re: [Q] PHP Image Creation problems & MacOSX

• Subject: re: [Q] PHP Image Creation problems & MacOSX
• From: Hal Eckhart <email@hidden>
• Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 23:02:01 -0500

On 10/20/03 4:22 PM, Nathan Nunn wrote:

>I was under the impression that the GIF protection period expired just a 
>few months ago.
>
>Does anyone know of an available GIF rendering library made available since 
>the expiration? Just curious...

Not under GD. IIRC Boutell is waiting until next summer when the patent expires
in other places than the US. He also doesn't seem to want to talk about it much.

Of course if you absolutely have to have a GIF, you might be able to output a
PNG and then turn it into a GIF with ImageMagick called by PHP:

$convert_gif = ` convert $file.png $file.gif `;
echo $convert_gif; 

Hal Eckhart - Casa Forge - Minneapolis MN - <http://www.casaforge.com>
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