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- Contained in this package are six GIF utilities
- They are:
-
- GDIR : Program to display info about all GIF files in a directory or of
- the GIF files specified on the command line such as size, number of
- colors used, and presence of a global color map
-
- CHK4GLTE : Program that checks all GIF files in the current directory on the
- presence of the GIFLITE header
-
- STRIPHDR : Program that strips the GIFLITE header of all specified files
- (This is only possible with the REGISTERED version of GIFLITE, so
- that's no reason to register anymore)
-
- GIFPALET : Program that shows all colors that are used in the specified GIF
- file on screen
-
- GIFBGRND : Program that sets the background color of a GIF file. GIFPALET can
- be used to pick the appropriate color
-
- GIFSIZE : Program that changes the size of a GIF file to the nearest standard
- size, not changing the image in the GIF file but putting it in the
- middle of the screen (e.g. a 325 x 416 GIF file will be sized to
- 640 x 480 and the image will be in the middle of the screen)
- It is also possible to size a GIF file to a user specified size
-
-
- To find out how to use each program just type in the program name without
- any parameters. This will tell you how to use each of them.
- This doesn't work for GDIR and CHK4GLTE however.
-
- CHK4GLTE does not take any arguments but lists for all GIF files in the
- current directory whether the GIFLITE header is present or not.
-
- GDIR takes about the same parameters as the DIR command does (no /p or /w or
- that kind of stuff however).
- Examples : GDIR
- GDIR paulina.gif (note: GIF extension should be specified,
- otherwise paulina is assumed to be a directory)
- GDIR d:\gifdir\ (note: do not specify *.* or *.gif, the GIF
- extension is already assumed)
-
-
- Questions about the programs:
-
- Q) Why would I wanna strip the GIFLITE header?
- A) Some programs, like DTP256 or earlier versions of GDS, do not know how to
- handle GIF files with a GIFLITE header. Strip them off and everything
- works fine.
-
- Q) Why would I wanna size a GIF file to a standard size?
- A) I had the need for this when I was using GDS (Graphic Display System, program
- to view GIF, PCX (and more), and to make index files (the accompanying GIF
- file was made with this), great program by the way). It stretches a GIF file
- to fit in the window. This led to the result as shown in the first picture
- of each row in the accompanying GIF file. GIFSIZE the files and the result
- is as shown in the second picture of each row. Picture number 9 was sized
- to 1024 x 768 just by specifying
- GIFSIZE oct90_3 1024 768
- on the command line (by specifying "GIFSIZE oct90_3" the size would have
- become 800 x 600 (nearest standard size))
-
- Q) Why would I wanna change the background color of a GIF file?
- A) Because it looks better. Look at the third picture of each row in the
- accompanying GIF file. To choose a nice background color, GIFPALET can be
- used.
-
-
- And here's for the good news: ALL UTILITIES ARE FREE.
- Nowadays, almost every nutcase who wrote 3 lines of code thinks he can ask $20
- or so for his program, but I wrote them for myself in the first place and if
- anyone else can use some or all of them he/she is free to do so. Use whatever
- you need and pass it on to anyone you know (provided you give him or her the
- whole package as distributed by me)
-
- Written and distributed by:
- Rob van Helmond
- Heuvel 37
- 5751 HL Deurne
- The Netherlands
-