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9 December, 2021

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Gmail is changing the color of my GIF

Oh, Gmail. What are you doing to me?!

In one of our recent emails, the gradients in our animated GIFs weren’t as smooth in Gmail as they were in other email clients. We'd also heard rumblings in the #emailgeeks Slack about GIFs changing color in Gmail and wondered: Could these be related?

Turns out, yes—they are related. Thanks for nothing, Gmail. Check out our latest blog if Gmail color-changing woes are bringing down your holiday emails.

And Gmail? Leave the color-changing to my hair. kthxbye.

Carin Slater (she/her)
Email Marketing Specialist

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A peek into my brain

I don’t design much these days, but when I do, I design with ketchup. But for real, are we putting too much emphasis on learning design tools instead of design?
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A holiday song for all you email wordsmiths out there…

@RamsesThePigeon on Twitter: I couldn't figure out where the comma(s) in God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen should go, so I hit myself in the face. -God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen parody video-

Hello and happy holidays from Slatronica!

I’m Carin, and yes we have named our home. Here in Slatronica we start listening to holiday music as soon as Thanksgiving is over, though this year I got sick of the holiday music stations and created my own playlist with the rule that there’s only allowed to be one version of each song. Check it out and let me know what I’m missing.

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Why Gmail is changing your GIF color, 4 types of data, our favorite emails last month, and more

Gmail is changing the color of my GIF

A peek into my brain

A holiday song for all you email wordsmiths out there…

Hello and happy holidays from Slatronica!

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