Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!hplabs!hpda!hp-sde!hpfcdc!hpgrla!jerryd From: jerryd@hpgrla.HP.COM (Jerry Donovan) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: want GIF - TIFF comparison Message-ID: <12120001@hpgrla.HP.COM> Date: 9 May 88 21:45:04 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO Lines: 19 > >> How, exactly, are the GIF images created? Are they scanned from actual >>pictures or are they created pixel by pixel by someone who actually has time >>to sit and do this? > >Most GIF pictures were created using either somebody's paint program and then >the file was converted to GIF format or the image was scanned and then >converted. There are very few programs that support GIF as one of their native >formats but it is becoming more widespread all the time and I think it'll do >better than TIFF in the long run (it's sure a lot better designed). > >>John Munsch A Real GIF Developer, Aren't You Impressed :-) I'm currious as to why you say that GIF is better designed than TIFF. Would you give some comparisons of the two image file formats? Thanks. Jerry Donovan