Re: GIFS on web pages

Barry Kopulos (Barry.Kopulos@wininfonet.mb.ca)
Wed, 26 Jul 1995 11:27:01 -0500 (CDT)


Can I find this program GIFTRANS through your home page or know where to
obatin. Thanks for the info.

On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Mike Sandburg wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jul 1995 22:30:17 -0500 (CDT) Barry Kopulos wrote:
>
> >I have a hoempage on the web and would like to put osme gifs on it and
> >want to know if it is in anon-gif format currentl what specs should I use
> >to convert it. I mean how many colors shoud it be in 16/64/256 and what
> >size pixels shoud it be. Also should it be
> >interlaced/non-interlaced,transparency.
> >
> >What woudl be the best program to use to help me ge my gifs uponto the
> >page. I have the GIF construction kit,graphcis workshop-heard about
> >painter anyone know of this one?
> >
>
> Dear Barry,
>
> I've had best results with 256 colors. 16 color gifs are too grainy when
> reduced to a size appropriate for web pages. Interlaced gifs seem to load
> faster on some browsers, but I find that interlacing is probably best
> reserved for larger gifs. Transparency can add a touch of class to the
> right gifs, but it really depends on the image and how you wish to use it.
> The only way I know to do transparency is with a program called "Giftrans".
> I use CorelDraw 5 to create most of my images, LView or Paint Shop Pro to
> crop & fine tune them, then use Giftrans to make them transparent. It's
> quite a process, but I think the results are worth all the effort.
>
> You can take a look at some of my work at:
>
> http://www.entrepreneurs.net/singles/
>
> I hope these comments help.
>
> Other folks probably do things a lot differently, especially on machines
> other than a PC. If anybody else has a better system in the PC environment,
> I'd sure like to hear it.
>
> Have fun,
> Mike
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