[WEB4LIB] RE: photoshop

[Cory Stier]

I stand corrected. You can save a file in GIF format using the Linux version
of GIMP. Thanks for the tip Mark! There is also a plugin to allow you to
save in GIF with the Windows version of GIMP, if you are "in a country where
Unisys doesn't have a patent on the LZW algorithm, or you have a license
from Unisys." The plug-in is available on the GIMP for Windows web site
(http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/). 

Cory

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Pecaut [mailto:pecautm at missouri.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:30 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: photoshop


On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 02:10:37PM -0800, Cory Stier wrote:
> I've used PaintShop Pro from Jasc Software (http://www.jasc.com) for 4
years
> now, and have always been happy with it. The current boxed version is $109
> US, so it's reasonably cheap.
> 
> I've also used both the Linux and Windows version of the GIMP
> (http://www.gimp.org/), which I have found to be a very useful and very
> powerful package (which is also freeware). The Windows version of the GIMP
> can be downloaded from http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/. The only
thing
> I don't like about the GIMP is that you can't save images in GIF format
> because of the issue of Compuserv owning the copyright for GIF. But you
can
> save images in many other formats including JPEG and PNG.

Don't know about the windows version, but you can save as gif format in
the Unix version.  You can't change the file type to gif in the dialog box,
but if you put the .gif extension at the end of your filename, it will 
save as gif.  Maybe it is a secret feature?

-Mark