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Seconding that emotion, and building on something else posted in this thread,
if you open the GIF file in the latest version of Paint Shop Pro (I looove this
program), Paint Shop Pro's native file format supports layers, so you can edit
the GIF in layers if you want (of course, the original file will be all one
layer), then save it again in GIF format.
Burns, Nancy wrote:
> Have you tried Paint Shop Pro from Jasc? It supports over 40 file types
> nicely, including editing images, layers, and masks. It also includes an
> Undo command! Web site: http://www.jasc.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Sering <rsering -at- USWEST -dot- COM>
> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 1:22 PM
>
> >I queried the archives for this, and found several postings for
> >converting from X file format to .GIF, but found nothing about editing
> >.GIF files. I have tried MS Image Composer without success. I have
> >several .GIF files on an Intranet site that need correction, but so far
> >have not found a tool to edit them. Would Photoshop do it? Is the
> >conversion to GIF a one-way trip to Bitmapville? (it's a suburb of
> >Flatland...)
> >
> >Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!
> >
> >- Ron Sering
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