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Hi guys,

Anyone knows how to upload animated images on facebook? I have seen a few animations on FB but it seems we need to tweak it with codes. And it isn't just for fan pages but also for profile pages. For eg:

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Old 25-06-2010, 11:48 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Try changing the extension of a GIF file to JPG and then upload.
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Try changing the extension of a GIF file to JPG and then upload.
Comeon.. That won't work. More over images are converted to jpeg by facebook itself usually
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Comeon.. That won't work. More over images are converted to jpeg by facebook itself usually
Try what I am saying. Facebook won't bother converting it to JPG by seeing the .jpg extension and the browsers just "render" the image files ignoring the extension.

Have a look at this: http://www.gagandeep.in/anielg.jpg

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PS: I can't try this for you on Facebook.

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u may be right when i tried to save those pics they had extention ***.jpg.gif

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didnt work

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something is wierd... how do i save a gif image? if i do save pic as... the pic is still n not animated!
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Well, I'm not really on Facebook.

I just thought of the most valid explanation to what Windchimes asked.

I renamed that anielg.gif to anielg.jpg and uploaded onto my site. The picture is actually a GIF with the extension changed to JPG. Most modern browsers just render the images as they are. They don't see the extension, rather just the starting header bits of the image.

a JPEG/JPG image can't be animated.
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but de prob here is i m not able 2 save gif images!!!

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this is what i got...

What you have to do is upload a small animated gif (about 50 KB or less)as your profile photo (Facebook will flatten animated gifs which are to large, but do not detect the smaller ones). It will then be in your profile's album. Your icon itself will NOT be animated. However, you will see it as animated in your Facebook profile photos folder, and by going to that photo, & clicking on "share", it will appear on your wall as animated. - Deb Wong

tried it using*.jpg and *.jpg.gif... still not able to...

There is no "secret" to the method. Anything that doesn't need to be resized will animated, sub the thumbnails. Profile Thumbnails are always generated from the base image. If the base image is under 120x120 then the animation will remain intact through both the minimized and maximized views. Anything over that size will need to be resized to fit as a minimized gallery thumbnail, and will lose animation, however the full-size should remain animated.

tried 2 convert pic to 120 x 120 using PS... but it lost de animation... n i gave up
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I will never quote spam from now on.

Edit:- My apologies...didn't know..won't happen again..sry...
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Old 13-11-2011, 11:47 PM   #9 (permalink)
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facebook does not permitted you to upload gif animated picture ..
but it is possible now in facebook's notepad
with simple coding you can easily upload a gif images .
for eg : chk here https://www.facebook.com/33ROR?sk=notes
first u need to upload ur gif images on image hosting server.
then easily with html coding u can post in face book
like here check this


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What do you mean simple coding? Can you explain it step by step what i need to do to put a gif on my facebook? Thanks...
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You can upload a gif to WeGIF and if you like it or share it would play as a non ending video.
Example: https://www.facebook.com/sserrano44/...90690434358173

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AFAIK,you can't do that directly.There seems to be some apps that help you do that.Google to know more.
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ico's answer is right, but implemented in a different way. You can only achieve this by using the GRAPH API to post links with thumbnail images
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