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Compo & animating GIFs |
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jmason (17:17 1/9/2000)
(17:47 3/9/2000)
(11:49 4/9/2000)
(13:58 15/6/2002)
(11:49 4/9/2000)
(13:58 15/6/2002)
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jmason |
Message #5390, posted at 17:17, 1/9/2000 |
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Can anybody tell me why Compo is able to import (play, manipulate masks and add shadows to) animating GIFs when it is unable to export them? J. |
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ams |
Message #5391, posted at 17:47, 3/9/2000, in reply to message #5390 |
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As far as I know GIF's compression algorithm is based on LZW (Lempel Ziv Welch) compression which Unisys (formerly ICL) own the patent. Perhaps Compo has not been licensed to created GIFs in compressed format.... ... or perhaps they couldn't justify the effort (JPEG or PNG perhaps represent a better "open" standard that people won't get sued for using !) |
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jmason |
Message #5392, posted at 11:49, 4/9/2000, in reply to message #5391 |
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I was more interested in the animating part as it will export single frame gifs. It will also automatically take a sprite file with multiple images in it and compile them into an animating gif. This would be a very useful function if it could then export the edited animating gif. |
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jmason |
Message #5393, posted at 11:49, 4/9/2000, in reply to message #5391 |
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I was more interested in the animating part as it will export single frame gifs. It will also automatically take a sprite file with multiple images in it and compile them into an animating gif. This would be a very useful function if it could then export the edited animating gif. |
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jmason |
Message #5394, posted at 13:58, 15/6/2002, in reply to message #5393 |
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Hmm I wonder why the arrived twice?  |
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BrianH |
Message #5395, posted at 13:58, 15/6/2002, in reply to message #5392 |
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As far as I remember, Compo uses InterGIF by Peter Hartley for GIF conversion, and that certainly does export animated GIFs. Perhaps Rob just hasn't implemented that feature (yet!) |
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