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Animated gifs absolutely crush the preview window

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#361 opened on May 1, 2015

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Description

It hangs and draws artifacts all over the place for ~60 seconds after you insert a gif like this one:

slow smile

Maybe this is while the gif is loading? It figures itself out after a while. Sometimes it's like 3 minutes of hang time, actually. Just thought I'd bring it up.

Here is what these artifacts look like:

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Research direction
Investigate the GIF loading and rendering code in the preview window. Look for synchronous loading or inefficient image processing that could cause hangs. Consider verifying if the issue is related to NSImage or CGImage handling for animated GIFs.
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