.gif animations

im having some trouble saving .gif animations every time i go to save one it saves them as .bmp images and i cant change it does any one else have this problem? or has anyone had this problem? if so please can you give me some help!

 

Saving from where?

 

i right click the .gif animation on the internet and it brings up a dialogue box asking where i would like to save the animation but will only save one picture and not the whole animation

 

Ok, when you get the dialog box asking where you want to save it, you'll see that at the bottom of the box (below where it says " File name: ") there's an option that says " Save as type ". Just expand it and choose the " GIF(*.gif) " extension. Hit " Save " and you should be good to go.

Now, remember that in order to see the animation you need to open that pic with a browser (IE, Firefox, etc).

 

ive tried that and it the drop down that says save as type it only has the option of *.bmp there isnt any other type that i can save it as so i dont know what else to do? any other ideas

 

do the gifs actually play?

i once had a problem where no gif played on my pc, just would be 1 image.

in the end, after scanning for malware etcetc, i reinstalled xp as i felt like it, system acting really buggy, and that cured it.

 

no it only just saves one picture its sounds as though i have what you had

 

yes, but do the gifs actually play when you are looking at them like on a website, for example?

if they arent moving at all, then u had what i had, is my explanation

 

on the website its moving but when i save it, it only saves on picture

 

That's very odd, all I get is a .gif option, try it with another gif, like Snipers little smilie for example.

 

i try abd get them from http://www.gifanimations.com/index.jsp but it never works not even on snipers smiley.

 

why not take some screen dumps of how you are saveing them onto your pc?
like this