Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

Re: GIFs get expensive

Author:Eric Kidd
Posted:8/26/1999; 2:38:14 PM
Topic:GIFs get expensive
Msg #:10023 (In response to 10016)
Prev/Next:10022 / 10024

Presumably the licensed tools will insert some kind of unfakeable watermark?

Nope. GIFs are a lossless compression scheme for small images. Digital watermarks would stand out like a sore thumb (and wreak havoc with the compression ratio). Plus, there's no watermark in the format now, so nobody can tell whether you created your GIFs with a licensed program.

Cheers,
Eric

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