CompuServe Messages

Try HAMGIF with one of these GIFs. If it doesn't work, then tell this BBS person that he's full of it. GIF files are a particular format, and CANNOT BE FURTHER COMPRESSED without making them unreadable by GIF viewers. (One correction: They can be compressed further by reducing the data contained within, either by shrinking the image resolution, or playing games with the data to make it more compressable, which will probably blur the data somewhat…) A number of GIF developers experimented with a technique which delayed the LZW table clear code for some time after the table was filled. This technique was virtually non-effective in further compressing images (some images became larger, some smaller, most were no significant difference), and broke over half the GIF viewers then in existance. Since the GIF spec says to issue the clear code as soon as the table is full, it was decided at that point that GIFs compressed with the delayed clear code were not allowed according to spec, and would not be allowable here on CIS. If HAMGIF doesn't display the file, it's not anywhere close to spec. If that is the case, could you inquire as to the compression program's name, so I can pass the info on to the Graphics Support forum and see if we can get the developer to fix it (assuming he's a registered GIF developer, which is hopefully the case…). –>Steve Bennett