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* Company: [[CompuServe]] | * Company: [[CompuServe]] | ||
* Description: http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/formats/gif.html | * Description: http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/formats/gif.html | ||
* Samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/GIF/ | * Samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/image-samples/GIF/ | ||
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a lossy image compression format. It supports animation and uses a 256 color [[palette]]. The [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] format was designed as an alternative to GIF, due to patent concerns about LZW compression. | GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a lossy image compression format. It supports animation and uses a 256 color [[palette]]. The [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] format was designed as an alternative to GIF, due to patent concerns about LZW compression. | ||
[[Category:Image Formats]] | [[Category:Image Formats]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:31, 21 March 2009
- Company: CompuServe
- Description: http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/formats/gif.html
- Samples: http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/image-samples/GIF/
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a lossy image compression format. It supports animation and uses a 256 color palette. The PNG format was designed as an alternative to GIF, due to patent concerns about LZW compression.