Stykz GIF Optimizer

[stykzman]

10.5.8, but it's an iBook G4 power PC, so that's probably why. :/

Yeah, that's it... in the meantime, you can always open your GIF animations in Preview, then immediately save them out to another file name - it will do the same kind of compression you get with the GIF optimizer.

[Nate]

I think it has to do with Snow Leopard vs. Leopard. I'll see what I can do...


EDIT: OK, a revised version is out that works with both Snow Leopard and Leopard (at least 10.5.8 since that's the only version I had to test with). Nate, since you have 10.5.7, can you download this build and try again and let me know what you find?

It works, so you can count on it working with some older versions of Leopard.

[Hoboapple]

@Stykzman - I got it to work on the upstairs computer, which is Intel, and it works just fine. :D

And extremely fast.

[Nate]

I'm pretty sure that stykzman could make a universal binary of the app, so it can work on your craptop.

[Hoboapple]

Doesn't matter... by the time RC4'll be out it won't be necessary, and I do most animating on the upstairs computer anyway. Plus, I'm getting a new laptop as well.

[AfterShock]

It cuts my file size in half, but is it supposed to fix the color?

[Nate]

As many of you know, the GIF animations that Stykz currently exports, while they adhere to the Animated GIF specification and play fine in web browsers, still have three problems:

1. Size: They are much larger than they need to be.
   
2. Compatibility: They appear as "corrupted" or have "no preview" in many Windows applications.
   
3. Colorization: They use the web-safe color palette instead of using an adaptive color palette that would do its best to render all the colors in your animation properly.

Although all of these are to be fixed for Stykz 1.5, I found an interim solution that will solve the first two (Size and Compatibility) using a command line utility called "Gifsicle", which will be distributed with and rolled into RC4 when it is released and will be seamless to you.

The web safe color thing can't be fixed until Stykz 1.5.

[DarkFlame]

As many of you know, the GIF animations that Stykz currently exports, while they adhere to the Animated GIF specification and play fine in web browsers, still have three problems:

1. Size: They are much larger than they need to be.
   
2. Compatibility: They appear as "corrupted" or have "no preview" in many Windows applications.
   
3. Colorization: They use the web-safe color palette instead of using an adaptive color palette that would do its best to render all the colors in your animation properly.

Although all of these are to be fixed for Stykz 1.5, I found an interim solution that will solve the first two (Size and Compatibility) using a command line utility called "Gifsicle", which will be distributed with and rolled into RC4 when it is released and will be seamless to you.

The web safe color thing can't be fixed until Stykz 1.5.

Well not 1.5 to be exact but 1.x
meaning any version in the 1.0 series.