display an animated image

all i want to do is to display an animated image using any available methodd without losing the effect or the animation on the image...probably gif format....but i have tried a = imread('car.gif'); imshow(a); but the animation becomes static thanks..

Answer 1

[Oleg Komarov]

• [a,b] = imread('http://www.animatedgif.net/arrowpointers/arrow20_e0.gif','frames','all');
• implay(a)

[Oyewale Oyelami]

what am seeing looks like a web.. address..if am very sure or is it a directory on desktop

[Walter Roberson]

YourFileName = 'C:\Users\oeyewale\Documents and Settings\MyGif.gif';

[a,b] = imread(YourFileName, 'frames', 'all');

implay(a)

Adjust file name as needed.

[Josh Philipson]

...and this is proprietary to 'Image Processing Toolbox'...