gif format
14-Apr-94 08:51:32
Sb: #96891-gif format
Fm: Nik Grant [adesk] 70421,76
To: George L. Brantingham 73742,560
"Autodesk Animator. It will tell me that it is an "unknown GIF revision"."
George,
The Animator Program will read (and write) 320×200 GIF files of the 87a GIF
standard. You will have to run the CONVERT.EXE file in the AA directory for
those it can't read. When the CONVERT fails, you probably have no recourse
with Autodesk software. If you GO GRAPHSUPP there are a number of GIF readers
and converters. I am pretty sure you will find a product there which will save
the file to a format readable by Animator.
If you need to determine the GIF type, you can get the name of the file and
just type it up. Example: type GEORGE.GIF <enter>. It will bring up a lot
of binary language, but you will see the GIF type.
Animator's been around for a while and the file formats it converts have not
been updated for 5 years or so.
Nik