GIF Files

These are some examples of GIF files.

GIF files are:

• BINARY
• Color (but no more than 256 colors, from a palette)
• 2D
• Lossless compression
• multiple images

Reference:

Programs to create a GIF file include:

• Gnuplot
• the MATHEMATICA command DISPLAY;

Programs to view a GIF file include:

• The AVS module read_any_image can read a GIF file;
• The ImageVision program imgview can display a GIF file.
• The Macintosh program JPEGVIEW can display a GIF file.
• The Netscape program can display a GIF file.
• Microsoft WORD
• XV

Programs to convert a GIF file to another format:

• The NetscapeE program can display a GIF file and then save it as a PostScript file.
• XV can display a GIF file, and then save it as a BMP, FIT, JPG, PBM/PGM/PPM, RGB, or TIF format.

Programs to convert a file to GIF format:

• XV can display a BMP, FIT, JPG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PS, RGB or TIF file, and then save it as a GIF file,

Files you may copy:

• bali.gif, a hillside in Bali;
• bell_206.gif, a helicopter;
• bell_v22.gif, the V22 Osprey;
• brain.gif, a brain;
• czoch.gif, an image of Czochralski crystal growth;
• hershey.gif, a candy bag;
• mri.gif, an MRI;
• polyfish_lines.gif, a "drawing" of a fish;
• scan_blobs.gif, some cells on a checkerboard;
• scan_groups.gif, some cells merged into groups;

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