# GIF animations cannot be pasted in

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-animations-cannot-be-pasted-in/28179>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Maio 1, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-animations-cannot-be-pasted-in/28179 "2015-05-01T03:02:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)\
**Post date:** [Maio 1, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gif-animations-cannot-be-pasted-in/28179/6 "2015-05-01T10:44:51Z")

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I don’t think Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V works for GIFs. Browser’s aren’t capable of copying an animation through the clipboard. Whatever frame was visible when you copied the image gets sent to the clipboard and when you paste it in Discourse, that gets uploaded as a PNG.

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