Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

80 TECH ADVISOR • JULY 2020

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Reddit/r/GIFs is a

great source for GIFs

BecausetheanimatedGIFis thenewthird

languagebehindEmojis,itcaneasilycommunicate

yourthoughtoftheday.UnfortunatelyZoomdoesn’t

supportanimatedGIFsandletsyouaddonlystatic

PNG,JPGandBMPfilestousewithitsvirtualclipping

background.Butthereisaworkaround,sokeep

readingtofindout.

Why use an animatedGIF?

Togetstarted,you’llwantananimatedGIFofchoice.

TheGraphicsInterchangeFormatdatesbacktothe

1980sandCompuServe.Itcanfunctionasastillimage

orasashort-lengthanimatedsequence.