# Importing Gif from Animation Shop 3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-gif-from-animation-shop-3/37180>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 6, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-gif-from-animation-shop-3/37180 "2003-12-06T22:18:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZenRei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bb73d2/32.png) [@ZenRei](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ZenRei)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/importing-gif-from-animation-shop-3/37180/1 "2003-12-06T22:18:19Z")

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Ok, here’s the situation. I used Animation Shop 3 to make a blue pill GIF rotate, i made it into an animated GIF. When i try to import it into my (Flash MX) FLA, it adds about 80 bitmaps to my library in addition to the GIF i made… the Gif works when you play in within the Library preview… but i can’t figure out how to put it into my FLA. it doesn’t seem to like me dragging and dropping it into a key frame… what am i doing wrong? any ideas on how to correct it? it’s just a stupid Gif i want to make into a linked button. I tried attaching my file, but it’s too big to upload (123 kb zipped)

Thanks

Z