Animated Texture Plugin for Unreal Engine 5

A plugin that lets you import animated GIF and WebP images into Unreal Engine 5 as a new AnimatedTexture asset type.

Engine Compatibility

UE Version	Status
5.3	✅ Supported
5.4	✅ Supported
5.5	✅ Supported
5.6	✅ Supported
5.7	✅ Supported

Features

• Import animated GIF / WebP files as Texture assets, with full support for animation, transparency, interlacing, and more
• Editable through the built-in Texture Editor
• Works with UMG Image widgets, Materials, and Material Instances
• Blueprint-accessible playback API — Play, Stop, SetPlayRate, SetLooping, etc.

Platforms

This plugin should work on all platforms supported by Unreal Engine 5. It has been tested on:

• Windows (64-bit)
• macOS

Installation

1. Download the plugin package for your engine version from the Releases page.
2. Extract and copy the AnimatedTexturePlugin folder into your project's Plugins directory.
3. Restart the Unreal Editor. Enable the plugin if prompted.
4. Drag and drop .gif or .webp files into the Content Browser to import them.

Screenshots

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.