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Those work, but they were being relegated strictly to the gallery. I was asking here about whether they should be posted in the main article body. Also, I expect they would look better in a longer transcript. Epilogue and Prologue are both very short, thus two gifs nearby looks messy. Just one in a huge wall of text, though, might go a long way, especially in very visual parts like the Didact suiting up. I guess our policy should be something that can only be described clumsily in words, and a picture alone doesn't suffice. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 01:48, 18 December 2012 (EST) | Those work, but they were being relegated strictly to the gallery. I was asking here about whether they should be posted in the main article body. Also, I expect they would look better in a longer transcript. Epilogue and Prologue are both very short, thus two gifs nearby looks messy. Just one in a huge wall of text, though, might go a long way, especially in very visual parts like the Didact suiting up. I guess our policy should be something that can only be described clumsily in words, and a picture alone doesn't suffice. [[User:Tuckerscreator|<span style="color:#6600cc;">'''''Tuckerscreator'''''</span>]]<sup>([[User talk:Tuckerscreator|<font color="#008000">stalk</font>]])</sup> 01:48, 18 December 2012 (EST) | ||
[[File:Halo 4 gametypes.png|right|thumb|PNG > GIF! <small>Works on Firefox and Opera</small>]] | |||
:I don't think it would look any better even in a long transcript. Static images or a transitioning image (like the one on the right) works way better than a GIF. You don't get that abrupt stop at the end of the loop unless you're using GIF. That and the fact that GIFs does not have dynamic colours (limited to 256). If this is about presentation, GIF is definitely the worst form to present an animated picture.— <span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span> 02:08, 18 December 2012 (EST) | |||