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Work with GIFs

Import animated GIFs, APNG, animated WebP, or animated AVIF files when you need frame playback on the board. The same media controls apply to each format.

When a GIF is selected, the control bar shows:

ActionDescription
Play/PauseStart or stop playback
Step BackwardGo to the previous frame
Step ForwardGo to the next frame
SpeedCycle through speeds: 0.25x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x
LoopToggle looping on or off

GIF selected with the filmstrip open below, showing scrollable frame thumbnails with the current frame highlighted.

Open the filmstrip to see all frames as scrollable thumbnails. Tap a frame to jump to it. Long-press and drag a frame to extract it as a new image on the board.

Export the current frame as a still image using the Export Frame action.

When multiple GIFs are selected, batch controls appear: play/pause all, step all forward/backward, loop all.

GIFs support onion skin overlay for comparing frames. See Onion Skin.

Freeze any frame for analysis with the ToolBox. See ToolBox Overview.