diff --git a/primer/primer.cabal b/primer/primer.cabal
index 590871b8d..33dfec856 100644
--- a/primer/primer.cabal
+++ b/primer/primer.cabal
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ library
     , exceptions                   >=0.10.4  && <0.11.0
     , extra                        >=1.7.10  && <1.8.0
     , generic-optics               >=2.0     && <2.3.0
+    , JuicyPixels                  ^>=3.3.8
     , list-t                       >=1.0     && <1.1.0
     , logging-effect               ^>=1.4
     , mmorph                       ^>=1.2.0
diff --git a/primer/src/Primer/Primitives.hs b/primer/src/Primer/Primitives.hs
index 64ff1b080..63ae54c3e 100644
--- a/primer/src/Primer/Primitives.hs
+++ b/primer/src/Primer/Primitives.hs
@@ -28,17 +28,24 @@ module Primer.Primitives (
 
 import Foreword hiding (rotate)
 
+import Codec.Picture.ColorQuant (palettizeWithAlpha)
+import Codec.Picture.Gif (
+  GifDisposalMethod (DisposalAny),
+  GifEncode (GifEncode),
+  GifLooping (LoopingForever),
+  encodeComplexGifImage,
+ )
 import Control.Monad.Fresh (MonadFresh)
 import Data.Aeson (FromJSON (..), ToJSON (..))
 import Data.ByteString.Base64 qualified as B64
 import Data.Data (Data)
 import Data.Map qualified as M
 import Diagrams.Backend.Rasterific (
-  GifLooping (LoopingForever),
-  defaultPaletteOptions,
-  rasterGif,
+  Options (RasterificOptions),
+  Rasterific (Rasterific),
  )
 import Diagrams.Prelude (
+  Diagram,
   V2 (..),
   circle,
   deg,
@@ -47,6 +54,7 @@ import Diagrams.Prelude (
   mkSizeSpec,
   rect,
   rectEnvelope,
+  renderDia,
   rotate,
   sRGB24,
   translate,
@@ -336,7 +344,7 @@ primFunDef def args = case def of
   Animate -> case args of
     -- Note that `diagramExpr` is an expression of type `Picture` with one free variable, `time`.
     [PrimCon () (PrimInt duration), Lam () time diagramExpr]
-      | Just frames <- traverse diagramAtTime [0 .. (duration * 100) `div` frameLength] ->
+      | Just (frames :: [Diagram Rasterific]) <- traverse diagramAtTime [0 .. (duration * 100) `div` frameLength] ->
           Right
             $ prim
             $ PrimAnimation
@@ -347,14 +355,16 @@ primFunDef def args = case def of
               -- for unrelated reasons (getting the `Bytestring` without dumping it to a file).
               mempty
               (decodeUtf8 . B64.encode . toS)
-            $ rasterGif @Double
-              (mkSizeSpec $ Just . fromInteger <$> V2 width height)
-              gifLooping
-              defaultPaletteOptions
+            $ encodeComplexGifImage
+            $ GifEncode (fromInteger width) (fromInteger height) Nothing Nothing gifLooping
+            $ flip palettizeWithAlpha DisposalAny
             $ map
-              ( (,fromInteger frameLength)
+              ( (fromInteger frameLength,)
+                  . renderDia
+                    Rasterific
+                    (RasterificOptions (mkSizeSpec $ Just . fromInteger <$> V2 width height))
                   . rectEnvelope
-                    (fromInteger <$> mkP2 (width `div` 2) (height `div` 2))
+                    (fromInteger <$> mkP2 (-width `div` 2) (-height `div` 2))
                     (fromInteger <$> V2 width height)
               )
               frames