Xref: utzoo alt.graphics.pixutils:1090 comp.graphics:17735 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!qualcom.qualcomm.com!cancun.qualcomm.com!rdippold From: rdippold@cancun.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold) Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils,comp.graphics Subject: Re: Gif picture re-ordering (CLARIFICATION) Message-ID: <1991May3.005016.19084@qualcomm.com> Date: 3 May 91 00:50:16 GMT References: Sender: news@qualcomm.com Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: cancun.qualcomm.com In article cs442a07@zippy.cs.iastate.edu writes: >cs442a07@cs.iastate.edu (Sunny the Great) writes: > >I thought I had better clarify what I meant.... > >>I would like to find a utility (PC-based or C-source) which takes a gif >>file, and converts it in the following fashion: >[...] >Its simple really - I want the picture to be a little more compressible >than it normally is... > >Reason why: I intend to have lots of picfiles. While GIFs do a good job >compressing the pictures, if the pictures are decompressed, translated as above >and then recompressed (with PKZIP or ARJ or LHARC or whatever) I might >be able to save space... even 5% is welcomed. Have you considered using a JPEG compressor? That usually compresses GIFs down to about %50-%70 percent of their original size for me. -- Standard disclaimer applies, you legalistic hacks. | Ron Dippold