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- From: jpstanford@space.honeywell.com (Stanford Jeff P)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: How to save GIFs in ImageFX?
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:00:17 -0500
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- In article <4ihtru$mh7@rockall.cc.strath.ac.uk>,
- bap95299@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ( "d.r.marsh-dr") wrote:
-
- > I have ImageFX 1.52 from the CU Amiga coverdisk and am wondering how I can
- > save (or rather, resave) GIF images. This isn't as simple as it appears as
- > it's not possible to save the working buffer as GIFs aren't 24 bit images, of
- > course. The only other alternative which appears open to me is to render the
- > image to a particular screen mode (not what I want to do: I want to retain the
- > image at the size I drew it for use as a WWW image).
-
- You need to render your image for 256 ( or less ) colors. Rendering
- screenmode does not affect the size of the bitmap just what mode the
- viewport will appear as. If the bitmap is larger than the size of the
- screen, then the window will be scrollable.
-
- You will also need to check in your ImageFX:modules/savers drawer for the
- GIF saver module. Not sure if the coverdisk included it.
-
- FYI: ImageFX 2.1a does not include the GIF saver or loader. They were
- released into the public domain and you need to get them on your
- on. I believe Aminet has the files. This was done to avoid any
- conflict from Compuserve inforcing their copyright over the GIF
- format. These GIF modules are improved and permit selection
- of a transparency color.
- >
- > Can anybody suggest how to do this or am I missing something stunningly
- > obvious?
- >
- > I've tried using PPaint (v4, another coverdisk program) but its GIF savers
- > don't seem to work correctly (a large blank space to the right and below the
- > image is added, containing some "mangled" image data)
- >
- > Also, am I the only person who seems to end up with GIF images being displayed
- > with a black line along the bottom when using AMosaic1.2/2.0 and the ZGIF
- > datatype 39.9? Visage seems to show the images correctly (using its internal
- > decoders).
-
- I have not seen this behavior myself with AMosaic 2.0.
-
- > Finally, does anybody actually use PNG images for webpages?
- > I've not encountered any, and although I have the datatype, I'm unable to
- > create them :(
- >
-
-
- Regards,
- Jeff
-
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