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List:       imagemagick
Subject:    Re: Problem with Java applets displaying ImageMagick GIFs?
From:       Anita Klein <anita.klein () heimdall ! sdrc ! com>
Date:       1997-07-08 20:15:58
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Yes, I ran into the same problem. I had Netscape set up to use
ImageMagick to display gifs and it would not display Java applets.

I am a unix user.


J. Jawahar wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am generating GIFs using ImageMagick. These GIFs are handled fine by the
> browsers (Netscape, IE). However Java applets don't seem to be able to
> display them. If I open the same GIF in another tool like PaintShop Pro and
> save it, then the Java applet seems to work fine. I have used GIF 89 --
> non-interlaced format in both cases.
> 
> 1. Has anyone else run into this problem?
> 2. Are there any parameters to the convert utility that I can try changing
> to see if a Java readable image is produced?
> 3. How does the compression used by ImageMagick differ from that used by
> other programs, like say, PaintShop Pro?
> 
> Any thoughts/ideas much appreciated.
> 
> My environment:
> 
> -- ImageMagick on NT 4.0. Specifically I am using the 'convert' utility to
> convert a .BMP file to a .GIF file.
> - Browsers: Netscape 3.01 and IE 3.01 -- both can display the GIFs
> natively, but in both cases, Java applets don't display the GIFs at all.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Jawahar

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