- From: Mike Sandburg <mikesand@northnet.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 95 00:34:31 EDT
- To: www-html@w3.org
- Cc: Barry.Kopulos@wininfonet.mb.ca
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 +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ | Mike Sandburg PO Box 900 | | Phone: 315-268-8201 Watertown, NY 13601| | E-mail: mikesand@northnet.org | | | | "The greatest thing about my success is how | | it astonishes everyone who used to know me!" | +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+
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