You need to manually get libgif and libjpeg and compile and install them on your system. They will install by default in /usr/local/lib, so once they're installed, you have to make sure that LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib or put /usr/local/lib in your ld.so configuration file. In addition, you also have to remove libgif.* and libjpeg.* from your /usr/lib directory, as these will be found first (and even if you finagle ld.

Yes, although GIF and JPEG files are best suited for viewing on computer monitors. Due to compression, these image formats can occasionally lose unexpected detail or color. Small GIFs and JPEGs are an excellent way for us to preview your document quickly. If you are using a GIF or JPEG file as your finished artwork, please make sure that the image is made to the size that you want to print it and has a resolution of 300 pixels per inch or greater.

Text stays text. Text in SVG images remains editable and searchable. There are no font limitations and users will always see the image the same way you do. Small file size. SVG files are, on average, smaller than other Web-graphic formats such as JPEG and GIF and are quick to download. Display independence. SVG images are always crisp on screen and print out at the resolution of your printer, whether it's 300 dpi, 600 dpi, or higher. You will never experience ugly "jaggy" bitmaps.

If you do not have the GIF, JPEG or TIFF filters installed then you will only be able to store bitmap (bmp), windows meta file (wmf) and icon (ico) images in the database.

It will depend on your display environment, which may already provide these functions. Reference JPEG software is at http://www.ijg.org/files/.

JPEGs (Joint Photographic Experts Group) are used for photographic art, .GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format) are used for line art.

GIF is short for Graphics Interchange Format. GIF's advantages is that it is supported by practically all web browsers, can include transparent backgrounds, supports interlacing (providing a low-resolution preview of the graphic to the viewer while it downloads), and can be used as an image map (allowing the viewer to click on the graphic as they would a regular link to another site.) GIF's disadvantages are that it can only support 8-bit color (or a palette no greater than 256 colors).

Gifs are usually only best for images where there are large flat areas of a single colour, such as a diagram. Gifs can have transparent areas in them, and can be animated, which a jpeg can't. Gifs are also limited to 256 colours. Jpegs are preferrable to gifs for almost any image that isn't a diagram. Jpegs compress the data very well, meaning that your picture files will be smaller. This compression creates inaccuracies though, but these inaccuracies are not usually noticeable.

Although Slackware 3.6 has been tested and found to be compliant, Slackware offers no "Y2K" warranty for any version, other than money back on the CD if you bought it from Walnut Creek. The responsibility for ensuring that Linux is y2k compliant enough rests with the end user. Versions prior to 3.6 have not been thoroughly tested.

On some people's Slackware systems, the Perl crypt() function does not work because the descrypt.tgz package has not been installed. To solve this problem, install the package from your Slackware CD or FTP site.

Get a tool that can do that. Recommended the Gimp, IrfanView or the evaluation version of Paint Shop Pro. If you know of more good tools, feel free to tell us.

These are compressed image files that do not typically print to our image setter. We would need to review the file to determine if it is useable. To ensure that the file will work it should be saved as an uncompressed file, which is a TIFF or EPS.

Just select "File|Convert Picture to Icon". Then select your image source file and determine the part of the image you want to transform into an icon. After that you will be able to edit your new icon and of course export it as an icon file (.ico).

No, sorry... there are numerous other sites online which will allow you to do this, but our services do not include this feature. [BACK TO TOP]

Well, we'll defer to your web designer and his or her expertise. If you're on your own, then we'd recommend the following: a) Use GIF format with graphics that you've created on your computer such as horizontal rules, buttons or animation. Most logos fall into this category, especially ones with flat color areas and/or vector art. b) Use JPEG format when the images are pictures or photographs.

A) - In Internet Explorer right click on the gif or jpeg image. From the drop down menu select "save as" or "save target as". This will save the image to your default folder, which in most cases is the "my documents" folder. In Netscape right click on the gif or jpeg image. From the drop down menu select "save image as".

The Photo Gallery is designed for management of photos. The GIF format is not widely used for photos, but we included limited support for it due to the fact that some users have photos in this format. However, we did not implement the animation feature. You can use Internet Explorer to view your animated GIF files.

Even the jpeg libraries at the GIMP web site may not work for all versions. If their jpeg-shared-6.a.tar.gz package doesn't work for you, try:

of 0.7.1, we have new font installation process. Fonts are now installed with the applications on all Unix platforms, in all package formats. This change was made to make overall installation easier and more predictable. We are planning to make available separate font archives when they change in the future. These archives will include instructions on upgrading existing installations. The fonts archives should not change much; in fact the contents of them have not changed since 0.5.4.

I prefer to receive images as layered Photoshop files, compressed into Stuffit archives or Zip archives. If you only have a JPEG or GIF version of the picture, send it in anyway but do not put it into a Stuffit or Zip archive because the file formats are already compressed. No, but if the site is not already listed in Links, then you can send the URL using this form. I add new sites to the links as they are brought to my attention.