======================= Animated images support

Support for animated image formats in easy-thumbnails is experimental and must be activated manually, via SETTINGS.

Example settings, that will preserve GIF, WEBP and PNG formats, but wont allow animations on PNGs.

.. code-block:: python

THUMBNAIL_IMAGE_SAVE_OPTIONS = {
    "GIF": {"save_all": True},  # to save all frames available
    "WEBP": {"save_all": True},
    "PNG": {"save_all": False},  # dont allow animated PNGs
}
THUMBNAIL_PRESERVE_EXTENSIONS = ("webp", "gif", "png")

There have been issues with conversion from GIF to WEBP, so it's currently not recommended to enable this specific conversion for animated images.

Remark

In the future, Easy Thumbnails might preserve animated images by default, and/or provide the option to enable/disable animations for each generated thumbnail.