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KevinH · 11-17-2023, 06:34 PM

Some gif files use different compression settings (not lzw to get around license concerns) and my guess is some software can not properly decompress some gif formats.

Maybe run a gif test/validation program to see what it says?

Some early gifs with transparent layers also give some software fits.

This is why png has almost completely replaced gifs (as gifs used to require a proprietary license and was patent restricted).

11-17-2023, 06:34 PM	#190
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,962 Karma: 6361444 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Some gif files use different compression settings (not lzw to get around license concerns) and my guess is some software can not properly decompress some gif formats. Maybe run a gif test/validation program to see what it says? Some early gifs with transparent layers also give some software fits. This is why png has almost completely replaced gifs (as gifs used to require a proprietary license and was patent restricted). Last edited by KevinH; 11-17-2023 at 06:45 PM.