PHP GD Image - output animated GIF

Question

I have a animated GIF that I want as a watermark. How do I include an animated GIF? is this supported?

Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1994969/managing-animated-images-in-php?rq=1 — HBv6, Jun 14 '12 at 19:06
I have tried just loading the gif and then outputting it. My codes quite big (it's doing other stuff) - but I was looking if there was a simple example, or is this even possible? — Bushell Consultancy, Jun 14 '12 at 19:10
I have the animated GIF, i just want to merge it with a jpeg — Bushell Consultancy, Jun 14 '12 at 19:11
Do you want it to just overlay the jpg? Or actually be a watermark present when it's downloaded? — will, Jun 14 '12 at 20:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 14 '12 at 20:13

If you want It to be an actual watermark - present in the whole image when downloaded - then you'll have to convert the whole thing to a gif and overlay the background image (repeated every frame) with the watermark frames.

Do you have to have the animated watermark? Could you have a static watermark with the animated watermark positioned over the top of it?

At the end of the day, you can't animate a jpg, and having all your content saved as gifs is something I'd try and avoid

PHP GD Image - output animated GIF

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