Thread:HorusDB/@comment-36826475-20190802172900/@comment-32271305-20190803223113

They're basically animated PNGs, also known as APNG (Animated Portable Network Graphics), created with Adobe After Effects. Since GIFs kinda suck, having an animation completely in PNG allows us to retain all the quality that we want for those animations.

Unfortunately many browsers don't support APNGs, including Google Chrome, so HowlingWolf had to come up with a code that would make it work for any browser. It took some time and it was very hard to do, but eventually it worked. All of that complex code was later converted into an easy-to-use template (example: ).

Here's the same LR thumb but without template:
 * https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dbz-dokkanbattle/images/c/c9/Card_1014210_thumb_apng.png/revision/latest?cb=20190130084752&format=original Transparent_thumb.png