Question by kakovera · Aug 21, 2013 at 10:29 PM · gif

is it possible to generate an animated gif on the run ?

we are planning an advergame or social app for a client, in a part of the experience the user should be able to download an animated gif of an action made during the game, it is for a campaign, thanks in advance kako

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robertbu · Aug 21, 2013 at 10:32 PM 0

Unity does not play gifs. You can emulate a gif by playing a sequence of images. Or you can put the images in a sprite sheet and play them:

http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Animating_Tiled_texture_-_Extended

And you can create, modify, or download textures at runtime.

kakovera robertbu · Aug 21, 2013 at 10:37 PM 0

i know unity does not handle gifs, maybe i didnt write correctly, we need the application generates a gif on the run, by example, it is a game, you build an avatar, then the avatar dances, and the user would be able to donwload and share that dancing animation of his avatar in gif format so he can share it thru facebook or send it thru email thanks k

robertbu · Aug 21, 2013 at 10:59 PM 0

Since I missed the point of your question, I've converted my answer to a comment. Yes it is possible since the GIF file format is public and Unity gives you access to texture data, but I've never seen any code or plugins to help with this process.