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Subject: Re: Fixing gifs ?
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Date: 30 Apr 91 13:43:17 GMT
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> 
> Is there any soft ware around that salvages GIFS which are 'corrupt'.
> I quite often come across GIF files in which the edges of picture (and
> thus the picture) wanders all over the place (rather like a random
> shearing effect)

There is a program for the Mac called Giffer which allows you to shift scan
lines and save the results.  But it would be a lot of work to shift each
line individually if your pictures are anyway large.

Anyway it's shareware and available at most Mac archive sites if you're
interested.