still can`t get a good quality or have only a stattic picture. Any tips, please?
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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by hyperstarter » Sat Sep 15, 2018 7:39 pm

    Try compressing the gif and matching the size of the gif to the dimensions. Also try to limit the number of frames (say 10).
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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by terrex » Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:02 am

    Have you figured out how to do it? I tried 16:9 ratio, 1024x576 pixels, less than 10 frames, compressed to 1.7MB, and it still shows as static.
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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by Jumperound » Sun Sep 23, 2018 2:46 pm

    Got the same problem :cry: Any thoughts?
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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by Drazan » Sat Dec 05, 2020 3:03 pm

    As for me, you just need to change the image resolution. Recently, I have had the same dilemma. But I wasn't trying to download GIF animation, I just wanted to download a PNG image. And I was surprised when I saw that the site has misrepresented the photo. Then I tried to find a solution to my problem on the internet. And I have found a very reliable https://imglarger.com/enhancer resource. I just changed the image resolution and enhanced it a bit, that's all. After this manipulation, I calmly downloaded the photo and everything went well. Do you know any other similar resources you can recommend?
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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by maddorax » Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:50 am

    Huge congrats on the success of your Kickstarter project! That's awesome news.
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    Re: GIF animation as the project image

    by raymodart » Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:30 pm

    When I was setting up my own Kickstarter campaign, I ran into the same issue. I uploaded a GIF animation, but on the project preview, it showed up as just a static image. Talk about a letdown, right? After some trial and error, I discovered a workaround. Instead of linking to the GIF, try uploading it directly to your project page. Sometimes, platforms like Kickstarter can be a bit finicky with external links, so keeping everything in-house might do the trick. Oh, and here's a handy tip I picked up along the way – did you know you can actually compress JPEG files to save space without compromising quality? It's a game-changer for optimizing your project images and keeping things running smoothly.

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