Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 00:42:12 -0500 From: Ben Weaver <bweaver@tranquility.net> To: Mark Sergeant <msergeant@looksmart.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimp's lack of gif support Message-ID: <20010404004212.A55318@tranquility.net> In-Reply-To: <200104040233.f342Xmk18014@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net>; from msergeant@looksmart.net on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:33:43PM -0500 References: <200104040233.f342Xmk18014@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net>
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###On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:33:43PM -0500, Mark Sergeant wrote: > Hi guys, > > I am trying to install gimp from ports and it compiles & installs fine > when using it though it lacks support for saving gifs which is quite a pain as > I need to save as gif for transparency purposes. Any ideas anyone ? I think it doesn't have gif support because of some patent issues surrounding the compression algorithm the gif format uses (i.e. you have to pay royalties to put it in your software). Could you maybe use PNG instead of GIF? -Ben To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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