Date: 04 Apr 2001 19:44:27 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: chip@chocobo.cx, Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com>, Chip Marshall <chip@setzer.chocobo.cx> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gimp's lack of gif support Message-ID: <200104050044.f350iUk39559@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20010404162452.A28725@setzer.chocobo.cx> References: <20010404004212.A55318@tranquility.net> <Pine.GSO.4.30.0104040509440.17140-100000@corten8> <20010404102235.A42815@northernbrewer.com> <20010404162452.A28725@setzer.chocobo.cx>
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Well guys that has fixed it for me, I was only ever saving using the choices I had which GIF never showed up in. I saved by extension and it all works fantastically. Thanks for the help guys. Cheers, Mark On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 16:24:52 -0400, Chip Marshall said: > On April 04, 2001, Christopher Farley sent me the following: > > I'm running the latest version of GIMP and I can load and save gifs > > left and right. > > > > Unlike image formats like .jpg, .gif images need to be converted to > > indexed color mode before GIMP (or Photoshop or any other image > > manipulation program) will save them. > > In the GIMP that I'm running (1.2.1) there is support for gif files, > and I've found you don't have to manually convert to indexed color > before saving. Just set the Determine File Type to By Extension, type > in a file name ending in .gif, and it will pop up an Export File > window for your image conversion needs. Very handy. > -- For every credibility gap, there is a gullibility fill. -- R. Clopton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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