[Solved]Saving .gif Images In GIMP; Need a little help :)
Topic Started: Mar 24 2010, 04:59 PM (354 Views)
+Landon
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When I save .gif images in GIMP their quality always is ruined. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this?
An example of this would be my current sig :) (Below this post) !!!
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Mr 005
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well Gif files are older and lose quality and thats how they are. i dont know for sure but png may be able to do animation. i would just not do animation and save as png
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Nena902


I just read an article on this very subject. GIF and BMP are supposed to be used when you draw something in programs like paint and photoshop (gimp included) . JPEG is used for photographs and camera work. PNG is used for something that has a transparency or alpha channel in it, and animations are supposed to be saved with ANI as their extension. I just did a little google for you and here is something useful about extensions, and why they are used for the things for which they are used. http://telcontar.net/Articles/imgformats.php#formats.gif
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.gif is also used for web design alot because of the really small file size, so the graphics load up faster.

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Mar 24 2010, 05:38 PM
.gif is also used for web design alot because of the really small file size, so the graphics load up faster.
Usually, that's not the case. Although that is true, the higher the quality the more people like it and think of it as better.
This can vary in all scenarios, but in the cases that I'm thinking of, it's preferred to use .png.
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Nena902


In the article link I posted above, it says "In summary, PNG is an ideal format for saving screenshots, logos, diagrams, line art and site artwork; although it supports more than 256 colours, it is advisable to reduce images to 256 colours anyway to keep file sizes down." I don't know much about this subject but it makes sense if you have the option to save something with .png and it eliminates the noise or the fuzziness that gif makes, then .png is a better choice. It makes sense.
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Nena902
Mar 24 2010, 05:53 PM
it makes sense if you have the option to save something with .png and it eliminates the noise or the fuzziness that gif makes, then .png is a better choice. It makes sense.
But you have to save images as '.gif' to have them animated as stated in the very first post. At least that is from what I (novice) know and what I read in the link provided above.
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GIFs can only hold up to 256 colors. That can cause major quality loss. Just save a gif image in MS Paint, you'll instantly see the quality loss.
Plus you probably didn't use web-safe colors, which are another set of colors within the 256 that look fine in web browsers, otherwise they look all grainy and stuff.
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i was going to say, i swear gif images are only 250ish colours... there should be another animation image type that dosent lose quality
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Mar 25 2010, 09:28 AM
Nena902
Mar 24 2010, 05:53 PM
it makes sense if you have the option to save something with .png and it eliminates the noise or the fuzziness that gif makes, then .png is a better choice. It makes sense.
But you have to save images as '.gif' to have them animated as stated in the very first post. At least that is from what I (novice) know and what I read in the link provided above.
Yes, I just took a minute to look through my notes from my slideshow classes because we use animation alot in slideshow for special effects and transitions. I took these notes but never practiced this project. If you drew the picture, you have to then save your picture as a .gif in order to use it in animation and then when you are saving your actual animation (finished product) in photoshop or whatever graphics program you are using, you then have to save it as .ani Good call!

Edited by Nena902, Mar 26 2010, 10:03 AM.
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+Landon
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Thank you all for your help :) !
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Your graphics help request has been solved, or has been answered. Moved to the solved forum.
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