On Thursday 25 October 2001 23:15, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > On 26-Oct-2001 Rohan Deshpande wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Using gimp1.2, i notice the GIF save as file type is grayed. I have > > gimp1.2-nonfree installed; is it because of the type of image im making? > > i made a new, 300x300 pixel white background workspace, and in save-as > > it is still grayed. What to do? > > the file may not be in the correct format. I am not a graphics person but > I recall gimp needed to perform some kind of manipulation to save the image > on occasion. The other possibility is that you lack the libungif package > which is how gimp (and other programs) support gifs.
the page for libungif4g (and libungif3g) states to write compressed gif's, one also needs the non-free giflib packages. bob
