How does a gif know to loop, and (possibly redundant follow-up) can you tell it to only loop a section?

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How does a gif know to loop, and (possibly redundant follow-up) can you tell it to only loop a section?

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A gif is just a series of images. If there is sound with it, it’s a video.

By itself, a gif doesn’t know to loop. It just display each image at the speed that it’s supposed to. Other programs (like your browser) can tell it to go back to the 1st image every time it reaches the last.

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