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- GifPack
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- Index
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- Contents of archive
- gif2spr
- giftrans
- spr2gif
- gif2gif
- Contacting the Author
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- Contents of archive
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- ReadMe This file
- bin.spr2gif version 1.3
- bin.gif2gif version 1.1
- bin.gif2spr version 1.06a
- bin.giftrans version 1.10.2A
- Docs.gif2spr help file for gif2spr
- Docs.gif2spr_2 gif2spr help file in html
- Docs.giftrans help file for giftrans
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- gif2spr
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- Purpose: convert gif files to sprites retaining as much of the orginal
- information as possible.
- options:
- -q don't print error messages
- -v print progress information
- -o file output filename
- -h help info
- -? help info
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- for further usage information read the gif2spr text file.
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- giftrans
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- Purpose: modify the contents of gif files and print information about the
- contents of them.
- options:
- -t Specify the transparent color
- -T Index of the transparent color is the background color index
- -B Specify the transparent color's new value
- -b Specify the background color
- -g Change a color in the global color table
- -c Add a comment
- -C Remove old comment
- -l Only list the color table
- -L Verbose output of GIFs contents
- -V Verbose output while converting
- -o Pathname of output GIF file
- Colors may be specified as index or in the #rrggbb form.
- Since giftrans does not contain any decompression code it cannot generate
- interlaced gifs. giftrans will print the gif file to stdout if you don't
- specify a destination file. For further usage information read the
- giftrans text file.
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- spr2gif
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- Purpose: generate gif files from sprites.
- Options:
- -q don't print error messages
- -v print progress information
- -i generate interlaced gif
- -N generate gif89a format file
- -T # make the colour index # the transparent colour
- -A attempt automatic transparency generation using sprite mask
- -o file output filename
- -h help info
- -? help info
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- When making a gif file with transparency you must include the -N option
- to enable the extra features. If your sprite has a mask and that mask is
- of one colour then you can use the -A option to make the gif transparency
- automatically, the best way to create a mask like this is to disable
- the mask in !Paint, re-enable it and use the global fill option to create
- the mask. spr2gif will accept new sprites as long as you don't try to make
- a transparency using the sprite's mask.
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- spr2gif does not process your images in any way, it attempts to convert
- your sprite loosing as little information as possible, a consquence of this
- is that it cannot be used to convert 16, 24, or 32 bpp sprites. If you wish
- to do convert such a sprite then you should use an image processing package
- or !ChangeFSI to optimise the palette for the reduced colour resolution.
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- A quick way to find the colour index when using the -T option is to select
- the desired colour in !Paint and read the number from the colour selection
- window.
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- gif2gif
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- Purpose: modify a gif file after the original image is lost
- options:
- -q don't print error messages
- -v print progress information
- -i generate interlaced gif
- -N generate gif89a format file
- -T # make the colour index # the transparent colour
- -o file output filename
- -h help info
- -? help info
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- Usage is the same as spr2gif
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- Contacting the Author
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- bug reports, comments or suggestions are welcome.
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- simon@bigblue.demon.co.uk
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- or
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- Simon Truss
- 23 Charlton Gardens,
- Coulsdon
- Surrey
- CR5 1AS
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