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Re: help: save drawing as GIF

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 08:42:20 -0700 (PDT), berniemacklin@gmail.com
wrote:

>On Wednesday, 14 July 1999 01:00:00 UTC-6, Dale King  wrote:
>> Owen Li wrote in message <7mbgud$cf4$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com>...
>> >I have a java program, user can draw objects. How can I save the drawing as
>> >GIF file in Java?
>> 
>> Your first step needs to be determining whether any GIF algorithm you use
>> infringes on the patents held by Unisys. You may need to contact Unisys to
>> obtain a license agreement to use their patents. See
>> http://corp2.unisys.com/LeadStory/lzwfaq.html.
>> 
>> You may want to think about using PNG files instead. See
>> http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/.
>> --
>>  --- Dale King
>
>Wow 

The unisys patent expired long ago. See
http://mindpod.com/jgloss/gif.html
for details.

 GIFs are still popular because they support a simple animation
scheme. That is also why they are declasse.

See http://mindpod.com/jgloss/gif.html
and http://mindprod.com/gloss/gifencoder.html
for how to use a gifencodrer.

There are parallel encoders for PNG and JPG

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Re: help: save drawing as GIF berniemacklin@gmail.com - 2016-06-16 08:42 -0700
  Re: help: save drawing as GIF Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-06-18 03:12 -0700
    Re: help: save drawing as GIF Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com> - 2016-06-18 14:08 +0200
      Re: help: save drawing as GIF Roedy Green <inquiry@mindprod.com> - 2016-06-18 08:10 -0700
    Re: help: save drawing as GIF Nigel Wade <nmw@ion.le.ac.uk> - 2016-06-20 09:21 +0100

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