Import animated GIF into a Mathematica Notebook

Here's the animated image of a black hole I wanted to Import:

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To copy an animated GIF and paste it into a Mathematica notebook, you can follow these steps:

1. Find the animated GIF you want to use and open it in a web browser or an image viewer.

2. Right-click on the GIF and select "Copy" or "Copy Image" from the context menu. Alternatively, you can also use keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+C (Windows) or Command+C (Mac) to copy the image.

3. Open your Mathematica notebook and navigate to the desired location where you want to paste the animated GIF.

4. Right-click in the notebook and select "Paste" or use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+V (Windows) or Command+V (Mac) to paste the image.

5. By default, Mathematica treats pasted images as static. However, you can utilize the `Import` function to import the GIF file and display it as an animation.

6. Place the cursor immediately after the pasted image, and enter the following code on a new line:

Import["clipboard", "Animation"]

7. Select the code you just entered and evaluate it by pressing Shift+Enter (Windows) or Shift+Return (Mac) or by clicking the "Evaluate" button in the toolbar.

Mathematica will now import the image from the clipboard as an animation and display it in the notebook. You can resize or reposition the animation by manipulating the cell containing the code and the imported image.

Note: If the image doesn't animate after evaluating the code, it's possible that the GIF is not recognized as an animation. In such cases, you might need to save the GIF as a separate file on your computer and use the file path in the `Import` function instead of `"clipboard"`. For example:

Import["C:/path/to/your/animated.gif", "Animation"]

Make sure to replace `"C:/path/to/your/animated.gif"` with the actual file path of your saved GIF.

Mathematica Bibliography

This list includes my favorite Mathematica books as well as a few others on good coding practices and algorithms. There is also my article on the Wolfram Language syntax using Prefx (@) and Postfix-Function (//f [ #, params]&) syntax that I use. (Older list, annotated)

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Springer New York.

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