<p>I ended up applying this configuration to config > general.php so GIFs aren't transformed.</p>

<pre><code>'transformGifs' =&gt; false
</code></pre>

<p><a href="https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/config/config-settings.html#transformgifs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/config/config-settings.html#transformgifs</a></p>

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2020-05-07T23:12:02.797Z
2020-05-07T23:12:02.797Z
Lee
<p>Guessing it's a bug in either php-imagick (3.4.0-rc6 is 4 years old <a href="https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick</a>) or ImageMagick (6.8.9-9 is 5 years old <a href="https://imagemagick.org/download/releases/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://imagemagick.org/download/releases/</a>).</p>

<p>I'd try updating those to see if that resolves the issue.</p>

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2020-05-06T04:59:41.460Z
Update: I have the gifs uploading correctly, the problem seems to be with transforming the image on page render. My machine starts to struggle and nothing is rendered where the GIF should be. One option would be to just not transform GIFs. Wondering if there's a better option.
Lee
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2020-05-01T04:04:22.823Z
Brad Bell
<p>When I upload a GIF I either get the first frame or a garbled image (<a href="https://share.getcloudapp.com/L1u7BXrA" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://share.getcloudapp.com/L1u7BXrA</a>).</p>

<p>Looking around at similar questions, Craft needs ImageMagick installed to properly transform GIFs after upload.</p>

<p>I can confirm ImageMagick is installed and being used as the image driver (<a href="https://share.getcloudapp.com/BluZKGYw" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://share.getcloudapp.com/BluZKGYw</a>).</p>

<p>Server has php-imagick and imagemagick installed.</p>

<p>I have 'imageDriver' => 'imagick' set in general.php</p>

<p>Using Amazon S3 to store images. </p>

<p>Anything else I should be trying? Thanks.</p>

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Animated GIFs not working in Craft with ImageMagick installed
# Animated GIFs not working in Craft with ImageMagick installed

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-01)

When I upload a GIF I either get the first frame or a garbled image (<https://share.getcloudapp.com/L1u7BXrA>).

Looking around at similar questions, Craft needs ImageMagick installed to properly transform GIFs after upload.

I can confirm ImageMagick is installed and being used as the image driver (<https://share.getcloudapp.com/BluZKGYw>).

Server has php-imagick and imagemagick installed.

I have 'imageDriver' => 'imagick' set in general.php

Using Amazon S3 to store images.

Anything else I should be trying? Thanks.

**Tags:** image-transforms, imagick, gif

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2020-05-07. Score: 2

I ended up applying this configuration to config > general.php so GIFs aren't transformed.
'transformGifs' => false

https://docs.craftcms.com/v3/config/config-settings.html#transformgifs


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### Answer by username_1 on 2020-05-01. Score: 0

Guessing it's a bug in either php-imagick (3.4.0-rc6 is 4 years old <https://pecl.php.net/package/imagick>) or ImageMagick (6.8.9-9 is 5 years old <https://imagemagick.org/download/releases/>).

I'd try updating those to see if that resolves the issue.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Update: I have the gifs uploading correctly, the problem seems to be with transforming the image on page render. My machine starts to struggle and nothing is rendered where the GIF should be. One option would be to just not transform GIFs. Wondering if there's a better option.  

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