Using a GIF on Facebook
By Carmela
@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
United States
May 15, 2016 9:12pm CST
I found a photo in an album on my photobucket page and it is a GIF and moves. I believe I have seen moving pictures on Facebook, but when I downloaded it and then uploaded it, it didn't move and my son said there is a way to make it move, but he didn't know how.
Does anyone know how to post a GIF on Facebook so it will move?
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8 responses
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
16 May 16
I used animated gifs in bubblews and it worked fine and it moved. I also used it in FB. Just copy the URL and paste it.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
16 May 16
I uploaded a screenshot of links I see on my photobucket. It is the "Direct" one or the "HTML" that I copy and paste?
And I wonder if my friend uploaded my picture to do the same thing because she had me send the picture to her e-mail and she posted it on her page and it moved. However, when she posted it on my timeline, it did not and so I was confused.
@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
17 May 16
@Macarrosel That is the simple "saving an imagine" onto the desktop, I have been doing that for years. However, I found out what possibly was the problem; my connection is slow and so when I post a GIF, the screen blank, like the screenshot I posted in Joy's thread. When I leave the page up, within 5-10 minutes, the image appears.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
16 May 16
@MGjhaud Or just copy the HTML they provide. I am going to try that now.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
17 May 16
@Carmelanirel2
I have never had occasion to do so but might sometime in the future.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
17 May 16
It's easy, just copy the address and paste. Yet, if you have a slow connection or computer, the image may not show up right away, sometimes taking up to 10 minutes.
@shaggin (74987)
• United States
2 Jun 16
@Carmelanirel2 very cool you figured it out then!
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
2 Jun 16
@shaggin Anyone can use this site, I used to use it all the time many years ago, but forgot about it.
@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
2 Jun 16
A friend of mine uses lunapic to create pictures and then shares them on facebook from there. I tried it and it works!!!!
@changjiangzhibin89 (17242)
• China
16 May 16
A moving picture ? I haven't seen it apart from the desk top background.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
16 May 16
Yeah, this is on Facebook. I remember on MySpace I could add all kinds of moving pictures, but it was only recently I started seeing it on Facebook and I wonder how it was done.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
16 May 16
I am hoping @Macarrosel can help, so keep you eye on her thread here.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
16 May 16
Until this very day I just don't know how they do it, must be a software.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
16 May 16
Hi Letran, it's good to see you. According to @Macarrosel she shares the URL, which I think it the HTML. I posted a screenshot in her thread and hope she can answer both my questions, how to do it and why it didnt' work on my timeline when my friend shared it, though it was working on her timeline.
