On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 01:36:12AM +1000, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> > Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are
> > still uses.
>
> I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file?
So you can view it anyhow... bu
Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm curious now; what use is an uncompressed gif file?
Animated pics with older browsers, for one.
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On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 04:50:37PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote:
> >
> >> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed.
> >
> > And loose all appeal instantly
>
> Maybe for you. As I pos
On Fri, 10 May 2002, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer?
http://packages.debian.org/stable/graphics/gimp1.1-nonfree.html
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Carl Fink writes:
> Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of
> nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail.
It isn't an irrelevant detail. GIF's don't have to be compressed.
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On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 03:39:53PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
> Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > GIF is a patented format.
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> No, it isn't.
Okay, technically it's LZW that's patented, but even I, the owner of
nitpicking.com, didn't want to bother explaining in that level of detail.
Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote:
>
>> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed.
>
> And loose all appeal instantly
Maybe for you. As I posted the last time this came up, there are
still uses.
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On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 21:39, Alan Shutko wrote:
> LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed.
And loose all appeal instantly
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Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> GIF is a patented format.
No, it isn't.
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Mario Vukelic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> gifs are patent encumbered
LZW is patent-encumbered. GIFs do not need to be compressed.
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Jim Lynch wrote:
> Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer?
apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree
Package: gimp1.2-nonfree
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/graphics
Installed-Size: 57
Maintainer: Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
No it is linux community doesn't support gif format because of it patent
for compression. But you can recompile GIMP with support for gif without
any problem.
Andrey
Jim Lynch wrote:
Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files
any longer?
Thanks,
Jim.
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On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer?
GIF is a patented format. It can be (and is) argued that supporting
it without paying patent license fees is illegal. Therefore no
"free" (libre) software collection ca
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:34:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer?
Have you installed the gimp1.2-nonfree package?
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On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 19:34, Jim Lynch wrote:
> Is it just Debian or is GIMP not supporting gif files any longer?
apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree
gifs are patent encumbered
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On Thu, 2 May 2002, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> Could someone set me straight on the using Gimp with GIFs under Debian?
Friends don't let friends use GIF. Use PNG instead.
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Daniel D Jones wrote:
Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a
GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an
unrecognized type. The GIF extension doesn't show up (even grayed out) on
the list of types to save as.
Talking to friends who
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> "Alan" == Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Alan> Iirc, other distributions have a gif plugin which uses
> Alan> libungif (ie, uncompressed and unencumbered by patents).
> Alan> Any reason ours doesn't?
>
> I believe that's only for uncompressin
n Kurc
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Cooper-Standard Automotive
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From: Alan Shutko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:02 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Gimp and GIF
"Kurc, Marcin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> it&
begin [EMAIL PROTECTED] quotation:
>
> Alan> Iirc, other distributions have a gif plugin which uses
> Alan> libungif (ie, uncompressed and unencumbered by patents).
> Alan> Any reason ours doesn't?
>
> I believe that's only for uncompressing gifs and displaying them.
> Writing gifs i
> "Alan" == Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alan> "Kurc, Marcin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> it's all about our great friends from wehavethewayout.com -
>> UNISYS they hold a patent for GIF. I belive there is a package
>> called gimp-nonfree which provides gif sup
"Kurc, Marcin A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> it's all about our great friends from wehavethewayout.com - UNISYS
> they hold a patent for GIF. I belive there is a package called gimp-nonfree
> which provides gif support
Iirc, other distributions have a gif plugin which uses libungif (ie,
uncomp
Hello,
try apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree
majestix:/etc/samba# apt-cache search gimp
gimp1.2-nonfree - GIF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program
Hope it helps,
Daniel
On Donnerstag, Mai 2, 2002, at 04:30 Uhr, Daniel D Jones wrote:
Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, wil
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:30:04AM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a
> GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an
> unrecognized type. The GIF extension doesn't show up (even grayed out) on
> the li
> "Daniel" == Daniel D Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not
Daniel> allow me to save a GIF. I can open and edit it, but
Daniel> trying to save says that it is an unrecognized type. The
Daniel> GIF extension doesn't
apt-get install gimp1.2-nonfree if you have testing and have nonfree
link in your /etc/source.list.
Daniel D Jones wrote:
Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a
GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an
unrecognized type. The GIF
it's all about our great friends from wehavethewayout.com - UNISYS
they hold a patent for GIF. I belive there is a package called gimp-nonfree
which provides gif support
Marcin Kurc
CAD Systems Administrator
Cooper-Standard Automotive
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From: Daniel D Jones [mailto:[EMAI
Hello!
On 07-May-2001 V.Suresh wrote:
> You will have to 'index' the file before being able to save it under
> .gif
> format. Find the 'indexed' menu under 'image' menu.
Thanks. With indexing the image it works.
Ciao...Thomas
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On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 07:05:05AM +0200, Thomas Wegner wrote:
> I' ve installed gimp1.2 and gimp1.2-nonfree with gif support. Now I'm
> a little bit confused because it is not possible to save any file as a
> gif-file. I can open a gif-file and save it as gif but there's no other
> way. Is this co
Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I' ve installed gimp1.2 and gimp1.2-nonfree with gif support. Now
> I'm a little bit confused because it is not possible to save any
> file as a gif-file.
GIF uses a color map. Did you reduce the number of used colors to 256
by converting the image to "
You will have to 'index' the file before being able to save it under .gif
format. Find the 'indexed' menu under 'image' menu.
Once upon a time, Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And typed:
>Hi!
>
>I' ve installed gimp1.2 and gimp1.2-nonfree with gif support. Now I'm
>a little bi
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