# Nrrd file unable to load

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nrrd-file-unable-to-load/24046>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 25, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nrrd-file-unable-to-load/24046 "2022-06-25T13:03:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![aakk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@aakk](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/aakk)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nrrd-file-unable-to-load/24046/1 "2022-06-25T13:03:46Z")

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Hi, I’m very new to Slicer but I couldn’t find an answer to this on any of the previous support questions. I am trying to load a gif that was sent to me as an nrrd file into Slicer. It is giving the error message “load failed” and I am unsure what to do.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nrrd-file-unable-to-load/24046/2 "2022-06-25T16:29:43Z")

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Slicer does not support the GIF file format (see list of supported file formats [here](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/data_loading_and_saving.html#supported-data-formats)). GIF is a very old and limited file format, so probably it will not be supported in the future either.

If somebody sent you data in this format then you can [convert it to a supported format](https://www.onlineconverter.com/gif-to-tiff) before loading it into Slicer.

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**Author:** ![aakk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@aakk](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/aakk)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/nrrd-file-unable-to-load/24046/3 "2022-06-25T23:55:08Z")

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Thanks! I converted it to a set of png images