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Description: Original specification describing the file layout as originated by CompuServe. Also known as Gif87a.
G I F (tm) Graphics Interchange Format (tm) A standard defining a mechanism for the storage and transmission of raster-based graphics information June 15, 1987 (c) CompuServe Incorporated, 1987 All rights reserved While this document is copyrighted, the information contained within is made available for use in computer software without royalties, or licensing restrictions. GIF and 'Graphics Interchange Format' are trademarks of CompuServe, Incorporated. an H&R Block Company 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. Columbus, Ohio 43220 (614) 457-8600 Page 2 Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) Specification Table of Contents INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 GENERAL FILE FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 GIF SIGNATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4 SCREEN DESCRIPTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4 GLOBAL COLOR MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5 IMAGE DESCRIPTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 LOCAL COLOR MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7 RASTER DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7 GIF TERMINATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 GIF EXTENSION BLOCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 APPENDIX B - INTERACTIVE SEQUENCES . . . . . . page 10 APPENDIX C - IMAGE PACKAGING & COMPRESSION . . page 12 APPENDIX D - MULTIPLE IMAGE PROCESSING . . . . page 15 Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) Page 3 Specification INTRODUCTION 'GIF' (tm) is CompuServe's standard for defining generalized color raster images. This 'Graphics Interchange Format' (tm) allows high-quality, high-resolution graphics to be displayed on a variety of graphics hardware and is intended as an exchange and display mechanism for graphics images. The image format described in this document is designed to support current and future image technology and will in addition serve as a basis for future CompuServe graphics products. The main focus of this document is to provide the technical information necessary for
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