Using gifs in motion

I have imported a few gifs into motion but when I place it and hit play there is no motion. How can I make the frames play from the gif to animate when i hit play? Thanks,
jefre

Motion doesn't support animated GIF files. Convert it to a video file (or image sequence) first. There should be online tools that can do it or maybe search the app store for one.

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1) Do I want to use Gifs? They do look better....
2) Are gifs copywrited?
3) Do they make it harder for web crawlers?
1) If you want transparency, use either GIF or PNG. PNG looks a little better because it supports more colors but the file size is bigger and alpha transparency is not supported in IE6 - but there are png scripts that will force it to work.
2) Some are. It all depends on where you got them.
3) No. Robots don't 'see' images.
4) What is a wrapper?
5) Why did i read the FAQ and many articles without finding an answer to my question.
4) Mostly a #wrapper division is a CSS container.
5) Try searching Google next time. For questions about images, look in Fireworks or Photoshop FAQs.
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Dear Sir,
I am using SCXI 1520 along with PXI 1011 & E Series DAQ (6025E) to measure the Load Value of a load cell. I am also using PXI 7352 Motion card to control the velocity of a Plunger. Now my requirement is to stop the movement of the Plunger depending on the value I read from the load cell. I am not able to achieve the stoping accuracy for high speeds (around 150mm/sec) in the software. Can it be possible with the use of Motion Control card and RTSI signals? If so, how can I do that? (I am not used any limit switches as the load value at which the Plunger should stop is user programmable and I am using DAQ card in Multiplexed mode because i am reading more number of analog inputs with only one DAQ card)
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iM vers.≤6 was a completely diff app than iM vers. ≥08
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… I guess I'll have to live without it for iMovie.
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