How to post animated satellite or radar loops?

[ticka1]

Charles

Boza (aka Suzi is wanting to know how to post GR3 level radar shots on here) not sure if they are still pics or animated radars. Can you help her out?

Thanks.

[JustAsIAm]

I don't see what the problem is. Images are images. If they are animated, they are .gif files or flash files. if they are flash files, I will work something out. Let me know.

[Calistar]

Nope, I just posted a .gif that was animated but it's showing up as a "still" image...

[JustAsIAm]

What is the url of that post?

[Calistar]

It's about halfway down the page and I made a comment that it was supposed to be animated...

http://www.wildonweather.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2197&page=9

[JustAsIAm]

Where did you get the image from?

[Calistar]

NHC

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2008/graphics/al07/loop_3W.shtml

[JustAsIAm]

If you right-click on their image and choose "view" you will notice that it is NOT an animated gif. They are using some scripting code to load multiple images over the top of each other and making it look like it is animated. It is not something that you can just take, post and expect it to animate.

[Calistar]

Hmmm, ok, sorry, I'm not that much of a computer guru like you! LOL! My bad! :stupido3:

[JustAsIAm]

Nothing to be sorry about. 18 years of technical support under my belt. I don't mind teaching a bit.

[Calistar]

Ok, so can you tell me how to post this as an image... I just tried and it didn't work... :banghead:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/tatl/loop-avn.html

[JustAsIAm]

You can't. That is a java application that they are running on their site. You can't just save it as an image and post it. It is not an image now.

[Calistar]

rats... thanks WWF!