I am using c++ and DirectX8 As of now the only graphics file i am loading in is bitmaps using the Windows API LoadImage function. However, I want to add animation to my game by including animated GIF's. I have searched on here and on google, yet cant come up with a solution yet for my case. Anyone know of some code, examples, or a link to help me out? Or is my best bet just to load in all the images in a bitmap format, then create the animation sequence in the code itself?