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How to use animated GIFs in your signature template

  1. Exclaimer Knowledge Base
  2. Signature Design
  3. Signature Design
Ari Flavell
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Scenario 

You are using Exclaimer and have created a signature template. You would like to include an animated GIF image in your template.

Resolution 

CAUTION!
Some email clients do not support animated GIFs, including Outlook 2013 & 2016. This may result in display issues with your GIF, such as only displaying the first frame of the animation.

To add a GIF to your signature:

  1. Open your signature in the Signature Designer. 

  2. Add an Image/Logo element from the toolbox by dragging it onto the canvas.


    Drag and drop the element to where you would like your image to be.

    This opens the Image/Logo window.


    The Image/Logo window.

  3. An image or logo can be embedded directly into the signature, or hosted externally via a web link. For more information, read about the differences between embedded images vs. linked images in email signatures.

    • To add a linked image, select the Linked Image URL radio button then enter the image URL. 

    • To add an embedded image, select the Embedded Image Upload radio button, then select UPLOAD IMAGE to choose an image.
    NOTES: Images must meet the following criteria:
    - Minimum dimensions: 4 x 4px
    - Maximum dimensions: 1024 x 1024px
    - Maximum size: 150 KB
    - File extensions: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp
    For more information on resizing an image to meet pixel requirements, see our image resizing guide. For more information on image restrictions, see Image file requirements.
  4. Select OK to add your GIF to your signature.