gif import menu

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This menu lets you convert GIF files into IcoMetrics images. It works as follows:

  1. You enter the name of the GIF file in the Input GIF file menu field. The expected file extension is .gif.
  2. You enter a name for the converted image file in the Image file name field. This is the file you will be creating.
  3. You click on IMPORT GIF IMAGE.

Depending on the contents of the GIF file, the system will create either a color or a greyscale image (it does the latter only if the GIF color table is flat). When the conversion completes, a message will tell you which kind of image was created.

You can look at a GIF image (without importing it) by entering its name as above, and clicking on PREVIEW GIF IMAGE. The system will set the size of the displayed image so that one image pixel corresponds to one pixel on the workstation screen.

You can preview several GIF images at once, and you can make blowups or delete them in the usual way.