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now that the Patent has totally expired for GIF, has anyone written a PB gif encoder? im looking for native support. any source or ideas to get one started if not?

Graphics Interchange Format - Programming Reference

Good luck!

You will need it!

good god. theres no way i can do that. geeze. Umm, El_choni, you got anything laying around?

Maybe you can wait for the graphics library Im converting.

Based from FreeImage Library.

See the features.

http://freeimage.sourceforge.net/features.html

Come on i stated this that the patent is over 2 monthes ago!!

If i could i would have create a GIF encoder! come on guys who is on it? i am willing to help! anyone else?! :roll:

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If i could i would have create a GIF encoder! come on guys who is on it? i am willing to help! anyone else?! :roll:

Hello pure basic programmers, I don't often talk in your up to date forum, BUT THIS IS an very intersting topic I think... THE PROBLEM with graphic stuff is that at THE FIRST SECOND a programmer start to program SOME GRAPHIC STUFF, he/she instantly loose all his MOTIVATION because of this anoying idea: the broadcoast of """problem""" pictures with the routines he/she is starting to program... BUT there is a """medecine"" to this lost of motivation:

Just think of a paint program able to "encrypt/decrypt" with a XOR 8x8 bitmap, without storing the encryption 8bytes code with the picture/photo.

SO the USER, in order to view an """encrypted""" draw or photo would be obliged to try, mannually - by himself - and with no possible automatic routines - the right 8x8 XOR bitmap... THIS MANUAL STEP woud be an "acting responsable" step, able to make you stronger than any """problem""" picture/photo... In august 2006, during the whole month, I have program personnal graphic stuff, without ANY LOST OF MOTIVATION, THAANKS to this simple idea of 8x8 XOR bitmap encryption/decryption...

Good luck with your .GIF routines!!!!!