Short: AnimGIF Update for PPaint 7 Author: info@cloanto.com (Cloanto) Uploader: info@cloanto.com (Cloanto) Type: biz/cloan Distribution: Only Cloanto, Aminet and Aminet CD-ROM CLOANTO SOFTWARE UPDATE FILES BEING UPDATED - Rexx/LoadAnimGif.pprx (any earlier version becomes v. 1.3) - Rexx/SaveAnimGif.pprx (any earlier version becomes v. 1.2) - patch to libs/personal_gif_io.library (v. 5.1 becomes v. 5.2) PROGRAMS USING THE FILES - Personal Paint version 7.0 and higher INSTALLATION - Automatic, requires Installer to be available on system NEW FEATURES This update enhances and/or corrects two conditions of previous releases: 1) "AnimGIF - Load" used to require a double-buffering screen mode to create the animation. This is the standard for proper Amiga animation, but Personal Paint has always been strong in supporting RTG animation without double-buffering. This has now been extended to this script. 2) On some web browsers, GIF animations using transparency effects would be displayed differently (e.g. leaving "trails") than with Personal Paint. This was caused by the lack of a clear specification on the various frame disposal methods which can be employed for GIF animations if transparency is used. The update contained in this archive was designed to offer a better compromise between optimization and compatibility with different de facto standards. This archive does not contain, create or modify any GIF code. Only some animation features are updated. The installation procedure requires the personal_gif_io.library, version 5.1, to be already installed in the system. This library (or a newer one) is included with Personal Paint 7. These are some examples of file sizes of famous GIF animations taken from the Internet and saved again with Personal Paint 7 and this update: File Original PPaint 7 --------------------------------- Construc.gif 800 551 Download.gif 8741 8741 Duke.gif 11312 10754 Explorer.gif 14871 7498 Jack2.gif 9772 9595 Nan.gif 8093 7986 Punchy.gif 4584 4231 Redbutto.gif 5052 5023 Starroll.gif 7938 6979 Tumbleba.gif 19465 17527 Tumbledu.gif 19465 17504 Windows.gif 24688 24238 Wired_1.gif 15691 10407 Wired_2.gif 23208 17644 NOTES Visit us at for the latest news. Your feedback is very appreciated. E-mail: . For additional technical and legal information on the files, please refer to the documentation included with the original (commercial) distribution. In particular, all files are Copyright © 1996 Cloanto Italia srl. The "spatch" program file is Copyright © 1992-1995 SAS Institute, Inc., included with permission. ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 628 266 57.6% 19-Dec-96 04:45:26 AnimGIF_Update.info 2900 1450 50.0% 19-Dec-96 16:41:30 +AnimGIF_Update.readme 784 382 51.2% 19-Dec-96 04:45:20 +AnimGIF_Update.readme.info 4938 1334 72.9% 19-Dec-96 08:02:42 +Install 1160 627 45.9% 19-Dec-96 04:45:20 +Install.info 2444 1892 22.5% 19-Dec-96 04:35:18 +personal_gif_io.pch 7158 2655 62.9% 18-Dec-96 18:05:38 +LoadAnimGif.pprx 13493 4744 64.8% 12-Dec-96 09:39:04 +SaveAnimGif.pprx 14636 9285 36.5% 29-Jun-95 00:06:40 +spatch -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 48141 22635 52.9% 20-Dec-96 21:11:40 9 files