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I wrote this gibberish, for which I am embarrassed and apologetic:
>> I have nothing against GIFs when they are the
>> appropriate choice. I was just saying TIFFs better
>> than BMPs. I was in the middle of some PageMaker
>> stuff when I wrote that, which automatically
>> defaulted me to TIFFs-are-best mode when I'm doing
>> that. Sorry for any confusion.
>
>Please elaborate. IMEO, there's nothing better or
>worse when comparing GIFs and TIFs, other than color
>depth, especially when regarding screen shots.
>
And I respond, I hope more intelligibly:
PageMaker does not deal well with indexed colors. It therefore does not deal well with GIFs. The original question had nothing to do with PageMaker, however; and I should not have expressed a preference for TIFFs over GIFs under the circumstances. I hope that clarifies my response.
Dick
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