GIF | |
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Developed by | CompuServe |
Year | 1987 (still) 1989 (animated) |
Pros | Simple animations/short video clips Widely supported format Transparency support Lossless compression Smaller file sizes |
Cons | Limited to 256 colors (8-bit per pixel). Only binary transparency. |
Features | |
Vector graphics | No |
Raster image | Yes |
Lossless | Yes |
Animation support | Yes |
Transparency support | - Only all-or-nothing, no semi-transparency |
Layers support | No |
HDR | No |
Maximum bit depth | 8-bit (but only 256 different colors) |
CMYK support (for print) | No |
Maximum number of channels | 1 (palette data) |
Commonly used for | Animation Simple web graphics |
Browser support (without plugin) | |
Google Chrome | Yes |
Microsoft Edge | Yes |
Safari | Yes |
Firefox | Yes |
Opera | Yes |
Internet Explorer | Yes |
Additional | |
File extensions | .gif |
Wikipedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Interchange_Format |
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