When I try to create this garland effect, I get the errors at the end, but it appears the gif is created properly.
garlands Effect Settings
username Voltorb
user_target MT30
effect_class garlands
effect_name BLGARLANDWGLITTER
window_degrees 360
start_color #1605FF
end_color #1605FF
frame_delay 50
sparkles 20
garland_gap 5
garland 0
show_frame y
seq_duration 2
fade_in 0
fade_out 0
submit Submit Form to create your effect
OBJECT_NAME garlands
batch 0
member_id 529
maxFrames=435,garland_gap=5
"/users/meighan.net/htdocs/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/529/MT30~BLGARLANDWGLITTER.gp", line 37: warning: Skipping unreadable file "../targets/effects/MT30.dat" "/users/meighan.net/htdocs/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/529/MT30~BLGARLANDWGLITTER.gp", line 40: warning: Skipping unreadable file "../targets/effects/MT30.dat" "/users/meighan.net/htdocs/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/529/MT30~BLGARLANDWGLITTER.gp", line 43: warning: Skipping unreadable file "../targets/effects/MT30.dat" "/users/meighan.net/htdocs/nutcracker/effects/workspaces/529/MT30~BLGARLANDWGLITTER.gp", line 46: warning: Skipping unreadable file "../targets/effects/MT30.dat"
Many more like this, just a different line number.