Animating GIFS and Importance
GIF stands for Graphical Interchange Format. This is a special kind of image
which has the ability of storing more than one kind of image file. In other words
many image files can be combined into one image file. This new image GIF can now
allow other images within it to be displayed over a given time interval. Though only
the first image displayed can be printed, GIF remains very important especially
when it comes to visual illustration or description which is very much required on
the web as well as in presentations etc.
This is the icon of a typical GIF image though yours might vary, depending on
third party software's on your system which might define the Gif with a
different icon.
GIFS are usually not of high picture quality, because it may contain more than one
image which will be required to change. So each picture has to be of little size in
order to reduce the amount in memory of the entire composite. This is because
low memory images will load faster over the internet then heavy images of very
high quality.
Nonetheless, you can control the quality of your GIF image by trading off quality
for low memory images or vice versa, depending on your intention for that
particular GIF.
Also be aware that this does not mean that a GIF image must always animate and
cannot be only a single non-animating file. You can save your image file as a GIF
without having to make it animate. The major reason for using GIFs are for their
changing image property.
Importance of GIFS
- - Gifs are used to make online advertisements
- - They are used to show illustrations online or offline
- - They are used to pull web surfers attention (e.g. “Buy now” / “Download
here” button etc.)
- - They can be used in Power Point Presentations to show illustrations
- - They can also be used as animating Mobile phone wallpapers and screen
savers.
- - You can imagine the rest, they could be countless uses of this image file
GIF
We will need no special Introduction, so move on the next page and start
producing Professional looking GIFS.