.gifMIME: image/gif
Sample GIF Files - Free Animated GIF Downloads
GIF is a bitmap image format that supports up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, allowing an individual image to use its own palette of up to 256 different colors, famous for simple looping animations.
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Animated Looping Graphic32 KB
Smooth looping animation with cycling color palettes.
sample-animation.gif
Format Specifications
File Extension.gif
MIME Content-Typeimage/gif
Developer / StandardCompuServe
Initial Release1987 (87a) / 1989 (89a)
Official StandardGIF89a
Common Testing Use Cases
- Testing animated image render loops
- Testing GIF-to-video and GIF-to-APNG converters
- Verifying image processing libraries that handle multi-frame bitmaps