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From: Anthony Hill <ahill@interconnect.com.au>
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
cc: Sergio de Almeida Lenzi <lenzi@bsi.com.br>, questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: animated gif.
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On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, Doug White wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello all,
> > Does anybody know how to make an animated gif? 
> > Is there a FreeBSD software to create an animated gif?
> > 
> > 
> > animated gif:
> > A gif that referenced by netscape produces an animated image.
> 
> I think you're thinking of server-push animations (where repeated GIFs 
> are downloaded to the client repeatedly).  

There is another way using interlaced gifs - basically one gif contains 
a few images which each overwrite the previous one. It works with any 
software which displays interlaced gifs properly, and doesnt have many of 
the disadvantages of the server-push abomination. I dont know how you 
make them, but I dont think any of the FreeBSD ports will help you.

Anthony