Bug 153915 - Save to PDF fails to preserve animation in an inserted gif
Summary: Save to PDF fails to preserve animation in an inserted gif
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Impress (show other bugs)
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(earliest affected)
7.2.7.2 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
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Reported: 2023-03-02 05:54 UTC by DrM
Modified: 2023-03-02 06:27 UTC (History)
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Description DrM 2023-03-02 05:54:36 UTC 
Description:
After creating a presentation with several gif animations, the slide show is exported to pdf.  In the pdf file, the gif images show only the first slide and do not animate,

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Create an impress document
2.  Insert an animated gif
3.  Export to pdf
4.  View the pdf, there is no animation

Actual Results:
No animation

Expected Results:
animation


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

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Comment 1 Mike Kaganski 2023-03-02 06:27:57 UTC 
As explained in https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/inserted-gif-animation-works-but-not-when-saved-as-pdf/34683/3 :

PDF does not support animated GIFs.