REQ: GIF animation compression

[a]

Any thoughts on the best way to compress GIF animations?

 

[old john]

suggest winzip or winRAR if they are for transfer or storage. best
wishes..J

 

[a]

Sorry, I should have made my request clearer. I need to reduce the
file size of animated GIF's to be used on a web page (Reduced palette,
etc.).

 

[a]

suggest winzip or winRAR if they are for transfer or storage. best
wishes..J

Sorry, I should have made my request clearer. I need to reduce the
file size of animated GIF's to be used on a web page (Reduced palette,
etc.).

 

[old john]

www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/gif-anim-pet.html loks like it might help

 

[Mel]

Sorry, I should have made my request clearer. I need to reduce the
file size of animated GIF's to be used on a web page (Reduced palette,
etc.).

PIXresizer is a photo resizing program to easily create web and email
friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes. The reduced
files are saved in a different folder, so your original images are not
altered at all. PIXresizer offers several different resizing methods to
choose from and can automatically recognize image sizes to calculate the
best fit. In addition, it can convert between image formats (JPEG, GIF,
BMP, PNG and TIFF), rotate images, convert to grayscale and resize
multiple images in batch mode. A great companion for webmasters and
digital photographers.

Options/Features
================
Simple four-step workflow
Easy 'Apply recommended' option to make it even more user friendly
works with single files as well as with multiple files all at once
option to convert between graphics formats (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png, and
..tif)
can be used to create thumbnails (takes one move on a slider)
smart ratio calculation (image proportions can be overruled by the user)
error logging (checks for corrupted images a. o.)

http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

 

[André Gulliksen]

Sorry, I should have made my request clearer. I need to reduce the
file size of animated GIF's to be used on a web page (Reduced palette,
etc.).

Not really freeware, but Paint Shop Pro can reduce the number of used colors
to anything from 2 to 256. It is also accompanied by an animation programs,
which might come in useful if you are making animated GIFs.

Apart from that, have you tried using the PNG format? It is 100% free (is
GIF finally free, or are there still licensing issues?), it is an official
web standard (although Microsoft programmers will probably be reprimanded
the day IE gets PNG support equal to the current BMP support), it is a
non-lossy format with support for more than GIFs 256 colors, supports
transparency, and you may even find it compresses better than GIF.
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngintro.html

 

[Peacerose]

Sorry, I should have made my request clearer. I need to reduce the
file size of animated GIF's to be used on a web page (Reduced palette,
etc.).

How about Trout's GIF Optimizer?
http://chemware.co.nz/tgo.htm

Also there is GIFeq.
http://www.wildfiredesign.net/gifeq/

I have used Trout's before but never GIFeq.

Peacerose