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| Thread ID: 23955 | 2002-08-30 09:52:00 | Sending animated grahics on Eudora | Randolph (1551) | Press F1 |
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| 75091 | 2002-08-30 09:52:00 | I feel my query may be a bit frivolous after reading some of the "more serious" problems but I really hope someone can help! I have the sponsored version 4.3 of Eudora. Recently someone sent me an email with an animated graphic which popped up immediately in the body of the email. I have tried to send a similar graphic by clicking "insert object" then "picture" but the message comes up "cannot open file" (a G I F image file in this instance) . There is no problem sending the file as an attachment, but I want the image to spring up in the actual email. I have been all through the Eudora Knowledge base, but cannot find any answers. Any suggestions most welcome. |
Randolph (1551) | ||
| 75092 | 2002-08-30 10:33:00 | first thing would be to upgrade to 5.1.1. you can insert jpg ok but not sure if gif's will work. save bandwidth and stick to text. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 75093 | 2002-08-30 10:37:00 | Its not just a "graphic", its a file containing several graphic images that are sequenced by a code script . If you can code in HTML etc you could try, but you cant just paste an image and have it somehow "animate" |
godfather (25) | ||
| 75094 | 2002-08-30 12:23:00 | Yes you can, with Mac Netscape messenger. Just drag the saved image into the new mail message body and it animates. Send the message and it opens animated. Can't Win people do things like this? :-) |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 75095 | 2002-08-30 12:34:00 | lol all i'll say is netscape.......ewwwwwww! who needs graphics in email pages anyway? |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 75096 | 2002-08-30 12:47:00 | Randolph obviously does for one. Don't knock it just because you can't do it. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 75097 | 2002-08-31 00:23:00 | Provided your email client supports HTML it should work fine. Check your settings and make sure you're creating new mail in HTML format, not plain text. |
antmannz (28) | ||
| 75098 | 2002-08-31 08:21:00 | Godfather, Its not just a "graphic", its a file containing several graphic images that are sequenced by a code script . Don't you think that an animated . GIF is far more likely? As antmannz says, if HTML formatting is enabled then the . GIF could be inserted into the body of the message . For myself, I send ONLY in text and anything I receive in . HTML is shunted out of my mailbox into a "hey, check this before opening" folder . <sticks neck out> HTML has no place in email . (Yes, I'm a boring old f ellow . ) </pulls neck back, runs, hides> Cheers, Alan |
Alan Carpenter (540) | ||
| 75099 | 2002-08-31 08:29:00 | I agree re HTML, and many businesses strip it to text nowdays. BTW I was trying to explain that an animated GIF isnt just a normal pic, its a series of pics sequenced by code... And for some reason Eudora doesnt seem to accept the animated GIF pasted in (I had tried). It plays them if you have it enabled though. Probably good design that it doesnt?? If I see another thing running across the screen in an email.......AAaaarrrgggghh |
godfather (25) | ||
| 75100 | 2002-08-31 08:43:00 | Godfather, > And for some reason Eudora doesnt seem to accept the > animated GIF pasted in (I had tried). It plays them > if you have it enabled though. I didn't know that. (I've never used Eudora.) Most of the Mail clients I've tried have (when HTML enabled) have a (Insert/File/browse) sequence to use instead of copy/paste, though I tend to drag/drop in preference to copy/paste or browse/insert in most applications. Cheers, Alan |
Alan Carpenter (540) | ||
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