Making a high quality GIF

Discussion in 'Graphics & Multimedia' started by genius, May 15, 2011.

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    Hello,

    I'm trying to make a GIF for a header, I have the pictures there are .png and I've tried with a lot of available software like Photoshop and GIMP and also other programs but all have the same problem. Once I save the file as a GIF the pictures lose their quality, they have a lot of noise and don't look like the original photos.

    What can I do to solve this problem ?
     
    genius, May 15, 2011 IP
  2. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    Why don't you just stick with the .png file?
     
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  3. genius

    genius Well-Known Member

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    I want them to be animated , to be more precise I have a frame similar to a ..TV sort of and in it I have a few images..
     
    genius, May 15, 2011 IP
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    zinruss Notable Member

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    karthimx Prominent Member

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    Gif is a compressed file format so the quality will be little less compared to jpeg or png.
     
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  6. genius

    genius Well-Known Member

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    So there is no way to keep the quality of the picture ?
     
    genius, May 15, 2011 IP
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    pixal2net Peon

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    There is a way....try to make quality 100% when u start working on gif. so u will not get loose the quality of photos
     
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    you may try this Photo Editor, it can improve your photos - adjust size, zoom, change and refine colors, sharpen objects shapes. Apply pre-made effects. Make your photos look perfect.
     
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    The problem with the GIF standard is that is was written over two decades ago by a company that is now bankrupt. It only supports 256 different colours per image, so when you've got a lot of colours animated it has to reduce it where it can.

    Either make an animation using less images, or try another method like a still PNG, a still JPG, or if you absolutely need to then use a Flash file.

    Best of luck to you, I hope you can get a good GIF image and not need Flash
     
    innovati, May 25, 2011 IP