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Power Automate - Building Flows
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Animated Gifs in Emails from Power Automate

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Posted on 16 Apr 2025 15:17:27 by 39
I'm trying to include an animated gif in the body of an email sent by Power Automate. I have no problems either attaching the gif or embedding non-moving images in emails, but for animated gifs they come through blank.
This question has been asked many times before, but it seems to be routinely unanswered or give answers that do not work.
For non moving images, saved in sharepoint I do a "get file content using path" and then inside the email I use
 
<img src= 'dataUri(body('Get_file_content_using_path'))' width="200" height = "100">
 
If I do the same thing for an animated gif, the email comes through blank instead.
The flow does not fail and the processed input of the "send an email" action includes the base64 string of the gif. The gif I'm using is 3 MB.
 
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    12,515 Super User 2025 Season 2 on 16 Apr 2025 at 16:57:07
    Animated Gifs in Emails from Power Automate
    If everything is working but the animation is not playing, then that would suggest the issue is Outlook and not Power Automate. I would refer you to The animated graphic in my e-mail message doesn't work - Microsoft Support
  • lizzyC Profile Picture
    39 on 16 Apr 2025 at 18:37:45
    Animated Gifs in Emails from Power Automate
    @David_MA It's not that it doesn't play, it doesn't show up at all. The message is completely blank. If I view source on Outlook, there is only an empty <img> tag.

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