Gifs as a medium have far outgrown the limitations of gifs as a file format. Ever since I made my first one, I’ve long wished they could exist in high quality (gifs are limited to 256 colors). This is going to be necessary for them to make the leap they’re making as a respected art form. Some people try making vimeo loops, but those ‘jerk’ on the reset. Since there is no high-quality alternative that will work cross-browser, the solution is to create one:

To write a piece of code that will cycle through JPEGs or PNGs, but have a mask over it so right-clicking will save it all as one file (an equivalent gif or zip / etc).

Casey Pugh said it would be easy to do this as an iframe. (Here’s a picture of him dressed as an astronaut, so you know he knows what he’s talking about.)

IDEA: Excellent. As a frequent maker of gifs and recorder of moments, I would love to have this.

NEEDS: Someone with the proper developer skillset who cares enough to build it.

RELATED: Some of my favorite gifs I’ve made:

*Re: Replies I’m getting: APNGs are what I’m referring to when I say “there is no high-quality alternative that will work cross-browser”. If the format isn’t supported, as far as creators like me are concerned, it doesn’t exist.