chelle Posted October 19, 2003 Posted October 19, 2003 Why won't the animated .gif images I find on the internet save as gifs? They keep defaulting to .bmp and then don't work. Quote
chelle Posted October 20, 2003 Author Posted October 20, 2003 The only option that appears when I click on Save As is .bmp. Any suggestions? Quote
allthumbs Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 I'll come over to your house and help you with your problem? Quote
hakioawa Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 What are you using to save them? I can to it in IE6. Quote
ChrisT Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 I dragged your jumping froggie to my desktop and it saved as a .gif Quote
allthumbs Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 ehmmic said: I'll take that as a yes. Still living in the same place? Quote
chelle Posted October 20, 2003 Author Posted October 20, 2003 hakioawa said: What are you using to save them? I can to it in IE6. Â I have IE 6, XP is my op system. I find the image and use the right mouse button to get a save option. The box pops up and the only file type option is .bmp Quote
hakioawa Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Weird seems to work for me. Do you have a like to the GIF in question? Quote
Figger_Eight Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 ChrisT said: I dragged your jumping froggie to my desktop and it saved as a .gif  Yeah...I just did the same thing. Quote
chelle Posted October 20, 2003 Author Posted October 20, 2003 (edited) http://www.geocities.com/naddame2/tree11x.gif  or http://www.fg-a.com/flowers13.shtml  Both don't seem to let me 'drag and drop' images. Edited October 20, 2003 by ehmmic Quote
fern Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 this is a cumbersome method that may work. Save the whole webpage as a 'complete page' (the other option is .html only). This will create a directory on your 'puter with all the images and files that make up the webpage you are looking at, then just go in there and find the animated gif you are looking for and junk the rest? I had the same .bmp default problem with XP the other day, but I forget whether or how I got around it. Quote
Dru Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 while we on the subject what is a good free program ( I know that's two mutually contradictory things) that will let one make animated GIF's? I know iceguy has one cause he made the horsecock eater and snaffle sex graemlins Quote
Alpinfox Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 ehmmic, I had the same problem. Click Tools, Internet Options. On the "General" tab, click on "Delete Files" and "Delete Cookies". This will fix the problem, but will cause websites that "recognize" you when you visit to not recognize you anymore. For example, if you have it set up so that cc.com recognizes you as ehmmic each time you visit without you having to sign in, you will have to sign in again the next time you visit cc.com. Â It does work, but I don't know why. I ain't a techie computer nerdy folk. Â Nice meeting you at Smiffy by the way. Â Cheers -AF Quote
klenke Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Michelle, you might try manually typing in the suffix .gif after the filename. This sometimes clues the computer into saving it as that type you specify. Works with .jpg suffix going to jpeg, so might work with gif files too. Quote
Alpinfox Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Â Hey Klenke, What the hell is the diff between .jpg and .jpeg anyway? Â Does it matter? Quote
Dru Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 "How do you pronounce .GIF anyways - is it "giff" or "jiff" - I heard two nerds arguing about that once, man..." Â source the quote! Quote
forrest_m Posted October 20, 2003 Posted October 20, 2003 Dru said: while we on the subject what is a good free program ( I know that's two mutually contradictory things) that will let one make animated GIF's? Â dru, it's not free, but don't you have photoshop already? you can make animated gifs by putting each frame of the animation on a separate layer, then saving as a gif; i believe the easiest way to manipulate the animation is through the "save for web" command, but only your help menu knows for sure Quote
klenke Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Dru, Fox: Â GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format and, as such, "gif" should be pronounced with a hard G. Â BMP stands for "Bit Map". Â JPEG stands for "Joint Photographic Experts Group." JPG is just a shortened extension (three letters are more compact than four). Both are JPEGs. I've sometimes seen .jpe files and I believe these are also just a variant of .jpg files in terms of extension letters only. However, on my old unix workstation I used to have trouble reading in some .jpe files. Â While we're at it: TIFF stands for "Tagged Information File Format". Typical extensions usually only use .tif though. Â All these are different formats for storing an image file. They are created different ways and thus use/require a different subroutine within the Graphics software to open/close/save. Beyond these simple definitions I know nothing more. I'm a mechanical engineer, not a computer geek. Quote
chelle Posted October 21, 2003 Author Posted October 21, 2003 already tried that Klenke and it just named the file .gif.bmp Anyways another kind user sent me the file via email so problem temporarily solved. Quote
Dru Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 forrest_m said: Dru said: while we on the subject what is a good free program ( I know that's two mutually contradictory things) that will let one make animated GIF's?  dru, it's not free, but don't you have photoshop already? you can make animated gifs by putting each frame of the animation on a separate layer, then saving as a gif; i believe the easiest way to manipulate the animation is through the "save for web" command, but only your help menu knows for sure  i use arcsoft photoimpression instead of adopey photochop... i will investigate... all the commands are different....  for instance i never get it when photo shop users say saving a quality changes the image size, the two are independent for me...  just say no to photochop! Quote
Dru Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 klenke said: Dru, Fox: Â GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format and, as such, "gif" should be pronounced with a hard G. Â it's a strong bad quote... you fail the homestarrunner knowledge quiz! better go back to Prance. Quote
klenke Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 Dru said: klenke said: Dru, Fox: Â GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format and, as such, "gif" should be pronounced with a hard G. it's a strong bad quote... you fail the homestarrunner knowledge quiz! better go back to Prance. Huh? Quote
Dru Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 klenke said: Dru said: klenke said: Dru, Fox: Â GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format and, as such, "gif" should be pronounced with a hard G. it's a strong bad quote... you fail the homestarrunner knowledge quiz! better go back to Prance. Huh? Â GIFs - jiffs or giffs? Quote
klenke Posted October 21, 2003 Posted October 21, 2003 ...pronounced with a hard G as in "girlfriend", "gollygadzooks", "gonorrhea","gobbledygook" and, most importantly, "graphical." A soft g is used in words like "giraffe", "genie", and "georgic." Â Got it, you Canuck? Quote
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