diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/FallbackGalleryContentViewController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/FallbackGalleryContentViewController.swift
index 12d28da8..81fd0ebb 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/FallbackGalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/FallbackGalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public class FallbackGalleryNavigationController: UINavigationController, Galler
         nil
     }
     
-    public var canAnimateFromSourceView: Bool {
-        false
+    public var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+        .fade
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/ImageGalleryContentViewController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/ImageGalleryContentViewController.swift
index 37191dbc..e24895af 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/ImageGalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/ImageGalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ open class ImageGalleryContentViewController: UIViewController, GalleryContentVi
         return [image]
     }
     
+    public var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+        gifController != nil ? .fromSourceViewWithoutSnapshot : .fromSourceView
+    }
+    
     public func setControlsVisible(_ visible: Bool, animated: Bool, dueToUserInteraction: Bool) {
         if #available(iOS 16.0, macCatalyst 17.0, *),
            let analysisInteraction {
diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift
index 48509d64..82751d5a 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/LoadingGalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public class LoadingGalleryContentViewController: UIViewController, GalleryConte
         wrapped?.caption ?? fallbackCaption
     }
     
-    public var canAnimateFromSourceView: Bool {
-        wrapped?.canAnimateFromSourceView ?? true
+    public var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+        wrapped?.presentationAnimation ?? .fade
     }
     
     public init(caption: String?, provider: @escaping () async -> (any GalleryContentViewController)?) {
diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/VideoGalleryContentViewController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/VideoGalleryContentViewController.swift
index 4afa609d..bcc85732 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/VideoGalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/Content/VideoGalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ open class VideoGalleryContentViewController: UIViewController, GalleryContentVi
         []
     }
     
+    public var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+        .fromSourceViewWithoutSnapshot
+    }
+    
     private lazy var overlayVC = VideoOverlayViewController(player: player)
     public var contentOverlayAccessoryViewController: UIViewController? {
         overlayVC
diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryContentViewController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryContentViewController.swift
index e2bbbfa5..7485d19b 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public protocol GalleryContentViewController: UIViewController {
     var caption: String? { get }
     var contentOverlayAccessoryViewController: UIViewController? { get }
     var bottomControlsAccessoryViewController: UIViewController? { get }
-    var canAnimateFromSourceView: Bool { get }
+    var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation { get }
     
     func setControlsVisible(_ visible: Bool, animated: Bool, dueToUserInteraction: Bool)
     func galleryContentDidAppear()
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ public extension GalleryContentViewController {
         nil
     }
     
-    var canAnimateFromSourceView: Bool {
-        true
+    var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+        .fromSourceView
     }
     
     func setControlsVisible(_ visible: Bool, animated: Bool, dueToUserInteraction: Bool) {
@@ -44,3 +44,9 @@ public extension GalleryContentViewController {
     func galleryContentWillDisappear() {
     }
 }
+
+public enum GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+    case fade
+    case fromSourceView
+    case fromSourceViewWithoutSnapshot
+}
diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryDismissAnimationController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryDismissAnimationController.swift
index b26ad4b5..c14ef041 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryDismissAnimationController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryDismissAnimationController.swift
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class GalleryDismissAnimationController: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimatedTrans
         
         let itemViewController = from.currentItemViewController
         
-        if !itemViewController.content.canAnimateFromSourceView || (UIAccessibility.prefersCrossFadeTransitions && interactiveVelocity == nil) {
+        if itemViewController.content.presentationAnimation == .fade || (UIAccessibility.prefersCrossFadeTransitions && interactiveVelocity == nil) {
             animateCrossFadeTransition(using: transitionContext)
             return
         }
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ class GalleryDismissAnimationController: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimatedTrans
             container.addSubview(to.view)
         }
         
-        let sourceSnapshot = sourceView.snapshotView(afterScreenUpdates: false)
+        let sourceSnapshot: UIView? = if itemViewController.content.presentationAnimation == .fromSourceViewWithoutSnapshot {
+            nil
+        } else {
+            sourceView.snapshotView(afterScreenUpdates: false)
+        }
         if let sourceSnapshot {
             let snapshotContainer = sourceView.ancestorForInsertingSnapshot
             snapshotContainer.addSubview(sourceSnapshot)
diff --git a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryPresentationAnimationController.swift b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryPresentationAnimationController.swift
index 8b7143e1..e508a6f8 100644
--- a/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryPresentationAnimationController.swift
+++ b/Packages/GalleryVC/Sources/GalleryVC/GalleryPresentationAnimationController.swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class GalleryPresentationAnimationController: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimated
         
         let itemViewController = to.currentItemViewController
 
-        if !itemViewController.content.canAnimateFromSourceView || UIAccessibility.prefersCrossFadeTransitions {
+        if itemViewController.content.presentationAnimation == .fade || UIAccessibility.prefersCrossFadeTransitions {
             animateCrossFadeTransition(using: transitionContext)
             return
         }
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ class GalleryPresentationAnimationController: NSObject, UIViewControllerAnimated
         // Try to effectively "fade out" anything that's on top of the source view.
         // The 0.1 duration makes this happen faster than the rest of the animation,
         // and so less noticeable.
-        let sourceSnapshot = sourceView.snapshotView(afterScreenUpdates: false)
+        let sourceSnapshot: UIView? = if itemViewController.content.presentationAnimation == .fromSourceViewWithoutSnapshot {
+            nil
+        } else {
+            sourceView.snapshotView(afterScreenUpdates: false)
+        }
         if let sourceSnapshot {
             let snapshotContainer = sourceView.ancestorForInsertingSnapshot
             snapshotContainer.addSubview(sourceSnapshot)
diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/GifvGalleryContentViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/GifvGalleryContentViewController.swift
index a5d73a1b..efc91b97 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/GifvGalleryContentViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Gallery/GifvGalleryContentViewController.swift
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@ class GifvGalleryContentViewController: UIViewController, GalleryContentViewCont
         [VideoActivityItemSource(asset: controller.item.asset, url: url)]
     }
     
+    var presentationAnimation: GalleryContentPresentationAnimation {
+        .fromSourceViewWithoutSnapshot
+    }
+    
 }