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From: prs@io.UUCP (Paul Schmidt)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Compressing GIF images
Keywords: GIF images compress
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Date: 13 Jul 90 14:37:21 GMT
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GIF files are _already_ compressed, possibly a run-length encoding; I
forget. In fact, if you try to compress them with something like ZIP or
ARC, many times they will get larger.