[Gimp-user] Animation

2006-10-08 Thread ajspires
I have a simple animation I want to do for a website which involves fading a photo gradually (I assume by increasing opacity of a layer or decreasing opacity of layer containing photo) and replacing it with text (by increasing opacity of layer containing text?) And then this text will be a link to

Re: [Gimp-user] Is this compatible?

2006-10-08 Thread David Gowers
On 10/9/06, Chris Mohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When I open a file in GIMP, and save a copy as PNG, open the them upside-by-side: the colors habe been altered in the PNG (albeitslightly).  I consider that "loss", and I don't trust PNG for photos. It would be loss if the colors had changed; howe

Re: [Gimp-user] Is this compatible?

2006-10-08 Thread Chris Mohler
When I open a file in GIMP, and save a copy as PNG, open the them up side-by-side: the colors habe been altered in the PNG (albeit slightly). I consider that "loss", and I don't trust PNG for photos. Web graphics - no problem. PNG beats the hell out of GIF. It just isn't ready for pre-press yet

Re: [Gimp-user] Is this compatible?

2006-10-08 Thread Marco Wessel
On Oct 8, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Jozef Legeny wrote: PNG supports indexed and grayscale color modes which aren't lossless, however by default the PNG is entirely lossless That is a bit of a weird definition of lossless. If you save an RGB32 image as an indexed or grayscale PNG then yes, you've

Re: [Gimp-user] Is this compatible?

2006-10-08 Thread Jozef Legeny
On 10/7/06, Saul Goode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Foster wrote: > TIFF is another good option, however the Wikipedia entry for PNG says it > uses a type of lossless compression. Have I missed something here? I > am very curious to know the answer as I have started to save my > completed