Re: gif support grayed out..
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
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