My Gif is has turned black and white, why?

krista · **Joined:** Dec 08, 2013 **Posts:** 6

GIMP Version: 2.6
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

Hey guys! I am putting a gif onto an image. But when I place my gif on the image it immediately turns black and white. I thought it was because the background behind the image was transparent, so I redid it and made the background black. Same thing happened .... grrr! Does anyone have an idea why this is happening and what I can do to change it?

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:32 pm **(#2)**

by conbagui

krista wrote:

GIMP Version: 2.6
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

Hey guys! I am putting a gif onto an image. But when I place my gif on the image it immediately turns black and white. I thought it was because the background behind the image was transparent, so I redid it and made the background black. Same thing happened .... grrr! Does anyone have an idea why this is happening and what I can do to change it?

Change the image mode to "RGB" before you place the gif image. Or change them both to "RGB".

Odinbc · **Posted:** Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:39 pm **(#3)**

...and a bit more info, Saving Images with Transparency.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16173

Are you using Saulgoodes "Combine Background" script?
http://gimpscripts.com/2011/10/combineo ... ackground/

Just use your image as the bottom background layer and run the script. Your animation or GIF will be added to the same image for all frames.

You can overlay the bg also if you wish. Awesome script.