GIF image in Second Life

[milandg]

how to load a GIF image in Second Life ?

[Freya Mokusei]

Can't.

[Source]

[milandg]

but selling animated wallpaper stores , I saw !

[Freya Mokusei]

They're not in GIF format. Animation is not the same as GIF.

Animated textures are made using compatible textures and a script function (within the object) that animates that texture through a short series of frames.

 

[Ohjiro Watanabe]

You can convert a GIF into a SL animated texture. Here is one way: http://www.outworldz.com/Secondlife/Posts/Gif/Create-Gif-in-Second-Life.htm

 

[Suki Hirano]

You can create "gif-like" animated textures in SL.

You can't create quality animated textures in SL, because the max size of textures is 1024x1024, and you need to split one texture into the # of frames you want the animation to be. So if you want a "gif" with 24 animations, your actual texture will be like... ~170x256.