GIF scaling problems followup...

[Chipp Walters]

Hi Frank,

For what it's worth, here's how I'd try and do this.

First I'd copy the image into a new image (or screencapture it) so that 
I know the image is 24 bit.

Then I'd scale the image up using resizeQuality=best, reset the 
imagedata, then scale back down to the size I wanted. Then I'd try 
exporting the 24-bit image as a GIF.

Remember, GIF files have many different settings including CLUTS, 
dithering, transparency, etc.. which you have no control of in RR.

Basically, RR's GIF export doesn't really give one a lot of help.

best,

Chipp

Frank Leahy wrote:
> I'm thinking that the scaling problems I'm seeing with resizing GIFs is 
> related to their being 8-bit.
> 
> I've tried resizing, then exporting to a jpeg file, then reimporting and 
> exporting to a GIF.  I can see that the temp jpeg file looks great, but 
> the exported GIF still looks like sh-t.
> 
> Anyone know if there's a hidden 24-8 scaling quality command lurking 
> somewhere?