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Subject:Re: Editing GIFs From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:04:19 -0700
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> From: Ron Sering[SMTP:rsering -at- USWEST -dot- COM]
> To: TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
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> I queried the archives for this, and found several postings for
> converting from X file format to .GIF, but found nothing about editing
> .GIF files. I have tried MS Image Composer without success. I have
> several .GIF files on an Intranet site that need correction, but so
> far
> have not found a tool to edit them. Would Photoshop do it? Is the
> conversion to GIF a one-way trip to Bitmapville? (it's a suburb of
> Flatland...)
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!
>
>
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by editing here, but I use FullShot
for cropping, changing colors, reducing colors, adding frame and matte,
rotating, and more. FullShot99 just came out. You can download a trial
copy at www.inbit.com.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
