Avatar Help Please...

I can not get my animated avatar to link to this forum - it gives me an "improper picture type" message. And my options are .jpg .gif. or .png. My animated avatar is a Paint Shop Pro file, as are all the animated avatars that I have seen. Can anyone please tell me how to get mine up and running? Thanks

[MrTrik]

Most animated avatars I've seen are multi-part gifs.

[jakethebake]

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