Animated GIF, 320 × 240, 24 frames
A looping animation of a ring moving across the test card: 24 frames at about 12 frames per second.
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sample-animated-loop.gif
283 KB290,031 bytes
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- Type
- image/gif
- SHA-256
176f6adbef3b22b8cd0b638df4e52520272632d300094fbe5635c384992bfbb8- Direct URL
https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/samples/sample-animated-loop.gif
Why test with this file
Tests whether image handling keeps animation, or silently keeps only the first frame.
| Dimensions | 320 × 240 px |
|---|---|
| Frames | 24 |
| Frame delay | 80 ms |
| Loop | Forever |
| Colours | 256 (global colour table) |
What to check
After your application has processed sample-animated-loop.gif, confirm that:
- The image still animates after upload and any resizing.
- All 24 frames are kept, and the loop still repeats.
- A static thumbnail uses the first frame.
First bytes of the file
The first 64 bytes of sample-animated-loop.gif as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The GIF signature is 47 49 46 38 39 61.
00000000 47 49 46 38 39 61 40 01 f0 00 f7 00 00 00 00 00 |GIF89a@.........|
00000010 00 00 33 00 00 66 00 00 99 00 00 cc 00 00 ff 00 |..3..f..........|
00000020 33 00 00 33 33 00 33 66 00 33 99 00 33 cc 00 33 |3..33.3f.3..3..3|
00000030 ff 00 66 00 00 66 33 00 66 66 00 66 99 00 66 cc |..f..f3.ff.f..f.|Preview
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Technical details
| File name | sample-animated-loop.gif |
|---|---|
| Format | GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) |
| Extension | .gif |
| MIME type | image/gif |
| Size | 290,031 bytes (283 KB) |
| Kind | Binary |
| Signature | 47 49 46 38 39 61 |
| SHA-256 | 176f6adbef3b22b8cd0b638df4e52520272632d300094fbe5635c384992bfbb8 |
| Created | 2026-10-10 |
| Validation | Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated |
| Preview | Available on this page |
| Source | Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere |
| Licence | Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms) |
| Category | Images |
Validated for expected format and integrity. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked
Download from the command line and verify
Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.
curl -o sample-animated-loop.gif 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/samples/sample-animated-loop.gif'
sha256sum sample-animated-loop.gif # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-animated-loop.gif # macOSOn Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-animated-loop.gif -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.
About GIF
Palette-based images with simple animation, limited to 256 colours per frame.
Where it fits
- Web development
Placeholder images, media, data and documents for building and demonstrating web interfaces.
- File upload testing
Test an upload form or endpoint with files of every size and type it should accept, and several it should refuse.