---
title: "Animated GIFs"
slug: "animated-gifs"
abstract: "Overview of animated GIFs and how to view, preview, or add annotations to them."
---
# Animated GIFs

Animated GIFs are images encoded in a graphics interchange format (GIF). A GIF contains many frames sequenced in a single file. Sitecore Content Hub ingests and lets you visualize animated GIFs. You can view an animated preview of GIFs directly on the **Assets** page, or from a particular GIF asset details page.

To view a preview of a GIF asset on the **Assets** page, hover your mouse over the asset thumbnail.

To view the animated preview of a GIF:

1. On the menu bar, click **Assets**.
2. On the **Assets** page, click the GIF asset you want.
3. On the asset details page, click :mdiFileGifBox: on the preview image. Clicking again stops the preview and returns the GIF to the first frame. The :mdiFileGifBox: icon reappears.

To view a GIF asset in fullscreen mode, in the bottom-right corner of the preview, click **Fullscreen** :mdiFullscreen:.

If you specified a loop count, the GIF plays that number of times before stopping and returning to the first frame; otherwise, it loops forever.

> [!note]
> When converting a GIF to another GIF, the background color cannot be applied.

## GIF annotations and renditions

You can add [annotations](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/annotate.html "Annotate") to GIFs, but only the first frame of the GIF is displayed.

There are four different renditions available for GIF assets. One is the [default rendition](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/default-renditions.html "Default renditions"), which generates static images. The other three are animated renditions, as shown in the following table:

| Rendition | Description |
| --- | --- |
| *Animated preview* | An animated preview version of the GIF |
| *Animated thumbnail* | An animated thumbnail of the GIF |
| *Medium animated* | A medium animated version of the GIF |