Implemented new registration number scheme (Both old and new style registration numbers will work. You do not need a new registration number for PhotoGIF 2.2) and updated contact information for new 24/7 ordering.
PhotoGIF™ 2.1.5 Released 5/27/98
Addressing potential Photoshop 5.0 compatibility problem, which has since been confirmed to be an intermittent problem only effecting a limited number of people. PhotoGIF no longer has double zero secret agent status. The leasing zero's in the format menu name, which had been there so PhotoGIF would load first, were preventing Photoshop to recognize the plug-in in at least one confirmed case.
Now it's just "BoxTop PhotoGIF", which should still load before the Compuserve GIF plug-in because "B" still comes before "C", and all will hopefully be right in the world again.
PhotoGIF™ 2.1.4 Released 2/2/98
Updated documentation and read me files. Added GIF Prep to the PhotoGIF™ archive. There are no feature differences from PhotoGIF 2.1.3.
So what exactly is PhotoGIF™?
PhotoGIF™ is a file format plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 3.0 and above that provides unsurpassed capability for creating and editing highly optimized, web-ready GIFs and GIF animations.
11/18/96 PhotoGIF™ 2.1 was named a finalist in the 1996 MacUser Eddy Awards, Best New Production Tool class.
Key Features:
• Creates the highest quality, smallest GIF files possible.
Advanced proprietary techniques for quantization, palette usage optimization, and compression enhancements result in superior image quality while saving up to 50% in file size. Rated 5 mice by MacUser, Online.
• The most advanced color reduction capability available.
Utilizes new revolutionary color reduction technology that improves both image quality and compression when using custom or fixed palettes such as the Netscape palette. Also, provides true super palette capability for GIF animations.
• Complete support for multiple image GIF animation files.
Allows you to create and edit GIF animations directly in Photoshop with complete control over palette usage, background color, looping, logical screen size, image position, delay times and disposal methods.
• Advanced, easy-to-use transparency tools.
Transparency can be set by color or from any alpha channel in the working image. A preview with advanced transparency tools including eye dropper color picker, touch up brush, and automatic halo removing edge tool allow perfect transparency every time with ease.
• Powerful preferences capability to speed work.
Nearly every aspect of opening and saving files can be easily configured through preference settings and customized for individual work habits to speed use and simplify working with large numbers of images.
For more details:
All the gruesome details can be found in the included documentation, and of course, first hand from PhotoGIF™, just drop it in your plug-ins folder and have a go at it. There are big improvements over the previous documentation. It’s longer, more thorough and better written now and does a lot to explain the multitude of capabilities in PhotoGIF™ from editing modes for GIF animations to using the edge tool to remove halo effects from you transparent GIFs.
Questions about PhotoGIF™ and other BoxTop Tools can be addressed to: info@boxtopsoft.com
Thanks for trying PhotoGIF™.
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PhotoGIF™ is Copyright 1995 - 1998 BoxTop Software Inc. All rights reserved. PhotoGIF™ is a Trade Marks of BoxTop Software Inc., which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks are recognized as the properties of their respective holders.
Document published: 5/27/98
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