animated GIFs into animated SVG

#1 · January 20, 2023, 2:45 pm

Is there a way to convert animated GIFs into animated SVG?

So far, I only found converters for still GIF images, not for animations.

Thanks

#2 · January 20, 2023, 5:49 pm

@fkapnist I don't think so. As far as I know SVG's doesn't provide frame by frame animation as GIF format does.
Regards.

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#3 · January 21, 2023, 1:34 pm

Quote from luishp on January 20, 2023, 5:49 pm

@fkapnist I don't think so. As far as I know SVG's doesn't provide frame by frame animation as GIF format does.
Regards.

So SVG uses text scripts to animate, not binary frames?

But I can convert animated GIFs to Base64.

Thanks.

#4 · January 22, 2023, 12:05 pm

So SVG uses text scripts to animate, not binary frames?

@fkapnist Yes, that's it. SVG files are a kind of XML files. Mostly for vector images. However they can embed raster images in Base64 format too.
It's a very interesting format as SVG images can be programaticaly modified (neoSVG plugin allows that). Please take a look here for a quick introduction to SVG:

https://www.w3schools.com/graphics/svg_intro.asp

Regards.

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