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September 30

Animation speed

If I view https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_evolution.gif and then use "Open in Media Viewer", I see a long series of annotated and changing maps of the USA. They change about once every 1 or 2 seconds and is far too fast for me to read the annotation and find and grok the relevant part of the map.

Is there a way of slowing / single stepping the animation? (I'm on MS Windows 7, running MS Edge) -- SGBailey (talk) 22:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps, if you download the image file https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/United_States_evolution.gif, an image viewer such as Windows Photo Viewer will allow you to see individual images statically. --Lambiam 06:04, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@SGBailey: If you're familiar with Python, have a look at User:cmglee/Dynamic_SVG_for_Wikimedia_projects#GIF_animation_to_SVG_converter which converts GIF animations into interactive timelines like this one. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 16:58, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]