Low quality of .gif graphic

Discussion in 'Photoshop' started by LWS, Apr 30, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello,
    can somene tell me why is my picture saved in low quality like this one when I try to same an optimized image from Image Ready ... can it be fixed?

    here's the example:
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    LWS, Apr 30, 2007 IP
  2. webhuge

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    as i know you can choose the resolution when you try to save you image
     
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  3. asterix

    asterix Well-Known Member

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    well if u have the orginal file yess it can be fixed :) if u try to convert this gif then its not,

    file -- save for web -- preset -choose gif -
    and leave the rest defualt setting as it is, u will be able to see preview in the window how the output is going to be :)
     
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  4. Forrest

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    Low quality ... you mean the way it looks like the people were cut out with scissors and glued onto the header? And the top-left of the keyboard? When ( I'm guessing ) the original in Photoshop looks much smoother?

    This is because GIF files can only store 256 colors at most. The edges are anti-aliased, but you don't have enough colors to represent this, and the best try looks a bit sloppy. Web developers are always banging their heads into the wall over a similar problem; GIF lets you use completely clear pixels, but if you want them a little opaque, anywhere from 1 to 99 %, GIF won't do that.

    So, the answer is to use a jpeg or PNG file, then create an animated GIF and use CSS absolute positioning to lay it over the other graphic.
     
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  5. LWS

    LWS Well-Known Member

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    I improved it a little by setting it up on 256 collors, how did I miss that? :D
    [​IMG]
     
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    is 256 the max for gifs?
     
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    gif format uses a palette of up to 256 distinct colors from the 24-bit RGB color space

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF
    Code (markup):
     
    asterix, Apr 30, 2007 IP